Adobe Fireworks: Web Graphic Creation Training Course

Click here for a schedule of upcoming Fireworks: Web Graphic Creation training classes.

Adobe Fireworks is a two-day course that provides RIA/Web Designers/Graphic creators with the knowledge and hands-on practice needed to create rich web graphics. You will learn how to use tools in Fireworks to create and edit web graphics with both vector and bitmap images, work with layers, build buttons, components, symbols, slice images, and optimize and export graphics with CSS.

This class is 2 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

This class is designed for RIA/Web designers and graphics creators, general graphic artists with an interest in Web work, and Flash/Flex developers using Fireworks as a front-end tool for rapid RIA and AIR interface prototyping.

Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

We have training centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes.

Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

• Resolution and file size
• Cropping an image
• Managing images on the canvas
• Importing images
• Distortion-free bitmap scaling
• Adjusting tonal range
• Using the Align panel
• Adjusting brightness with the Dodge and Burn tools
• Applying the Unsharp Mask Live Filter
• Repairing areas with the Rubber Stamp tool

• About selecting objects and selection tools
• Selecting and modifying with the Magic Wand tool
• Selecting with the lasso tools
• Converting a selection path

• About vectors
• Basic vector drawing techniques
• Changing the appearence of basic vector shapes
• Scaling vector objects
• Adding text to your design
• Working with Auto Shapes
• Understanding paths and the Pen tool
• Editing paths
• Creating custom shapes
• Customizing fills and strokes

• Exploring the Pages panel
• Creating a page for a multipage mockup
• Adding hotspots for interactivity
• Creating a secure, interactive PDF