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353 Index Numerics 24-bit color 267 32-bit color 267 A absolute URLs, entering 196 accessibility of Help 3 ACT file format, swatches 128 ACT file, exporting 133 activation of software 1 Add Filters pop-up menu 147 Add Noise filter 83 Add Preview Icons preference 347 adding frames 243 pages 156 styles 184 adjusting hue or saturation 77 tonal range using eyedropper 75 Adobe Bridge 328 Adobe Bridge Home 6 Adobe Design Center 6 Adobe Fireworks system requirements 1 Adobe Flex Builder 329 Adobe GoLive 288 Adobe Help 2 Adobe Video Workshop 4 Adobe XMP 328 Align panel 28 aligning objects 59 alpha channel of an object, selecting 48 alpha, converting images to 81 alt (alternate) text 212 assigning to buttons or instances 228 animation 238 adding frames 243 creating from multiple files 249 custom frame viewing 246 deleting frames 244 disabling layer sharing 245 editing 301 exporting 248 frames 240 inserting frames 243 looping 247 managing frames 242 movement 240 moving objects to another frame 244 multiframe editing 246 naming frames 243 onion skinning 245 opacity 240 opening 248 optimizing 248 playing 246 previewing 246 properties 239 removing 241 reordering frames 244 rotation 240 scaling 240 setting frame delay 242 sharing layers across frames 244 transparency 247 turning frames on and off 243 viewing all frames 246 viewing current and adjacent frames 246 viewing multiple frames 245 viewing next frame 246 anti-aliasing edges 144 removing halos 275 smoothing text edges 118 target background color 274 application program package 352 arranging frames 244 Arrow tool 86 Auto Levels feature for adjusting tonal range 72 Auto Shapes 86, 87, 88, 92 Auto Shapes Properties panel 28 auto-naming slices 213 changing default naming convention 214 B backing up during Find and Replace 332 baseline shift 119 Batch Process dialog box 334 batch processing 334 backing up files 340 commands 339 export settings 337 filenames 339 Find and Replace 338 optimization settings 337 saving as scripts 340 saving files 336 scaling graphics 338 batch scripts 340 dragging and dropping 341 running 341 behaviors 210 Behaviors panel 209 Dreamweaver 206 Nav Bar Down 210 Nav Bar Over 210 Nav Bar Restore 210 Set Nav Bar Image 210 Set Pop-up Menu 210 Set Text of Status Bar 210 Simple Rollover 209 Swap Image 209 Behaviors panel 28, 209 beveled edges 149 Beveled Rectangle tool 86 bicubic interpolation scaling method 346 bilinear interpolation scaling method 346 bitmap graphics 14 bitmap masks 164, 165 creating 169 using an existing object as 167, 169 bitmap mode 12 applying with tools 25

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Getting Started	6
Installation	6
Requirements	6
Install the software	6
Activate the software	6
Register	7
Read me	7
Viewing the files installed with Fireworks	7
Adobe Help	7
Adobe Help resources	7
Using Help in the product	8
How to choose the right Help documents	9
Resources	9
Adobe Video Workshop	9
Fireworks CS3 videos	10
Extras	10
Bridge Home	11
Adobe Design Center	11
Adobe Developer Center	12
Customer support	12
Downloads	12
Adobe Labs	12
User communities	13
What’s new in Fireworks CS3	13
Chapter 2: Fireworks Basics	17
About working in Fireworks	17
Vector and bitmap objects	17
Interactive graphics	18
About optimizing and exporting graphics	18
About vector and bitmap graphics	18
About vector graphics	19
About bitmap graphics	19
Creating a new document	20
Opening and importing files	21
Opening recently closed documents	21
Opening graphics created in other applications	21
Animated GIFs	22
EPS files	22
PSD files	22
WBMP files	22
Creating Fireworks PNG files from HTML files	22
Inserting objects into a Fireworks document	23
Dragging images into Fireworks	23
Pasting into Fireworks	24
Location of pasted objects	24
Resampling pasted objects	24
Importing PNG files	25
Importing from a digital camera or scanner	25
Saving Fireworks files	27
Saving Fireworks PNG files	27
Saving documents in other formats	28
The Fireworks work environment	29
Using the Start page	29
Using the Tools panel	30
Changing tool options	30
Selecting a tool from a tool group	31
Using the Property inspector	31
Using panels	32
Organizing panel groups and panels	33
Using the panel group or panel Options menu	35
Saving panel layouts	35
About the Quick Export button	36
Opening and moving toolbars (Windows only)	36
Navigating and viewing documents	36
Using document tabs (Windows)	36
Zooming and panning	37
Using view modes to manage the workspace	38
Displaying multiple document views	38
Controlling document redraw	39
Changing the canvas	39
Changing canvas size, color, and resolution	39
About resampling	41
Rotating the canvas	41
Trimming or fitting the canvas	41
Cropping a document	42
Using context menus	42
Using rulers, guides, and the grid	43
Using rulers	43
Using guides	43
Using the grid	44
Using the History panel to undo and repeat multiple actions	45
Chapter 3: Selecting and Transforming Objects	46
Selecting objects	46
Using the Pointer tool	46
Using the Subselection tool	47
Using the Select Behind tool	47
Selection information in the Property inspector	47
Modifying a selection	48
Selecting pixels	49
Bitmap selection tool options	49
Creating pixel selection marquees	50
Plotting points to create a marquee selection	50
Selecting areas of similar color	51
Removing a selection marquee	52
Adjusting selection marquees	52
Moving or adjusting a marquee	52
Adding or subtracting pixels	52
Creating a marquee from intersecting marquees	53
Using thumbnails and modifier keys to modify pixel selections	53
Creating an inverse pixel selection	54
Feathering a pixel selection	54
Expanding or contracting a marquee	54
Selecting an area around an existing marquee	55
Smoothing the border of a marquee	55
Converting a marquee to a path	55
Transferring a marquee selection	55
Saving marquee selections	56
Restoring marquee selections	56
Deleting marquee selections	57
Creating and moving a floating pixel selection	57
Inserting a new bitmap by cutting or copying	58
Editing selected objects	58
Transforming and distorting selected objects and selections	59
Resizing (scaling) objects	60
Rotating objects	60
Flipping objects	61
Skewing objects	61
Distorting objects	62
Transforming objects numerically	62
Viewing transformation information in the Info panel	62
Organizing objects	63
Grouping objects	63
Selecting objects within groups	63
Stacking objects	64
Aligning objects	64
About arranging objects among layers	65
Chapter 4: Working with Bitmaps	66
Working with bitmaps	66
Creating bitmap objects	66
Accessing photo editing tools	68
Drawing, painting, and editing bitmap objects	68
Drawing bitmap objects	68
Painting bitmap objects	69
Sampling a color to use as a stroke or fill color	69
Erasing bitmap objects	70
Feathering pixel selections	70
Retouching bitmaps	71
Cloning pixels	71
Blurring, sharpening, and smudging pixels	72
Lightening and darkening pixels	73
Removing red-eye from photos	73
Replacing colors	74
Cropping a selected bitmap	75
Adjusting bitmap color and tone	76
Adjusting tonal range	77
Evening out highlights, midtones, and shadows	77
Adjusting tonal ranges automatically	78
Correcting colors using Curves	79
Correcting the tonal range using tonal eyedroppers	80
Adjusting brightness and contrast	81
Changing object colors	81
Adjusting hue and saturation	82
Inverting an image’s color values	83
Blurring and sharpening bitmaps	84
Blurring an image	84
Changing a bitmap into a line drawing	85
Converting an image to a transparency	86
Sharpening an image	86
Adding noise to an image	88
Chapter 5: Working with Vector Objects	89
Drawing vector objects	89
Drawing basic lines, rectangles, and ellipses	89
Drawing basic rounded rectangles	90
Drawing basic polygons and stars	90
Drawing Auto Shapes	91
Changing the properties of Auto Shapes	93
Adjusting arrow Auto Shapes	93
Adjusting bent arrow Auto Shapes	94
Adjusting beveled, chamfered, and rounded rectangle Auto Shapes	94
Adjusting connector line Auto Shapes	95
Adjusting doughnut Auto Shapes	95
Adjusting pie Auto Shapes	95
Adjusting L-shaped Auto Shapes	96
Adjusting smart polygon Auto Shapes	96
Adjusting spiral Auto Shapes	96
Adjusting star Auto Shapes	97
Adding Auto Shapes to drawings	97
Adding new Auto Shapes to Fireworks	97
Drawing freeform paths	98
Using the Vector Path tool	98
Drawing paths by plotting points	99
Drawing straight path segments	99
Drawing curved path segments	100
Adjusting the shape of a straight path segment	100
Adjusting the shape of a curved path segment	101
Converting path segments to straight or curved	102
Selecting points	103
Moving points and point handles	103
Inserting and deleting points on a path	104
Continuing an existing path	104
Merging two open paths	104
Auto-joining similar open paths	105
Editing paths	105
Editing with vector tools	105
Bending and reshaping vector objects	105
Distorting paths	107
Redrawing paths	107
Changing a path’s appearance by varying pressure and speed	108
Cutting paths into multiple objects	108
Editing with path operations	108
Combining path objects	108
Converting a path to a marquee selection	109
Creating an object from the intersection of other objects	109
Removing portions of a path object	110
Cropping a path	110
Simplifying a path	110
Expanding a stroke	111
Contracting or expanding a path	111
Editing paths using the Path panel	112
Chapter 6: Working with Text	114
Entering text	114
Naming a text object	115
Creating text blocks	115
Moving text blocks	116
Using auto-sizing and fixed-width text blocks	116
Formatting text	117
Choosing a font, size, and text style	117
Inserting special characters	118
Applying text color	118
Applying color to all text in selected text blocks	118
Applying color to highlighted text in a text block	119
Setting kerning	119
Setting leading	120
Setting text orientation	121
Setting text alignment	121
Indenting text	122
Setting paragraph spacing	122
Smoothing text edges	123
Adjusting character width	123
Setting baseline shift	124
Applying strokes, fills, and filters to text	124
Attaching text to a path	125
Editing paths and text attached to paths	125
Changing text orientation and direction on a path	126
Transforming text	126
Converting text to paths	127
Importing text	127
Photoshop text	128
RTF files	128
ASCII text	128
Handling missing fonts	128
Checking spelling	129
Customizing spell checking	129
Using the Text Editor	130
Chapter 7: Applying Color, Strokes, and Fills	131
Using the Colors section of the Tools panel	131
Organizing swatch groups and color models	132
Applying colors using the Swatches panel	132
Changing swatch groups	133
Customizing the Swatches panel	133
Clearing and sorting swatches	134
Creating colors in the Color Mixer	134
Mixing colors in the Color Mixer	135
Creating colors using the system color pickers	136
Viewing color values	136
Dithering with websafe colors	137
Color management using the Color Palette panel	138
Using color boxes and color pop-up windows	140
Selecting colors from a color pop-up window	140
Sampling colors from a color pop-up window	141
Working with strokes	141
Applying strokes	141
Creating custom strokes	143
Placing strokes on paths	144
Creating stroke styles	145
Working with fills	145
Setting fill attributes of the drawing tools	145
Editing solid fills	146
Applying gradient and pattern fills	146
Applying a pattern fill	146
Adding a custom pattern	147
Applying a gradient fill	147
Editing a gradient fill	147
Creating fills with the Gradient tool	148
Transforming and distorting fills	149
Setting hard-edged, anti-aliased, or feathered fill edges	149
About saving a custom gradient fill	150
Removing a fill	150
Adding texture to strokes and fills	150
Adding texture to a stroke	150
Adding texture to a fill	151
Adding a custom texture	151
Chapter 8: Using Live Filters	152
Applying Live Filters	152
Applying beveled edges	154
Applying embossing	154
Applying shadows and glows	154
Applying filters and Photoshop plug-ins as Live Filters	155
Plug-ins from the Filters menu	156
Installing Photoshop plug-ins	156
Applying Photoshop layer effects	156
About applying filters to grouped objects	156
Editing Live Filters	157
Reordering Live Filters	157
Removing Live Filters	157
Creating custom Live Filters	157
Saving Live Filters as commands	158
Chapter 9: Pages, Layers, Masking, and Blending	160
Working with pages	160
Adding and removing pages	161
Editing pages	161
Using a master page	162
Exporting pages to HTML	162
Exporting pages as image files	163
Working with layers	164
Activating layers	164
Adding and removing layers	165
Viewing layers	166
Organizing layers	166
Protecting layers and objects	167
Merging objects in the Layers panel	167
Sharing layers	168
Using the Web Layer	168
About importing Photoshop grouped layers	169
Masking images	169
About masks	169
About vector masks	169
About bitmap masks	170
Creating a mask from an existing object	171
Masking objects using the Paste as Mask command	171
Masking objects using the Paste Inside command	172
Using text as a mask	174
Masking objects using the Layers panel	174
Masking objects using the Reveal and Hide commands	175
About importing and exporting Photoshop layer masks	176
Grouping objects to form a mask	177
Editing masks	178
Selecting masks and masked objects using mask thumbnails	178
Selecting masks and masked objects using the Subselection tool	178
Moving masks and masked objects	179
Modifying a mask’s appearance	180
Changing the way masks are applied	181
Adding objects to a masked selection	183
Replacing, disabling, and deleting masks	183
Blending and transparency	184
About blending modes	184
Blending mode examples	185
Adjusting opacity and applying blends	186
About the Color Fill Live Filter	187
Chapter 10: Using Styles, Symbols, and URLs	188
Using styles	188
Applying a style	188
Creating and deleting styles	189
Editing styles	190
Exporting and importing styles	190
Using style defaults	191
Applying attributes without creating a style	191
Using symbols	191
Creating a symbol	191
Placing instances	192
Editing symbols	192
Using 9-slice scaling	193
Creating and using rich graphic symbols	195
Creating editable symbol parameters using JavaScript:	196
Editing instances	198
Editing rich symbols	198
Breaking symbol links	198
Editing instance properties	198
Importing and exporting symbols	199
Importing symbols	199
Exporting symbols	200
Updating exported symbols and instances in multiple documents	200
Working with URLs	201
About absolute and relative URLs	201
Working with pages	202
Assigning a URL to a web object	202
Creating a URL library	202
Editing URLs	203
Importing and exporting URLs	203
Chapter 11: Slices, Rollovers, and Hotspots	205
Creating and editing slices	205
Creating slice objects	206
Creating HTML slices	206
Creating nonrectangular slices	207
Viewing and displaying slices and slice guides	208
Viewing slices in the Layers panel	208
Showing and hiding slices	208
Changing slice and slice guide color	208
Editing slices	209
Moving slice guides to edit slices	209
Using tools to edit slice objects	210
About using the Property inspector or Info panel to edit slice objects	210
Making slices interactive	210
Adding simple interactivity to slices	211
About rollovers	211
Creating a simple rollover	212
Creating a disjoint rollover	213
Applying multiple rollovers to a slice	213
Removing a drag-and-drop rollover	214
Using the Behaviors panel to add interactivity to slices	214
Attaching behaviors	215
Editing behaviors	215
Using external image files for swap image	216
Preparing slices for export	216
Assigning URLs	217
Entering alternate text	217
Assigning a target	217
Export settings	218
Naming slices	218
Custom-naming slice files	218
Auto-naming slice files	218
Changing the default auto-naming convention	218
Defining how HTML tables are exported	220
Working with hotspots and image maps	221
Creating hotspots	221
Editing hotspots	222
Preparing hotspots for export	222
Creating image maps	223
Creating rollovers with hotspots	223
Using hotspots on top of slices	224
Chapter 12: Creating Buttons and Pop-up Menus	225
Creating button symbols	225
About button states	226
Using the Button Editor	226
Creating a simple two-state button	226
Creating a three- or four-state button	227
Using bevel filters to draw button states	227
Converting Fireworks rollovers into buttons	228
Inserting buttons into a document	228
Importing button symbols	229
Editing button symbols	229
Editing symbol-level properties	229
Editing instance-level properties	230
Setting interactive button properties	231
Modifying the active area of a button symbol	231
Setting the URL for a button symbol or instance	231
Setting the target for a button	232
Setting the alternate (alt) text for a button symbol or instance	233
Creating navigation bars	233
Creating pop-up menus	234
About the Pop-up Menu Editor	234
Creating a basic pop-up menu	235
Creating submenus within a pop-up menu	236
Designing the appearance of a pop-up menu	237
Adding pop-up menu styles	238
Setting advanced pop-up menu properties	239
Positioning pop-up menus and submenus	240
Editing pop-up menus	241
About exporting pop-up menus	242
Chapter 13: Creating Animations	243
Building animation	243
Working with animation symbols	244
Creating animation symbols	244
Editing animation symbols	245
Changing animation properties	245
Removing animations	246
Editing symbol graphics	246
Editing symbol motion paths	246
Working with frames	247
Setting the frame delay	247
Showing and hiding frames for playback	248
Naming animation frames	248
Adding, moving, copying, and deleting frames	248
Moving selected objects in the Frames panel	249
Sharing layers across frames	249
Viewing objects in a specific frame	250
Using onion skinning	250
Tweening	251
Previewing an animation	251
Exporting your animation	252
Setting the animation repetition	252
Setting transparency	252
Optimizing an animation	253
Animation export formats	253
Working with existing animations	253
Using multiple files as one animation	254
Chapter 14: Creating Slideshows	255
The Create Slideshow command	255
Building or editing a slideshow	255
Slideshow properties	257
AlbumBook Properties panel	257
Album Properties panel	258
Captions panel	258
Filters panel	258
Slideshow Properties panel	259
Export Options panel	259
Creating a custom Fireworks album player	259
Node definitions	260
Chapter 15: Optimizing and Exporting	262
About optimizing	262
Using the Export Wizard	263
Using Image Preview	263
Optimizing in the workspace	266
Using optimization settings	267
Previewing and comparing optimization settings	268
Choosing a file type	270
Optimizing GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PICT files	270
Choosing a color palette	271
Setting the color depth	271
Removing unused colors	272
Dithering to approximate lost colors	272
Viewing colors in a palette	273
Locking colors in a palette	274
Editing colors in a palette	274
Using websafe colors	275
Saving palettes	275
Adjusting compression	275
Making areas transparent	276
Interlacing: Downloading gradually	277

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Index

Numerics

24-bit color 267

32-bit color 267

absolute URLs, entering 196

accessibility

of Help 3

ACT file format, swatches 128

ACT file, exporting 133

activation of software 1

Add Filters pop-up menu 147

Add Noise filter 83

Add Preview Icons preference 347

adding

frames 243

pages 156

styles 184

adjusting

hue or saturation 77

tonal range using eyedropper 75

Adobe Bridge 328

Adobe Bridge Home 6

Adobe Design Center 6

Adobe Fireworks

system requirements 1

Adobe Flex Builder 329

Adobe GoLive 288

Adobe Help 2

Adobe Video Workshop 4

Adobe XMP 328

Align panel 28

aligning objects 59

alpha channel of an object,

selecting 48

alpha, converting images to 81

alt (alternate) text 212

assigning to buttons or

instances 228

animation 238

adding frames 243

creating from multiple files 249

custom frame viewing 246

deleting frames 244

disabling layer sharing 245

editing 301

exporting 248

frames 240

inserting frames 243

looping 247

managing frames 242

movement 240

moving objects to another

frame 244

multiframe editing 246

naming frames 243

onion skinning 245

opacity 240

opening 248

optimizing 248

playing 246

previewing 246

properties 239

removing 241

reordering frames 244

rotation 240

scaling 240

setting frame delay 242

sharing layers across frames 244

transparency 247

turning frames on and off 243

viewing all frames 246

viewing current and adjacent

frames 246

viewing multiple frames 245

viewing next frame 246

anti-aliasing

edges 144

removing halos 275

smoothing text edges 118

target background color 274

application program package 352

arranging frames 244

Arrow tool 86

Auto Levels feature for adjusting

tonal range 72

Auto Shapes 86, 87, 88, 92

Auto Shapes Properties panel 28

auto-naming slices 213

changing default naming

convention 214

backing up during Find and

Replace 332

baseline shift 119

Batch Process dialog box 334

batch processing 334

backing up files 340

commands 339

export settings 337

filenames 339

Find and Replace 338

optimization settings 337

saving as scripts 340

saving files 336

scaling graphics 338

batch scripts 340

dragging and dropping 341

running 341

behaviors 210

Behaviors panel 209

Dreamweaver 206

Nav Bar Down 210

Nav Bar Over 210

Nav Bar Restore 210

Set Nav Bar Image 210

Set Pop-up Menu 210

Set Text of Status Bar 210

Simple Rollover 209

Swap Image 209

Behaviors panel 28, 209

beveled edges 149

Beveled Rectangle tool 86

bicubic interpolation scaling

method 346

bilinear interpolation scaling

method 346

bitmap graphics 14

bitmap masks 164, 165

creating 169

using an existing object as 167, 169

bitmap mode 12

applying with tools 25