Fireworks 3 Bible

About the Authors Joseph W. Lowery has been writing about computers since 1981. Besides writing for such magazines as Wired and the Seybold Report on Internet Publishing, he has written several books, including Fireworks 2 Bible, Buying Online for Dummies, and the upcoming Dreamweaver UltraDev Bible and Dreamweaver 3 Bible, Gold Edition (IDG Books Worldwide). He has garnered the attention and respect of many at Macromedia, and he has been featured as a presenter at Macromedia User Conferences and as a speaker for Macromedia Web World. Joe also teaches at Seybold Conferences. His latest forum is teaching Dreamweaver courses at eHandsOn, an online training center offered by eHandsOn Corp. that teaches Web site design and production using Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks. A professional Web developer, Joe lives in New York City with his wife, Debra Warmer, and his daughter, Margot. Simon White is a writer, artist, and musician who serves as Creative Director for Mediafear, a full--service Web design shop specializing in multimedia--rich sites. He has contributed to a number of books focusing on Web design and graphics, and he is a Macromedia evangelist. Simon lives in San Francisco - near the beach - with his wife, Kelly, and a couple of Macs. He can be reached at simonwhite.com.

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I: Come See the Fireworks. Chapter 1: Welcome to Fireworks. Chapter 2: Understanding the Interface. Chapter 3: Customizing Your Environment. Chapter 4: Setting Up Documents. PART II: Mastering the Tools. Chapter 5: Creating and Transforming Objects. Chapter 6: Working with Images. Chapter 7: Managing Color. Chapter 8: Choosing Strokes. Chapter 9: Structuring Paths. Chapter 10: Composing with Text. PART III: Achieving Effects. Chapter 11: Fills and Textures. Chapter 12: Live Effects and Xtras. Chapter 13: Arranging and Compositing Objects. PART IV: Coordinating Workflow. Chapter 14: Capturing and Importing. Chapter 15: Exporting and Optimizing. Chapter 16: Working with Fireworks Styles. Chapter 17: Using Symbols and Libraries. Chapter 18: Updating and Maintaining Web Graphics. Chapter 19: Automating Workflow with Commands and the History Panel. PART V: Entering the Web. Chapter 20: Mastering Image Maps and Slices. Chapter 21: Activating Fireworks with Behaviors. Chapter 22: Integration with Dreamweaver. PART VI: Animation. Chapter 23: Animation Techniques. Chapter 24: Animating Banner Ads. PART VII: Programming with Fireworks. Chapter 25: Customizing Fireworks. Chapter 26: Fireworks API. Appendix A: A Web Primer. Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts. Appendix C: What's on the CD--ROM. Index. End--User License Agreement. CD--ROM Installation Agreements.