Adobe Fireworks CS4 is back and better than ever. Completely revamped for inclusion in the Adobe Creative Suite, Fireworks is now positioned to be an integral part of Adobe's Web workflow. Designed for manipulating images destined for the Web and developing rapid Web prototypes, Fireworks lets Web designers go from scribbled concept to online framework. Fireworks CS4 has been given new life, so new in fact that a whole new generation of Web designers needs to become acquainted with it. Adobe Fireworks CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques gives users quick access to the key features and fundamental techniques to help them come up to speed in Adobe Fireworks CS4. Each technique is presented in a self-contained unit of one or two pages so users can dive in and start working right away, unencumbered by lengthy descriptions or technical detail. Adobe Fireworks CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques will be one of the first books available on this software.
Writing, photography, and teaching are passions of mine. During the early 1980's, my career began in commercial photography. With the release of Photoshop 2.5 and later the original versions of Dreamweaver and Fireworks, I became involved in the world of digital imaging, and soon began designing for the web in addition to taking photographs. I was hooked, and moved primarily into digital imaging and web design. Even back then, however, I always wanted to teach.
I currently teach imaging, Web design, and photography in Toronto at Centennial College's Centre for Communication, Media, and Design and at Humber College's Digital Imaging Training Centre.
I'm a frequent contributor of articles on Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and other general web topics to the Community MX Web site and have presented at Adobe Max as well as several other conferences. I have also written the Fireworks CS4 Classroom in a Book, and the latest edition for Fireworks CS5. You can also watch and learn by following along in my video training titles for Layers magazine and Lynda.com.
While I still shoot commercially on occasion, my photography has mainly become a passionate hobby of mine. I'm not often seen without a camera, and I happily share my images on flickr.com.
I have a penchant for colorful Hawaiian shirts (I've even been recognized by total strangers, based on my - umm - fashion choice), and love to spoil my cat, Hunny.
