Fireworks CS3 Essential Training [CD-ROM]

Tom Green (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 159671333X | ISBN-13: 978-1596713338 | Publication Date: May 3, 2007

Fireworks CS3 Essential Training is all about using each tool in this tremendously powerful application to its full potential to make amazing web graphics. From understanding the interface to importing Photoshop and Illustrator files, from formatting text to editing and optimizing images, instructor Tom Green covers all the skills needed to best create and edit all kinds of web-based graphics. Exercise files accompany the training.

Topics Include:

• Getting to know the tools and menus
• Importing from Photoshop and Illustrator
• Creating and combining basic shapes
• Using the Eyedropper and Replace Color tools
• Using fills and strokes
• Formatting text with the Property Inspector
• Adjusting color in channels
• Editing images and color correction
• Creating and using vector masks
• Optimizing techniques

Duration: 7.5 hours
On 2 CD-ROMs

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author

Teacher. Author. Lecturer. Raconteur. Professor of interactive multimedia at Humber College's School of Media Studies in Toronto. Tom Green is the author of Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source (Macromedia Press). He also wrote From After Effects to Flash: Poetry in Motion Graphics and Foundation: Flash 8 Video (friends of ED). Tom is a partner at CommunityMX and a regular columnist for Digital Web Magazine . He has contributed articles to the Adobe Design and Developer Centers, Adobe Edge, and the Web Developer's and Designer s Journal . Tom is also a member of the international Adobe Community Experts group. He has done sessions on a variety of topics, ranging from Flash video to the art of the interactive storyteller, at a variety of international conferences, including Adobe MAX, Spark Europe, FlashintheCan, NAB, and TODCON.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: lynda.com, Inc (May 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159671333X
• ISBN-13: 978-1596713338
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn the new features of Fireworks CS3 FAST!, May 24, 2007

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Russell Youngblood (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireworks CS3 Essential Training (CD-ROM)

The author does an excellent job of presenting the fundamentals of Fireworks CS3. Since this video learning DVD is broken down into smaller learning lessons it is great for beginners and advanced users. The two lessons that I found to be most helpful were the 9-scale slicing and Adobe Flex prototyping modules. If you are trying to figure out how to build good looking FLEX applications, ... Fireworks CS3 Essential Training will provide you with some significant pieces to this puzzel.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Useless, January 22, 2008

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Matt Oliver (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fireworks CS3 Essential Training (CD-ROM)

If you're a hands-on learner, or prefer to learn by doing, this item is absolutely useless... I tried to watch it but started dozing off. It is now sitting in my pile of stuff to unload - it's yours for any reasonable offer.