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Fireworks MX: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

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Get a solid introduction to the premier Web graphics creation tool with this hands-on beginner's guide. Designed for easy learning, this book is filled with step-by-step projects, Q & A sections, helpful hints, 1-minute drills, and much more.

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Essential Skills for First-Time Designers

Create beautiful artwork and Web graphics--even if you're a newcomer to graphic design. Cover the basics--vector drawing tools, bitmap image editing, and animation files--then learn all the powerful tools and features of Fireworks MX. Create Web-ready graphics including buttons, banners, and backgrounds. Work with text. Integrate with all the major Web applications, including Dreamweaver and Macromedia Flash. Author Kim Cavanaugh leads you through a step-by-step program designed to help you discover how Fireworks works independently as a powerful graphic design tool or in concert with other programs to create visually stunning Web pages. Covers both Windows and Macintosh OS X versions of Fireworks MX.

This Beginner's Guide is Designed for Easy Learning:

Modules--Each concept is divided into logical modules (chapters), ideal for individualized learning
Goals--Each module opens with the specific skills you'll have by the end of the module
Ask the Experts--Q&A sections throughout are filled with extra information and interesting commentary
1-Minute Drills--Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress
Projects--Exercises contained in each module show how to apply what you are learning
Mastery Checks--End-of-module reviews that test your knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and simple coding questions

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Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia; 1st edition (June 21, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072223677
ISBN-13: 978-0072223675
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Beginner's Guide, Symbol Editor, Mastery Check, Live Effects, Magic Wand, Color Chooser, Take Away, Integrating Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Combine Paths, Poinciana Beach, Tween Instances, Numeric Transform, Onion Skinning, Polygon Lasso, Adobe Illustrator, Duplicate Frame, Images Only, Include Areas, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Over While Down, World Wide Web, Creating Advanced Navigation Elements, Creating Animated Files

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Newbies--and others too, March 7, 2003

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I picked this book up even though I had used Fireworks in the past and was (I thought) pretty good with the program. I'd read some of the author's tutorials and figured it was worth a shot and I might learn something new.
I'm really glad I did. Even though the book is a "start at the very beginning" kind of book, I learned lots of new techniques and short-cuts that I wasn't aware of. The author writes in a very easy to understand style, and never whips out new jargon without explaining what it means first.
Even though the title says this is a beginner;s book I think you can learn a bunch from it even if you've used the program before.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful for me., December 8, 2002

By	Barry Mcgrath (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is organized as a series of projects.
Some of the projects aren't explained completely. Some rely on you to figure out a step. This is extremely annoying for a "beginner's " book, since it really adds to the time it takes to complete the projects.
It doesn't work well as a reference either, since you have these relatively large projects rather than specific steps so it's not always easy to extract that single step you are looking for.
Finally there are easier ways to do some of the things presented here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A solid self-teaching tool for Fireworks MX, November 5, 2002

By	Kevin Carlson (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a non-artist web programmer, I was looking for a Fireworks teaching tool that didn't assume I was a graphics expert ...

The Osborn series of "Beginner's Guides" seems to nicely fit a niche between "Dummies" books and "Complete Reference" type books, and this one is no exception.

I learned a lot about Fireworks MX without either wading through fluff or suffering torture-by-encyclopedia. Use this book to learn the basic techniques, then add a more advanced book such as "Using Fireworks MX" for when you need more in-depth information.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 & 1/2 stars, really.
This book is excellent for learning Fireworks. The chapters are walk-through lessons that take you step-by-step through each skill. Read more

Published on November 18, 2002 by S. Cook

3.0 out of 5 stars there are better books
these books were pretty inexpensive, however I believe that the training provided by the actual softwares do a better job than this. Read more

Published on October 17, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars This book opens the portal...
...to all those mysterious graphics, rollbars, filtered photos and other effects you saw on the web and wondered: how the heck did they do that? Read more

Published on October 9, 2002 by bourlinguer

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive
Kim does a wonderful job of explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand. This book is laid out in a logical order and flows well. Read more

Published on September 17, 2002 by J. Erb

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Intro to Fireworks MX
I purchased the author's previous book on Fireworks and Dreamweaver and was really impressed at how easy it was to follow the instructions. Read more

Published on July 8, 2002

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