Adobe 38039927 - Fireworks CS3 - PC Manual

USING FIREWORKS

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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adobe Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What’s new in Fireworks CS3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2: Fireworks Basics
About working in Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About vector and bitmap graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a new document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Saving Fireworks files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Fireworks work environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3: Selecting and Transforming Objects
Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing selected objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transforming and distorting selected objects and selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Organizing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4: Working with Bitmaps
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Creating bitmap objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Accessing photo editing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drawing, painting, and editing bitmap objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Retouching bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting bitmap color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Blurring and sharpening bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adding noise to an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 5: Working with Vector Objects
Drawing vector objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Editing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 6: Working with Text
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Applying strokes, fills, and filters to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Attaching text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Transforming text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Converting text to paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Importing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Checking spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Using the Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 7: Applying Color, Strokes, and Fills
Using the Colors section of the Tools panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Organizing swatch groups and color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Using color boxes and color pop-up windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Working with strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Working with fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Applying gradient and pattern fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Adding texture to strokes and fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Chapter 8: Using Live Filters
Applying Live Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Editing Live Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 9: Pages, Layers, Masking, and Blending
Working with pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Masking images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Blending and transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Chapter 10: Using Styles, Symbols, and URLs
Using styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Working with URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Chapter 11: Slices, Rollovers, and Hotspots
Creating and editing slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Making slices interactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Preparing slices for export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Working with hotspots and image maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Chapter 12: Creating Buttons and Pop-up Menus
Creating button symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Creating navigation bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Creating pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 13: Creating Animations
Building animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Working with animation symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Working with frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tweening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Previewing an animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Exporting your animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Working with existing animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Using multiple files as one animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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Chapter 14: Creating Slideshows
The Create Slideshow command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Building or editing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Slideshow properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Creating a custom Fireworks album player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Chapter 15: Optimizing and Exporting
About optimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Using the Export Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Optimizing in the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Exporting from Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Sending a Fireworks document as an e-mail attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Using the File Management button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Chapter 16: Using Fireworks with Other Applications
Working with Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Working with Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Working with FreeHand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Working with Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Working with HomeSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Working with Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
About working with Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
About working with GoLive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
About working with HTML editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
About extending Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
About Adobe XMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
About Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Flex integration for rich Internet application layouts (MXML export) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Chapter 17: Automating Repetitive Tasks
Finding and replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Batch processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Extending Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Flash SWF movies used as Fireworks panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Chapter 18: Preferences and Keyboard Shortcuts
Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Changing keyboard shortcut sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Working with configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
About reinstalling Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Viewing package contents (Macintosh only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Adobe® Fireworks® CS3, a unique hybrid vector and bitmap tool, delivers the most efficient design environment for
rapidly prototyping websites and user interfaces, and creating and optimizing images for the web. Fireworks CS3
offers the flexibility to edit both vector and bitmap images, a common library of prebuilt assets, and time-saving
integration with Adobe Photoshop® CS3, Adobe Illustrator® CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS3, and Adobe Flash® CS3
Professional software. Rapidly prototype your web project and then leverage your work directly into Dreamweaver
CS3.
Fireworks CS3 is an integral part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Web Standard, which empower
creative professionals and developers to experience an uninterrupted flow of energy and ideas from initial concept
to polished final execution across print, video, web, and mobile devices. The end-to-end integration is the core of
what makes Creative Suite uniquely powerful—creative professionals and developers remain focused on their vision
and achieve the highest quality results in less time.
This chapter covers the following topics:
•“Installation” on page 1
•“A d o b e H e l p” on p a g e 2
•“Resources” on page 4
•“What’s new in Fireworks CS3” on page 8
Installation
Requirements
To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe software, see the Read Me.html file
on your installation DVD.
Install the software
1Close any other Adobe programs open on your computer.
2Insert the installation disc into your DVD drive, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: For more information, see the Read Me.html file on the installation DVD.
Activate the software
If you have a single-user retail license for your Adobe software, you will be asked to activate your software; this is a
simple, anonymous process that you must complete within 30 days of starting the software.
For more information on product activation, see the Read Me file on your installation DVD, or visit the Adobe
website at www.adobe.com/go/activation.
1If the Activation dialog box isn’t already open, choose Help > Activate.
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Note: If you want to install the software on a different computer, you must first deactivate it on your computer. Choose
Help > Deactivate.
Register
Register your product to receive complimentary installation support, notifications of updates, and other services.
❖To register, follow the on-screen instructions in the Registration dialog box, which appears after you install and
activate the software.
If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Online Registration.
Read me
The Read Me.html file for your product can be found on the installation DVD (and is also copied to the application
folder during product installation). This file provides valuable information about the following:
•System requirements
•Installing and uninstalling
•Activation and registration
•Font installation
•Troubleshooting
•Customer support
•Legal notices
Viewing the files installed with Fireworks
At some point you may need to view or access the files installed with Fireworks. During installation, Fireworks places
files in various locations on your system. It’s important to understand why these files reside where they do. For more
information, see “Working with configuration files” on page 350.
Macintosh users should pay special attention to the format Fireworks uses to store the program and its default
configuration files. For more information, see “Viewing package contents (Macintosh only)” on page 352.
Adobe Help
Adobe Help resources
Documentation for your Adobe software is available in a variety of formats.
In-product and LiveDocs Help
In-product Help provides access to all documentation and instructional content available at the time the product
ships. It is available through the Help menu in your Adobe product.
LiveDocs Help includes all the content from in-product Help, plus updates and links to additional instructional
content available on the web. For some products, LiveDocs also lets you add comments. Find LiveDocs Help for your
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Most versions of in-product and LiveDocs Help let you search across the Help of multiple products. Topics also
contain links to relevant content on the web or to topics in the Help of another product.
Think of Help, both in the product and on the web, as a hub for accessing additional content and communities of
users. The most complete and up-to-date version of Help is always on the web.
Adobe PDF documentation
The in-product Help is also available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file that is optimized for printing. Other
documents, such as white papers, may also be provided as PDFs.
All PDF documentation is available through the Adobe Help Resource Center, at www.adobe.com/go/documen-
tation. PDF documentation included with your product can be found in the Documents folder on the installation or
content DVD.
Printed documentation
Printed editions of the complete in-product Help are available for purchase in the Adobe Store, at
www.adobe.com/go/store. You can also find books published by Adobe publishing partners in the Adobe Store.
A printed workflow guide is included with all Adobe Creative Suite 3 products, and individual Adobe products may
include a printed getting started guide.
Using Help in the product
In-product Help is available through the Help menu. After you start the Adobe Help Viewer, click Browse to see Help
for additional Adobe products installed on your computer.
To help you learn about multiple Adobe products, these features are available:
•You can search across Help for multiple products.
•Topics may contain links to topics in Help for other Adobe products or to additional content on the web.
•Some topics are shared across multiple products. If you see a Help topic with a Fireworks icon and a Dreamweaver
icon, you know that the topic either describes functionality that is similar in the two products or documents cross-
product workflows.
Note: If you search for a phrase, such as “shape tool,” enclose it in quotation marks to see only those topics that include
all the words in the phrase.
Accessibility features
Adobe Help content is accessible to people with disabilities—such as mobility impairments, blindness, and low
vision. In-product Help provides keyboard shortcuts for toolbar controls and navigation, and it supports standard
accessibility features, including the following:
•Text size can be changed with standard context menu commands.
•Links are underlined for easy recognition.
•If link text doesn’t match the title of the destination, the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag.
For example, the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics.
•Content supports high-contrast mode.
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•Standard HTML tags define content structure, for screen reading or text-to-speech tools.
•Style sheets control formatting, so there are no embedded fonts.
Windows keyboard shortcuts for toolbar controls
Each control in the toolbar for in-product Help has a keyboard equivalent:
Back button Alt+left arrow
Forward button Alt+right arrow
Print Ctrl+P
About button Ctrl+I
Browse menu Alt+down arrow or Alt+up arrow to view Help for another program
Search box (Windows) Ctrl+S to place cursor in Search box
Windows keyboard shortcuts for navigation
To navigate in Adobe Help Viewer and view topics, use the following keyboard combinations:
•To move between the navigation pane and the reading pane, press Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
•To move through links within a pane, press Tab or Shift+Tab.
•To activate a selected link, press Enter.
•To make text bigger, press Ctrl+equal.
•To make text smaller, press Ctrl+hyphen.
How to choose the right Help documents
A variety of resources are available for learning Fireworks, including Fireworks Help, PDF versions of the Fireworks
documentation components, and several web-based information sources.
•Fireworks Help (called Using Fireworks), intended for all users, gives comprehensive information about all
Fireworks features. You can access it at any time in Fireworks help (Help > Using Fireworks). The manual is also
available in PDF format on the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go/fireworks_documentation.
•Extending Fireworks, which describes the Fireworks framework and the application programming interface (API),
is intended for advanced users who want to build extensions or customize the Fireworks interface. You can control
every Fireworks command or setting using special JavaScript commands that Fireworks can interpret. The manual
is available both in help and on the Adobe website as a downloadable PDF.
Resources
Adobe Video Workshop
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop enables you to learn about your product. There are over 200 training videos
for Adobe Creative Suite 3, covering a wide range of subjects for print, web, and video professionals.
You can use the Video Workshop to learn about any Creative Suite 3 product you’re interested in. Many videos show
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When you start the Video Workshop, you choose exactly the products and topics you want to learn. You can see
details about each video to help focus your learning path.
Community of presenters
With this release, we invited the Adobe community to share their expertise and insights. Adobe and Lynda.com
present tutorials, tips, and tricks from leading designers and developers such as Michael Ninness, Katrin Eismann,
and Chris Georgenes. You can see and hear Adobe experts such as Lynn Grillo, Greg Rewis, and Russell Brown. In
all, over 30 product experts share their knowledge.
Tutorials and source files
The Video Workshop includes training for novices and experienced users. You’ll also find videos on new features
and key techniques. Each video covers a single subject and typically runs about 3-5 minutes. Most videos come with
an illustrated tutorial and source files, so you can print out detailed steps and try the tutorial on your own.
Using Adobe Video Workshop
You can access Adobe Video Workshop using the DVD included with your Creative Suite 3 product. It’s also available
online at www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials. Adobe will regularly add new videos to the online Video
Workshop, so check in to see what’s new.
Fireworks CS3 videos
Adobe Video Workshop covers a wide range of subjects for Adobe Fireworks CS3, including:
•Using the Pages panel
•Rapid prototyping with rich symbols
•Understanding layers and layout
•Generating symbol property scripts
Videos also show you how to use Fireworks CS3 with other Adobe products, for example:
•Importing Photoshop files
•Understanding the Fireworks and Flash workflow
•Understanding the Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks workflow
Extras
You have access to a wide variety of resources that will help you make the most of your Adobe software. Some of
these resources are installed on your computer during the setup process; additional helpful samples and documents
are included on the installation or content DVD. Unique extras are also offered online by the Adobe Exchange
community, at www.adobe.com/go/exchange.
Installed resources
During software installation, a number of resources are placed in your application folder. To view those files, navigate
to the specific application folder on your computer.
•Windows: [startup drive]/Program files/Adobe/Adobe Fireworks CS3
•Mac OS: [startup drive]/Applications/Adobe Fireworks CS3
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Plug-ins Plug-in modules are small software programs that extend or add features to your software. Once installed,
plug-in modules appear as options in the Import or Export menu; as file formats in the Open, Save As, and Export
Original dialog boxes; or as filters in the Filter submenus.
Presets Presets comprise a wide variety of useful tools, preferences, effects, and images. Product presets include
brushes, swatches, color groups, symbols, custom shapes, graphic and layer styles, patterns, textures, actions,
workspaces, and more. Preset content can be found throughout the interface. Some presets become available only
when you select the corresponding tool. If you don’t want to create an effect or image from scratch, just peruse the
preset libraries for inspiration.
Templates Template files can be opened and viewed from Adobe Bridge, opened from the Welcome Screen, or
opened directly from the File menu. Depending on the product, template files range from letterhead, newsletters and
websites, to DVD menus and video buttons. Each template file is professionally constructed and represents a best-
use example of product features. Templates can be a valuable resource when you need to jump start a project.
Samples Sample files include more complicated designs and are a great way to see new features in action. These files
demonstrate the range of creative possibilities offered by your program.
Fonts Several OpenType® fonts and font families are included with your Creative Suite product. Fonts are copied to
your computer during installation:
•Windows: [startup drive]/Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Fonts
•Mac OS X: [startup drive]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts
For information about installing fonts, see the Read Me.html file on the installation DVD.
DVD content
The installation or content DVD included with your product contains additional resources for use with your
software. The Goodies folder contains product-specific files such as templates, images, presets, actions, plug-ins, and
effects, along with subfolders for Fonts and Stock Photography. The Documentation folder contains a PDF version
of the Help, technical information, and other documents such as specimen sheets, reference guides, and specialized
feature information.
Adobe Exchange
For more free content, visit www.adobe.com/go/exchange, an online community where users download and share
thousands of free actions, extensions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products.
Bridge Home
Bridge Home, a new destination in Adobe Bridge CS3, provides up-to-date information on all your Adobe Creative
Suite 3 software in one convenient location. Start Adobe Bridge, then click the Bridge Home icon at the top of the
favorites panel to access the latest tips, news, and resources for your Creative Suite tools.
Note: Bridge Home may not be available in all languages.
Adobe Design Center
Adobe Design Center offers articles, inspiration, and instruction from industry experts, top designers and Adobe
publishing partners. New content is added monthly.
You can find hundreds of tutorials for design products and learn tips and techniques through videos, HTML
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•Think Tank articles describe how designers engage with technology and what their experiences mean for design,
design tools, and society.
•In Dialog Box, experts share new ideas in motion graphics and digital design.
•The Gallery showcases how artists communicate design in motion.
Visit Adobe Design Center at www.adobe.com/designcenter.
Adobe Developer Center
Adobe Developer Center provides samples, tutorials, articles, and community resources for developers who build
rich Internet applications, websites, mobile content, and other projects using Adobe products. The Developer Center
also contains resources for developers who develop plug-ins for Adobe products.
In addition to sample code and tutorials, you'll find RSS feeds, online seminars, SDKs, scripting guides, and other
technical resources.
Visit Adobe Developer Center at www.adobe.com/go/developer.
Customer support
Visit the Adobe Support website, at www.adobe.com/support, to find troubleshooting information for your product
and to learn about free and paid technical support options. Follow the Training link for access to Adobe Press books,
a variety of training resources, Adobe software certification programs, and more.
Downloads
Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Adobe
Store (at www.adobe.com/go/store) provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping
you to automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.
Adobe Labs
Adobe Labs provides you with the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging innovations, technol-
ogies, and products from Adobe.
At Adobe Labs, you have access to resources such as these:
•Prerelease software and technologies
•Code samples and best practices to help accelerate your learning curve
•Early versions of product and technical documentation
•Forums, wiki-based content, and other collaborative resources to help you interact with like-minded developers
Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. This environment allows customers to become
productive with new products and technologies faster and the Adobe development teams to respond and react to
early feedback in order to shape the software in a way that meets the needs and expectations of the community.
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User communities
Features forums, blogs, and other avenues for users to share technologies, tools, and information; ask questions; and
find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User-to-user forums are available in English, French,
German, and Japanese; blogs are posted in a wide range of languages.
To participate in forums or blogs, visit www.adobe.com/communities.
What’s new in Fireworks CS3
Create rich symbols
This version of Fireworks introduces new and enhanced symbol features. Create graphic symbols that can be intel-
ligently scaled and given specific attributes using a JavaScript (JSF) file. Quickly mock up a user interface by dragging
these symbols on to the document and editing the parameters associated with them using the new Symbol Properties
panel.
For more information, see “Creating and using rich graphic symbols” on page 190.
Intelligent scaling for symbols
Traditionally, when you apply scale transformations to symbols, the entire object is transformed as a single unit.
With certain kinds of objects, especially geometric shapes with styled corners, the result is a symbol that appears
somewhat distorted.
Fireworks CS3 introduces a dynamic new feature called 9-slice scaling, which allows you to intelligently scale vector
or bitmap symbols. By positioning a set of guides over your artwork, you can define exactly how each part of a
symbol is scaled. Any of nine different regions can be specified to scale only horizontally, scale only vertically, scale
both horizontally and vertically, or to not scale at all. The feature, which is on by default, can also be set to scale just
three regions. When combined with the new Auto Shape library, 9-slice scaling makes it faster than ever before to
prototype websites and applications.
For more information, see “Using 9-slice scaling” on page 188.
Rich symbols
Symbol Properties panel This new panel is a central location where you can control the properties for
intelligent graphic symbols.
Enhanced graphic symbol An enhancement to the graphic symbol allows the creation of customizable
symbol properties using JavaScript.
Symbol library A pre-designed library of graphic symbols that utilize the new functionality has
been included in this software release. These can be customized to accommo-
date the look and feel of a particular website or user interface.
Swap symbols A new “swap symbol” feature allows you to easily swap symbols as you are
designing your document.
Scaling without distortion
New 9-slice scaling tool Enable the 9-slice scaling feature to scale vector and bitmap symbols up or
down without distorting their geometry. The symbol can be scaled using 3 or
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Add multiple pages to a single document
In a never-ending effort to improve web-design workflows, Fireworks CS3 makes it easy to build complex multi-
page web prototypes using a single PNG file. Each page contains its own settings for canvas document, size, color,
image resolution, and guides. These settings can be set on a per-page basis, or globally across all pages in the
document.
Taking the multi-page concept one step further, Fireworks layers can apply to a single page or be shared across
pages. Once shared, the layers are shaded yellow to differentiate them from unshared layers. For rapid prototyping,
you can create workflows with hyperlinks and hotspot behaviors on multiple pages. You can also preview all of your
pages in a browser or export them all at once as multiple HTML pages.
For more information, see “Working with pages” on page 155.
Create Flash-based slideshows
Automatically create an image slideshow. The Create Slideshow command allows you to create a Flash slideshow
without knowing how to use Flash. You simply select a folder with images, add slideshow options (such as slide
transitions), select a Fireworks album player (a Flash template) for the final output, and automatically batch-process
the required thumbnail and full-size images that are optimized for the web.
For more information, see “Creating Slideshows” on page 250.
Hierarchical layers
In Fireworks CS3 the structure of layers in a document can be as simple or as complex as required and all hierar-
chical layers are preserved. When creating a new file, all items are organized at the same level, in a non-hierarchical
manner. You can create new sub layers as needed and move items into them, or move elements from one layer to
another at any time. You can also create multiple sub layers and group them.
For more information, see “Working with layers” on page 159.
Prototype without complexity
New Pages panel A new Pages panel gives easy access to all of the pages in your PNG file.
Apply layers across pages Layers can apply to a single page, or can be shared across multiple pages. Once
shared, the layers are displayed in yellow to differentiate from unshared Layers.
Use a master page for common
elements
An optional master page can be used to hold elements that are common to all
pages.
Create a Flash slideshow without learning Flash
Create Slideshow feature Choose Create Slideshow from the Commands menu to launch the new tool.
Use layers for greater design flexibility
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Work with Photoshop files
With Fireworks CS3, you can directly import native files from Photoshop. Achieving a whole new level of function-
ality, Adobe is redefining the concept of what integration should be. Fireworks design comps and images can now
be saved as native Photoshop files and opened in either Photoshop or Fireworks CS3 with layer information
preserved.
For more information, see “Working with Photoshop” on page 322.
Import Fireworks files into Adobe Flash
Now you can move content from Fireworks CS3 to Flash CS3 Professional quickly by copying and pasting or by
directly importing a Fireworks PNG file. Important structure is maintained, including multiple pages, shared layers,
hierarchical layers, frames, 9-slice scaling settings, and many effects. Prototyping in Fireworks and developing in
Flash has never been easier.
For more information, see “Working with Flash” on page 305.
Flex integration for RIA layouts
As designers continue to push the technology envelope, better tools and integration become more important than
ever. Fireworks CS3 can help in the development of next-generation rich internet applications—referred to as
RIAs—by making it possible to export common library assets as known components for use in Adobe Flex™
Builder.™ Styling and absolute positioning are also maintained.
The best part is there’s no work necessary on your part, because Fireworks exports the necessary Flex code (MXML)
for you. Now you can easily create a Flex application layout in Fireworks, leveraging Flex common library assets as
MXML for loading into Flex Builder.
Work with Illustrator files
Open Illustrator files in Fireworks while preserving hierarchical layers, patterns, linked images, text attributes,
transparency, and more. Fireworks also contains export options for exporting to Adobe Illustrator 8.0.
For more information, see “About working with Illustrator” on page 326.
For more information on the new features, see the Fireworks page on the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/.
Improved Photoshop compatibility
Photoshop layer effects Photoshop provides a variety of effects such as shadows, glows, bevels, over-
lays, and strokes that let the user change the appearance of a layer’s contents.
Fireworks CS3 now preserves these editable Photoshop layer effects when
importing or opening a PSD file. You can also now apply Photoshop layer
effects directly to any object within Fireworks by selecting Photoshop Live
Effects from the Live Filters tool in the Property inspector.
Photoshop blend modes Fireworks CS3 includes seven commonly used Photoshop blending modes
(dissolve, linear burn, linear dodge, vivid light, linear light, pin light, and hard
mix).
Retain hierarchical layers when
opening PSD files
Fireworks CS3 now supports a hierarchical layer structure, allowing you to
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Adobe Bridge
Simplify file handling in Fireworks and within Adobe Creative Suite with Adobe Bridge, the next-generation file
browser. Efficiently browse, tag, search, and process your images. Using Bridge and Fireworks together means you
can take advantage of XMP metadata in your files. Adobe XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) is a technology that
assists the user in adding file information to files saved in PNG, GIF, JPEG, Photoshop, and TIFF formats, and facil-
itates the exchange of metadata between Adobe software and other systems that support the XMP metadata
standard.
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Chapter 2: Fireworks Basics
Fireworks CS3 is a software program for designing professional on-screen graphics. Its innovative solutions tackle
the major problems facing graphic designers and webmasters. Using the wide range of tools in Fireworks, you can
create and edit both vector and bitmap graphics within a single file.
The advent of Fireworks freed web designers from having to jump back and forth among as many as a dozen task-
specific applications. Its nondestructive Live Filters eliminate the frustration of having to re-create web graphics
from scratch after any simple edit. Fireworks generates JavaScript, making rollovers easy to create. Efficient optimi-
zation features shrink the size of web graphic files without sacrificing quality.
If you are new to Fireworks, it would be helpful for you to understand general Fireworks concepts such as opening,
importing, and saving files; finding your way around the Fireworks environment; and working within a file. After
you create a new file or open an existing file, the Fireworks work environment is available to you.
This chapter contains the following topics:
•“About working in Fireworks” on page 12
•“About vector and bitmap graphics” on page 13
•“Creating a new document” on page 15
•“Opening and importing files” on page 16
•“Saving Fireworks files” on page 22
•“The Fireworks work environment” on page 24
About working in Fireworks
Fireworks is a versatile program for creating, editing, and optimizing web graphics. You can create and edit both
bitmap and vector images, design web effects such as rollovers and pop-up menus, crop and optimize graphics to
reduce their file size, and save time by automating repetitive tasks. When a document is complete, you can export or
save it as a JPEG file, GIF file, or file of another format—along with HTML files containing HTML tables and JavaS-
cript code—for use on the web. You also can export or save a type of file specific to another program, such as Adobe
Photoshop or Adobe Flash, if you want to continue working in the other program.
Vector and bitmap objects
In the Fireworks Tools panel, you will find distinct sections containing tools for drawing and editing vectors and
bitmaps. For more information on these two basic formats, see “About vector and bitmap graphics” on page 13
In Fireworks, the tool you select determines whether the object you create is a vector or a bitmap. For example, select
the Pen tool from the Vector section of the Tools panel, and you can begin drawing vector paths by plotting points.
Select the Brush tool, and you can drag to paint a bitmap object. Select the Text tool, and you can begin typing.
After drawing vector objects, bitmap objects, or text, you can use a wide array of tools, effects, commands, and
techniques to enhance and complete your graphics. You can use the Fireworks tools in the Button Editor to create
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You can also use the Fireworks tools to edit imported graphics. You can import and edit files in JPEG, GIF, PNG,
PSD, and many other file formats. After you import a graphic image, you can adjust its color and tone, as well as crop,
retouch, and mask it.
Interactive graphics
Slices and hotspots are web objects that specify interactive areas in a web graphic. Slices cut an image into different
sections to which you can apply rollover behaviors, animation, and Uniform Resource Locator (URL) links. In
addition, you can export the sections using different settings. On a web page, each slice appears in a table cell.
Hotspots let you assign URL links and behaviors to all or part of a graphic. For more information, see “Slices,
Rollovers, and Hotspots” on page 200.
Slices and hotspots have drag-and-drop rollover handles that let you quickly assign swap image and rollover
behaviors to graphics directly in the workspace. The Button Editor and Pop-up Menu Editor are convenient
Fireworks features that help you build special interactive graphics for navigating websites.
About optimizing and exporting graphics
Fireworks has powerful optimization features to help you find the balance between file size and acceptable visual
quality as you prepare to export graphics. You can optimize web graphics in Fireworks to minimize their file size so
that they load quickly into websites, while comparing the quality of the graphics in the Preview, 2-Up, or 4-Up views
in the workspace.
You can slice an image into smaller parts and then optimize each part in the format that best suits the content. For
added optimization flexibility, you can use selective JPEG compression to focus the most important part of a JPEG
while reducing the quality of the background.
After you optimize your graphics, the next step is to export them for use on the web. From your Fireworks source
PNG document, you can export files of a number of types, including JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, and HTML tables
containing sliced images in multiple file types. For more information, see “Optimizing and Exporting” on page 257.
About vector and bitmap graphics
Computers display graphics in either vector or bitmap format. Understanding the difference between the two
formats helps you understand Fireworks, which contains both vector and bitmap tools and is capable of opening or
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About vector graphics
Vector graphics render images using lines and curves, called vectors, that include color and position information.
For example, the image of a leaf may be defined by a series of points that describe the outline of the leaf. The color
of the leaf is determined by the color of its outline (the stroke) and the color of the area enclosed by the outline (the
fill)
When you edit a vector graphic, you modify the properties of the lines and curves that describe its shape. Vector
graphics are resolution-independent, which means you can move, resize, reshape, or change the color of a vector
graphic, as well as display it on output devices of varying resolutions, without changing the quality of its appearance.
About bitmap graphics
Bitmap graphics are composed of dots, called pixels, arranged in a grid. Your computer screen is a large grid of
pixels. In a bitmap version of the leaf, the image is determined by the location and color value of each pixel in the
grid. Each pixel is assigned a color. When viewed at the correct resolution, the dots fit together like tiles in a mosaic
to form the image.
When you edit a bitmap graphic, you modify pixels rather than lines and curves. These bitmap graphics are
resolution-dependent, which means that the data describing the image is fixed to a grid of a particular size. Enlarging
a bitmap graphic redistributes the pixels in the grid, often making the edges of the image appear ragged. Displaying
a bitmap graphic on an output device with a lower resolution than the image itself can also degrade the image’s
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Creating a new document
When you select File > New to create a new document in Fireworks, you create a Portable Network Graphic, or PNG
document. PNG is the native file format for Fireworks. After you create graphics in Fireworks, you can export or save
them in other familiar web graphic formats, such as JPEG, GIF, and animated GIF. You can also export or save
graphics in many of the popular formats used off the web, such as TIFF, PSD, and BMP. Whatever optimization and
export settings you choose, the original Fireworks PNG file is preserved to allow easy editing later.
To create a web graphic in Fireworks, you must first set up a new document or open an existing one. You can adjust
the setup options later in the Property inspector.
To create a new document:
1Select File > New.
The New Document dialog box opens.
2Enter the canvas width and height measurements in pixels, inches, or centimeters.
3Enter a resolution in pixels per inch or pixels per centimeter.
4Select white, transparent, or a custom color for the canvas.
Note: Use the Custom color box pop-up window to select a custom canvas color.
5Click OK to create the new document.
To create a new document the same size as an object on the Clipboard:
1Copy an object to the Clipboard from any of the following:
•Another Fireworks document
•A web browser
•Any of the applications listed in “Pasting into Fireworks” on page 19
2Select File > New.
The New Document dialog box opens with the width and height dimensions of the object on the Clipboard.
3Set the resolution and canvas color, and click OK.
4Select Edit > Paste to paste the object from the Clipboard into the new document.