www.lynda.com www.lynda.com Fireworks can play an important role in website production. In this movie, Jim Babbage explores new layout feature enhancements added to Fireworks CS4, including pixel-precise guides, the new smart guides, tooltips, which contain X and Y coordinates to help you place elements in your design. He also reviews changes to the Pages panel, the new ability to wrap text using the Text In Path feature and lastly, using symbols and nested symbols in your web design.
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nice sound……….
Ha-ha, guys–the presenter is Jim Babbage, not Lynda herself!
haha lynda sounds like a dude.
Im still using CS3, would you say its worth upgrading to CS4/CS5?
Lynda sounds like a dude.
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Fireworks CS4 can export to HTML, CSS and PDF. Each of these has its advantages but after using Fireworks Studio 8 for years, I can attest to having export to CSS a major plus even ignoring all of the other new features exclusive to CS4. If you have some aversion to using Dreamweaver, then don’t get turned on about Fireworks for they need each other.
yeah but how in the world can you make your text become html in fireworks
hi i was wondering can you give me some advice, i am thinking of doing a ciw course certified in web design have you heard of this course and is it any good? also do you find there is a good living in doing web design thanks chris
Do changes in code need to be made after exporting from Fireworks to CSS?
I’m pretty sure the people who say these programs suck are just pissed cuz they dont know how to use them in a productive manner.
In turn, what really would suck is to be one of those people hahaha
Excellent tutorial for the noob all the way to those who have used these products for a long time.
Learn to code in XHTML, CSS and get Fireworks CS3 +
You really don’t need anything else.
Forget Dreamweaver
Actually this is really awesome. As a web graphics designer that works in Photoshop creating mocked web pages everyday, Fireworks is just what any web graphics designer will want to use. The resizing functions sold me, try doing that with rounded shapes in Photoshop – it will distort the corners, and in this field speed and accuracy are critical.
very good you observação
This S U C K S so much, is simple, stupid and retarted !!!!!!
why in the hell that whenever I try to edit my photoshop based html (weblayout) in fireworks the my graphics gotten worst!!! wtf!
how can u download the trail i can’t find it on site