Fireworks Tutorials

FireWorks is a graphic editor that was developed using parts of Macromedia xRes way back in 2005. It is being used by media artists, developers, and web designers in creating website applications interfaces and prototypes. If you want to know and learn how to use Fireworks, you’re in the right place.

Swap Images Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to create swap images in FireworksThis tutorial shows step by step instructions on how to design web sites using swap images.

Drop Down Menus Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to create drop-down menus in Fireworks It is very easy to create drop down menus in Fireworks. Here are the steps you need to follow.

Animated gifs Tutorial

A tutorial shows how to create simple animated gifs with Macromedia Fireworks The first step is to design your animation. Decide how you would like your animation and place each object in a different frame.Fireworks Tutorials

Rollover Buttons Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to create rollover buttons in Fireworks First design your rollovers in Fireworks. You need to design the button as well as the rollover and export it to your site folder.

Motion Trail Text Effect Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to create a cool Fading 3D Trail in Fireworks Type your text on the canvas. In this tutorial a different color is used for each character in the text so that the final visual effect is eye-catching.

Crayon Effect Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to quickly turn your normal images into crayon style artwork Paste an image on the canvas. Click on Filters>Noise>Add Noise.The Add Noise window is displayed as below. Give the Noise Amount value as 25. You can try different values, tick the checkbox Color option, tick the Preview option so that you can view the live effects.

Fade Image Tutorial

A tutorial that tells how to make use of the Command option to fade images in different ways, selecting different options Paste a clipped image on your canvas. Let the canvas color remain white. With the image selected click on Commands>Creative>Fade Image. The Fade Image window will be displayed.

3D Zoom Effect Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to create a zooming in effect with gradients in Fireworks Paste an image on the canvas. With the image selected click on Filters>Eye Candy>Bevel Boss. The following values must be given for the Basic option. Bevel Width – 16, Height – 50, Smoothness – 100, Bevel Placement – Inside marquee, Darken deep areas – 0, Shade Interior – not checked.

Photo-Negative Effect Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to turn a regular photo into a negative print with Fireworks Paste an image on your canvas. With the image selected click on Filters>Adjust color> Hue/Saturation. Now, the Hue/Saturation window is displayed. Give the following values for Hue, Saturation and Lightness, uncheck Colorize option and click OK.

Feather Effect Tutorial

A tutorial that shows how to get smooth and soft edges when cutting a picture/image in Fireworks As you would normally go about editing n image, select the part of the image that you want with one of the lasso tools found in the Fireworks toolbar.