During this excellent Fireworks CS6 course you’ll get to know Fireworks CS6, and will a solid grip on the primary tools used to create compelling, interactive screen designs. This Fireworks CS6 course is taught by an expert who has years of experience, and heaps of insider tips and tricks to share with you! Learn to get the most out of the amazing new tools and features on Fireworks CS6, which will make your design and creation process easy! Fireworks CS6 is ideal for webpages, mobile applications and anything that uses a touchscreen, and with new support for CSS3 and the jQuery Mobile Framework, Fireworks makes it easy to repurpose your design for multiple platforms. This fantastic Fireworks CS6 course shows you that combining these new features with Fireworks’ robust toolset will make your skills that much more valuable in today’s competitive market.
Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.
Patrick Foster has been a graphic designer for nearly 20 years. He currently manages his own design consultancy in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a professor of Graphic Design at Vancouver Island University.
Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a Fireworks CS6 certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.
This excellent Fireworks CS6 course will qualify you to be a Graphic Designer. As a Graphic Designer you can work on a freelance basis or as part of an organisation. The average salary of a Graphic Designer in the UK is £21,791, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could fulfil any of the following roles:
1: WHAT IS FIREWORKS? | |||
1. What is Fireworks? | |||
2: GETTING STARTED | |||
1. The Application Frame & Creating a New Document | |||
2. Exploring the Tools, Commands & Guides | |||
3. Canvas Properties, Smart Guides, Tooltips & Preferences | |||
3: WORKING WITH VECTOR SHAPES | |||
1. Using the Vector Tools | |||
2. Introducing the Color Tools & Live Filters | |||
3. Taking Advantage of Improved Color Access | |||
4. Utilizing the New Alpha Support for Fill & Stroke | |||
5. Creating a Banner Ad | |||
4: WORKING WITH BITMAPS | |||
1. Using the Bitmap Selection Tools | |||
2. Performing Image Correction | |||
3. Vector Masking | |||
5: CREATING TEXT | |||
1. Creating & Formatting Text | |||
2. Optimizing, Distorting & Adding Effects to Text | |||
3. Formatting Paragraphs, Checking Spelling & Adjusting Kearning | |||
4. Advanced Text Features | |||
6: USING SYMBOLS & THE COMMON LIBRARY | |||
1. Creating a Symbol | |||
2. Using the Common Library | |||
7: WORKING WITH LAYERS & PAGES | |||
1. Working with Layers | |||
2. Working with Pages | |||
8: ANIMATING IN FIREWORKS | |||
1. Creating an Animated GIF | |||
2. Tweening & Adjusting States Using Onion Skinning | |||
9: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER | |||
1. Wireframing | |||
2. Designing a Mockup | |||
3. Adding Paragraphs, Lists & Text Fields to the Mockup | |||
4. Designing a Mobile Version of the Mockup | |||
5. Slicing & Optimizing | |||
6. Exporting, Saving & Extracting CSS Properties | |||
7. The New CSS Sprites & jQuery Mobile Skinning Options | |||
10: INTEGRATING WITH OTHER CS6 APPLICATIONS | |||
1. Integrating with Photoshop® | |||
2. Integrating with Illustrator® | |||
3. Credits |