Chapter 1: Introduction to Fireworks • What is Fireworks • Digital Image Types • Internet Image Standards • GIF Format • JPEG Format • PNG Format
Chapter 2: The Fireworks Environment • The Fireworks Workspace • The Menu Bar and the Toolbar • The Document Window • Fireworks Editing Modes • The Toolbox • The Selection Tools • The Editing Tools • The Web Tools • Stroke and Fills • The Panels • Customizing the Fireworks Workspace • The Prefrences
Chapter 3: Creating a New Document • Creating New Images • Opening Existing Images into Fireworks • Importing Photoshop files • Magnification / Navigation Controls • The Info Panel • The History Panel
Chapter 4: Selections • Selections • The Selection Tools • The Options Panel
Chapter 5: Drawing and Editing • Drawing with Fireworks • The Color Mixer • Swatches Panel • Curves and the Pen Tool
Chapter 6: Working with Vectors • Organizing Vector Objects • The Modifying Toolbar • Group / Ungroup • Join / Split • Arrangement • Alignment • Rotate / Flip • Select Behind • Converting Text to a Path
Chapter 7: Using Layers • Layers • The Layers Panel • Using Layers • Transparency
Chapter 8: Using Styles and Text • Style • Text • Font • Attaching Text to a Path • Changing the Appearance of Text and Shape • The Fill Panel • The Fill Category • Plugins • Saving your Settings as Styles
Chapter 9: Timesaving Features of Fireworks • Making the Designer's Life Easier • The Library Panel • The Find and Replace Panel • The Project Log • URL Library • Batch Processing
Chapter 10: Advanced Usage of Vector Shapes • Extending the Capabilities of Vector Shapes • Union • Intersect • Punch • Crop • Using Vector Shapes to Create Masking Groups
Chapter 11: Animation • Animation Basics • The Frames Panel • Adjusting Frame and Timing • Onion Skinning • Tweening Two Instance • Frame by Frame Animation
Chapter 12: Hotspots and Slice Objects • Fireworks and the Web • Fireworks Web Tools • The Web Layer • Image Maps • Inserting a Slice Object • Naming your Slices • Exporting your Slices to HTML • Modifying HTML Properties • Image Map Settings
Chapter 13: Buttons and Disjointed Rollovers • Fireworks and JavaScript • The Behaviour Panel • Disecting a Rollover • Simple Rollover • Nav Bar Rollover • Status Bar Text • Creating Buttons the Quick and Easy Way • Disjointed Rollovers
Chapter 14: Graphic Optimization • Fireworks Optimization Features • GIF's • The Optimization Panel for the GIF Format • GIF and the Color Table • JPEG's • Quality • Interlaced GIFs and Progressive JPGs • PNG • BMP • Multiple Compressions in a Single Document
Chapter 15: Export and Integration • Export Options • CSS Layers • Flash SWF • Illustrator 7 • Export Preview • Export Wizard • Optimize to Size • Integration
