Fireworks
MX: Selections
& Masking Training CD-ROM
5+
hours of Video Training!
Over 50 QuickTime Tutorial Videos!
Completely Self-Paced! These QuickTime video tutorials
are intended for beginning as well as existing users
who want to learn more about creating masking and selecting
effects in Fireworks.
Beginning with the basics
of each selection and masking tool, you'll advance
to
production-based techniques for creating the most popular
web site effects in Fireworks MX.
Version: Fireworks MX
Platform: Mac OS9/OSX & Windows
Running Time: 5+ hours
Format: 56 QuickTime® Videos
Price: $44.95
With our multimedia tutorials you'll
learn the tricks and techniques professional designers
use including:
Creating
fading and feathered edges for images, graphics,
and web banners
Using the Rubber Stamp tool to create
special effects
Creating vignette
effects using both bitmap selections and vector
masks
Extending backgrounds
of images to give your images a new perspective
Removing objects
and people from their backgrounds
Replacing one object
with another object
Changing the background
color of a logo
Adding and subtracting
from selections
Using the Pen tool
to create precise vector masks and selections
Adding people and
objects to images
Combining your selection
tools to create more accurate and efficient
selections
Using masking to
create logo effects
Plus lots of useful tips and tricks to help
you work more efficiently while creating your
selections and masks in Fireworks MX!
Here's the course outline:
BITMAP SELECTIONS
Marquee Basics Adding and Subtracting
Selections
Anti-Alias Feathering
Expanding and Contracting Selections
Saving Selections
Selecting Inverse Selections for Easier
Selections
Using the Paint Bucket Tool for Selecting
Cropping Selections
Cropping Basics
Cropping Selected Bitmaps
Lasso Tool Selections
Selecting Objects with the Lasso Tool
Creating a Depth of Field Effect via
Selections
Layer Based Selections
Using the Layers Panel to Create Selections
Project: Letter Selecting
Magic Wand Selections
Project: Removing Backgrounds
Marquee Selections
Project: Extending Backgrounds v1
Project: Extending Backgrounds v2
Project: Fading Banners
Oval Marquee Selections
Project: Creating Perfect and Efficient
Circular Selections
Project: Creating Vignettes and fades
Polygon Lasso Tool
Project: Hat Selections v1 (creative
selections)
Project: Selecting Inverse
Rubber Stamp Tool
Basics and Settings
Project: Golfer
Project: Tennis Net
Project: Tennis Racket
Selecting Similar
Project: Logo Selection
VECTOR MASKING
Group As Mask / Clipping Masks
Pen tool for tracing
Project: Hat Selections v2 (knock out
selections)
Multiple Masked Objects
Multiple Masking Objects
Masking Objects as Rounded Rectangles
Text Masking
Adding and Replacing Objects
Adding Objects to Masked Objects and
Replacing Masks
Paste As Mask
Masking a Person Into an Existing Group
of People
Paste Inside
Project: Pasting Graphics Into Objects
Vector Masking Projects
Logos
Paper Clip
Magic Wand
Fading Images
BITMAP MASKING
Group As Mask
Project: Text Shape Masking
Hiding and Revealing Selections
Paint Masking
Project: Lock and Gun
Project: Replacing Images
Paste As Mask
Paste Inside
Pasting Images Into Film Slides
Editing Masks
Hiding, Disabling, and Discarding Masks
Moving and Linking Masks
Fading Images
Blending Image Together
Changing Color from Black to White
Bitmap Feathering
Bonus Movies
Interactive Images
Exporting to Dreamweaver
Customizing Fireworks
Samples from the Fireworks MX: Selections & Masking
Video Training CDROM:
Note: The following web based training movies have been compressed for
web delivery. The movies on the CD are of a
much higher quality in terms of both frame
rates and audio quality.
Isolating and Changing the
Color of an Object by Combining Selection Tools
Fireworks MX tutorial designed to help you learn
to combine your selection tools to isolate difficult
objects.
David Anderson has been designing web based training and
multimedia learning content since 1996.
A former tennis instructor, David
now enjoys sharing his knowledge and love
for teaching by assisting others in graphic, web and multimedia design through both web based training and classroom
training.
David's casual teaching style, combined
with his emphasis on real-world, project-based
training, means you'll quickly learn techniques
and skills you can immediately apply to your
own projects.
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