Image Rollovers in Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver
In Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver, you can insert image objects, including image placeholders, rollover images (images that change when a viewer rolls the mouse over the image), navigation [more…]
Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver Page Images
You can add a images including native Photoshop (PSD) files and Fireworks (PNG) to your blank page in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver. Placing images does affect the Dreamweaver Files panel [more…]
Image Placement in Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver Pages
You can use menu items, copy and paste, and even drag and drop images on your Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver page. As a result, putting images on a web page in Dreamweaver is easier than [more…]
Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver Property Inspector Tool
Many of the tools you use when working with images in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver are located in the Property inspector. The Property inspector tool provides an easy and inclusive method [more…]
The Fireworks Professional CS5 Tools Panel
The Adobe Fireworks Professional Creative Suite 5 Tools panel is sorted into six categories: Select, Bitmap, Vector, Web, Colors, and View. The following table lists the tools by category and the keys [more…]
Basic Selection Tools in Adobe Fireworks CS5
You can work in Fireworks Creative Suite 5 using the same basic selection tools for both vector and bitmap images. If you’re familiar with Photoshop selection techniques, you’ll have no problem using the [more…]
How to Set Text Attributes in Fireworks CS5
Text can create mood and feeling, so you have to make sure your message has the right font and style. You can apply text attributes by using one of two main methods: the Type menu or the Properties panel [more…]
How to Add Text Effects in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5
Adding text to your Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 graphics is a simple process, but the results can be a bit plain. You can spunk up your text in Fireworks by adding Live Effects from Photoshop. You [more…]
How to Import Images into Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5
In addition to making your own graphics and illustrations in Adobe Fireworks CS5, you can also import images from other sources into Fireworks CS5. You can use one of the following four methods for getting [more…]
How to Scale Images in Adobe Fireworks CS5
There are three methods for scaling graphics in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 – proportional scaling, non-proportional scaling, and numeric scaling. Making images the right size is important. If an [more…]
How to Crop Images in Adobe Fireworks CS5
If you don’t need part of an image, it is easy to get rid of it in Fireworks Creative Suite 5. Unwanted image data is a bad thing for web graphics because it takes up valuable time when downloading. Follow [more…]
How to Apply Filters to Images in Fireworks CS5
The filters in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 offer you many opportunities to edit your images. You can choose to blur an image or adjust its colors by using the Curves or Hue Adjustment layer. To access [more…]
How to Optimize Images for the Web in Fireworks CS5
Once you have created and edited an image in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5, you’re ready to prepare it for the web. You must consider two major factors in web graphics: speed of download and appearance [more…]
Layer Differences between Fireworks and Other CS5 Applications
Even though you may be an Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator user, the Layers panel in Fireworks Creative Suite 5 may be somewhat of a mystery, because it works a little differently from the way you might [more…]
How to Create Hyperlinks in Fireworks CS5
Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5gives you lots of ways to take advantage of hyperlinks. You can create a hotspot— essentially, a simple link from text or a graphic to a URL [more…]
How to Create and Link Image Maps in Fireworks CS5
When you create a graphic in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 and add multiple hotspots (hyperlinks) to it, it becomes know as an image map. [more…]
How to Test and Export Image Maps in Fireworks CS5
After you’ve created and linked an image map in Fireworks CS5, you’re ready to test and export it for use on your web page. Follow these steps: [more…]
How to Use Slicing in Fireworks CS5
Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 supports slicing, a technique for breaking large files into smaller packets so they download faster. It’s also a method for attaching URLs to different regions of an image [more…]
How to Export Slices in Fireworks CS5
Slicing is a technique for breaking large files into smaller packets so they download faster. Once you have sliced your artwork in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5, you can export the finished slices for [more…]
How to Make a Rollover Button in Fireworks CS5
You can create interactive buttons in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 to make a rollover button — a button that changes when a mouse pointer passes over it. [more…]
How to Edit a Symbol in Fireworks CS5
You can edit a symbol object or just one instance of it in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5. You might want to edit the symbol object if you decide to change the color of all your buttons to orange at [more…]
How to Convert Artwork to a Symbol in Fireworks CS5
Sometimes when you are working in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5, you may find yourself repeatedly creating the same button, animation, or graphic. If so, follow these steps to convert that artwork to [more…]
What Happens in the Fireworks Layers Panel
By default, the Layers panel in Adobe CS5 Fireworks contains two layers: Web Layer and Layer 1. Understanding this layer organization and how it relates to drawing in Fireworks is important. [more…]
How to Create Bitmap Graphics with Fireworks CS5
The Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 bitmap tools include Blur, Brush, Eraser, Lasso, Magic Wand, Marquee, Pencil, and Rubber Stamp. Using these tools you can create bitmap graphics. [more…]
How to Create Graphics with Fireworks CS5 Vector Tools
The Vector tools in Adobe Fireworks Creative Suite 5 are similar to the ones you may be used to in Illustrator or Photoshop. You should notice right off the bat in Fireworks that every time you create [more…]
