Fireworks is a streamlined Web graphics creation program which allows you to create animated and static web graphics, apply advanced techniques such as roll-overs and disjointed roll-overs with ease, and export output to HTML editing tools such as Dreamweaver.

In this two day course, you will learn how to use Fireworks 4 to create graphics with both vector and bitmap images, apply special effects, build buttons, add roll-overs and create an animated GIF. You will learn to optimise your image and to use the Export Preview for comparing formats and palette choices, making the final decision. You will create two types of image maps: a conventional image map where areas of a graphic become hotspots for linking to Web pages and a disjointed image map where another portion of the graphic swaps out when the user rolls over a Hotspot.

Prerequisites

Experience with Windows 95/98/NT, the Internet and the World Wide Web (Netscape or Internet Explorer) is required. HTML and Dreamweaver experience is helpful but not essential.