Course Reader on Macromedia Fireworks 8

Assignment 4

CSM 566

Pamela Hill

Macromedia Fireworks 8 allows the multimedia developer to create rollovers and popup menus without knowing CSS or HTML. It allows for editing of bitmap images and creation of vector images. Multimedia developers will find this program to be a great tool because of its export to Dreamweaver feature that allows for seamless creation between web development tools.

Reviews

Ø Review: Adobe Systems Fireworks 8—Macnn review of the Macromedia Fireworks 8 software program. The Macnn website is a source of information for Macintosh product news. The site has a wide variety of information on products that are made for the Mac OS.

Ø Fireworks 8 - A Power Blender for Graphics—Community MX review of the Macromedia Fireworks 8 software program. The Community MX website is a useful tool for developers who want information on how to use the Macromedia software programs.

Ø Introducing Macromedia Fireworks 8 by Matthew David—Peachpit books article on the Matthew David book entitled Introducing Macromedia Fireworks 8. The Peachpit press website gives information on all of its publications. The Visual Quickstart series is one of the most popular in the Peachpit offerings.

Ø First Look: Fireworks 8 By Jim Dalrymple—Macworld news article about Macromedia Fireworks 8. The Macworld news website is the source for information from Mac product experts.

Ø CNET.com Reviews: Macromedia Fireworks 8—CNET’s editor’s review of the Macromedia Fireworks 8 software program. CNET.com is a widely respected software information provider.

Fireworks 8 Training

Ø Fireworks 8 Essential Training with: Abigail Rudner—a video-based tutorial designed for beginning to intermediate Fireworks users who need to design and export static, animated, and interactive graphics for the Web.

Ø Free Fireworks 8 video tutorials—The Video-tutes.com website offers a variety of tutorial that give practical software training free.

Ø Adobe: Fireworks Developer Center—the Adobe products site for application tutorials. Adobe’ s website has information on training, help and software product support that allows users access to the best sources; the makers of the Adobe and Macromedia software products.

Ø Macromedia Fireworks 8 tutorials—VTC computer software training offers this website to users seeking free tutorials to help them learn to use Fireworks and other software programs.

Ø Adobe Macromedia Fireworks 8 Tutorial: Creating a Logo Banner—the Web evelopment & Design Foundations with XHTML 3rd Edition by Terry Felke-Morris website contains this tutorials that teaches the user to create a logo banner.

Ø Free Fireworks 8 Web Design Video Tutorials—this website offers free tutorials for users of the Fireworks 8 software program.

Ø Macromedia Fireworks 8 Tutorial Try for free—this website offers users of Fireworks 8 a free tutorial.

Help

Ø Adobe: Fireworks Documentation—this website offers Adobe’s documentation for the Fireworks 8 software program.

Ø Fireworks 8 Documentation and Manuals—this website from Education Online for Computers.com offers users free access to help documentation for the Fireworks 8 software program.

Ø Fireworks Guru Forums—this website is dedicated to offering a discussion platform of help for users of the Fireworks software program.