Enable Ligature Support – CS4 Tip
Fireworks CS4 does a great job with adopting the Adobe Text Engine support, for complete details refer to the Fireworks Development Center article, Working with the Adobe Text Engine in Fireworks CS4,...
View ArticleDelimit Commands in Batch
Here is a quick hack for delimiting Commands from appearing in the Batch Process list. Situation A: Do you make use (1) of a lot of Commands and (2) utilize Fireworks native Batch processing? If you...
View ArticleGroup As Mask
As captured below, the Layers Panel (and Canvas View) contain a Bitmap Image and a Vector Path (with Fill and Stroke) properties. The objective is to mask the Bitmap to the shape of Vector Path. To...
View ArticleAutomate Group As Mask to a Shortcut
Go Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, from the Web Standard Set: Choose Miscellaneous Scroll to the Group As Mask command and select it Press combination of keys, I resolved on Alt + Shift + V Then click...
View ArticleAuto Vector Masks
Auto Vector Mask Bitmap Objects Ensure an object is active in the Layers panel, in my case a Bitmap, otherwise you will be greeted with an ‘Incorrect selection for this operation’ message. Then go to...
View ArticleFireworks CS5 to Flash Catalyst CS5 Fidelity Checklist
Using Fireworks CS5 to design interactive prototypes for Flash Catalyst follow these simple ‘mapping’ procedures to insure optimal results. Below is a simple login design and Layer structure using core...
View ArticleExport Artwork to Flash Catalyst CS5
Learn how to export Fireworks CS5 artwork (scrollbar/ scroll panel) to its corresponding interactive Flash Catalyst CS5 component.
View ArticleFireworks Auto-Shape Tip: Multi-tiered Filters
Here is a workflow tip when working with Auto-Shapes and applying multi-tiered filtering. As captured below you can locate the 13 native Auto-Shape Tools directly from the Toolbar. When drawn to...
View ArticleFireworks Vector Price Tag Graphics
Eight free ‘price tag’ vector graphics, including some additional base element shapes to work with for user inspired additions. Download . Once downloaded unzip and open the .png file in Adobe...
View ArticleFireworks Flower Power
Three free vector flower design samples created in Adobe Fireworks. Download . Once downloaded unzip and open the .png file in Adobe Fireworks. Each ‘flower’ (group) graphic is isolated onto its own...
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