Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4: The Killer Combination

By RC Concepcion

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A down-to-basics course on how to use Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4 to build a website.

Introduction (00:26) RC introduces his new course and talks about what he will be covering
Getting Around the Program (05:33) Covering the basic setup of a Fireworks document and the accessing of panels, the importance of the Properties panel, and moving around the document
Using Vector Shape Tools (06:55) RC Concepcion goes over the use of Vector shape tools, Smart Guides, changing Stroke and Fill for a shape
Using the Line and Pen Tool (05:38) This video goes over the basics on how to use the line and pen tool in Fireworks CS4
Aligning and Spacing (08:32) Learn how to efficiently work with the positioning of type and elements using align and spacing in Fireworks CS4
Working with Colors and Gradients (09:35) In this lesson, RC goes over how to work with colors and gradients in Fireworks CS4
Type for Layout (12:38) With any mockup, you are going to need type. RC goes over the basics of the type tool in Fireworks CS4
Using Styles on Shapes (10:18) Fireworks comes equipped with styles - quick effects that you can apply to images and text. RC takes you through some steps on how to use them
Using Fireworks Raster Tools (14:16) Fireworks not only lets you create sharp vector-based images, but it also includes a great set of tools for editing raster-based images
Using the Common Library (12:50) Speed up your development by using things that are already pre-built inside of Fireworks CS4
Putting It Together (14:24) In this lesson, RC takes all of the stuff you have learned so far and works on a web comp.
Master Pages (10:27) RC goes over the process of creating Master Pages for a quick web comp
Exporting the Graphic Comp (11:25) Learn how to use slices to export a graphic based web comp in Fireworks CS4
Creating a Layout for CSS Export (14:44) One of the newest things that Fireworks CS4 can do is export CSS compliant code. RC takes you through a tour of this feature
Moving from Table to CSS - Fireworks to Dreamweaver (09:12) Once the Fireworks export is completed, RC goes over how to take the table based export and use it to your advantage in building CSS code
Finishing with Templates (15:25) In this lesson, RC continues the conversion to CSS, and finishes the course off with some tips on making Dreamweaver templates
Conclusion (01:00) Thanks for joining RC for the course. Hope you learned a lot

Course Time: 02 Hours 43 Minutes

W. Jung

Apr 28 2013

RC's courses always give me the best learning experiences. He makes all the complicated processes easy and comprehensible. Just amazing!

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Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An...VIEW FULL BIO»

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