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Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Exporting to Flash Catalyst

Flash Catalyst lets you work efficiently with developers who use Adobe Flash Builder™ 4 to create RIAs. Designers use Flash Catalyst to create the functional user experience and then hand off the project file to developers who use Flash Builder to add functionality and integration with servers and services.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Adding a Flex skin

Flex is a free, open source framework for building web applications that behave consistently across different browsers, desktops, and operating systems using Adobe Flash Player or Adobe AIR.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Extra Credit (part 2) - Stroking rendered text

The text in this example is a little rustic, and is in keeping with the color theme of the site—but without a stroke, it blends into the background elements too easily. While all the other text is fine, the Site C text on the squirrel’s sign has not yet been changed. You will do this now.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Extra Credit (part 1) - Applying blending modes for image correction

You will use a couple of techniques to alter the look of both bitmap images and vectors: image correction and stroking text. The majority of the work has been completed on this file, but there are still chances for you to practice the techniques.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Working with Adobe AIR (part 4) - Installing the prototype

You will test the installation of the AIR prototype now. To do this, you may have to have administrator rights on your computer, because this is like installing a real software application.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Working with Adobe AIR (part 3) - Creating an AIR prototype

One of the unique characteristics of an AIR application is that it can “float” on your desktop. So you could have a custom shape to the application interface—much like we have in our nature tours console—and you will see only the application, not the background of the original PNG file, surrounding the design.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Working with Adobe AIR (part 2) - Adding AIR events

Fireworks supports four AIR mouse events: Close, Drag, Minimize, and Maximize. Just like rollovers or links, AIR events must be attached to a web object (a slice or a hotspot).

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Working with Adobe AIR (part 1) - Reviewing interaction

The decorative font used in this design is called JI Chaffs. To minimize rendering issues, this font has been converted to paths. The only other font used in this file is Arial and that has been left as a true font, rather than being converted to paths.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Starting mobile projects - Selecting a device profile

Mobile application development is a growing industry. As PDAs, netbooks, web tablets, and smart phones become increasingly common, it’s only natural that the users of these devices want to do more and more with them.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Improving Your Workflow - Thinking ahead: future-proofing your projects (part 2) - Using Fireworks files with Photoshop

Many elements can be preserved for editing in Photoshop. Text, hierarchical layers, layer groups, vector shapes filled with Photoshop Live Effects, solid color, many gradients, and masked objects are maintained and supported when you save a file in PSD format from within Fireworks.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 : Improving Your Workflow - Thinking ahead: future-proofing your projects (part 1) - Metadata

Metadata is additional information about a digital file. This information can be helpful for organizing and locating a project or its assets or just sharing information across the design team.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Importing Multiple Files, Copying Images from Other Programs

Flash allows you to import multiple files simultaneously to save time. This is useful if you have many files to import. You can select multiple, non-sequential files in the Import dialog box.