Graphics Design Basic Tutorial 01

Graphic Design Basics Tutorial

This tutorial will guide you through the basic tasks of designing graphics with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004. You’ll get hands-on experience using the industry’s leading web graphics application and learn basic graphic design concepts along the way. If you are already familiar with designing graphics in Fireworks, you may want to proceed to the “Web Design Basics Tutorial,” where you’ll learn about designing web pages with Fireworks. What you’ll learn  

You will learn to do the following:

• View the completed file

• Create and save a new document

• Explore the Fireworks work environment

• Create and edit vector objects

• Import a bitmap and select pixels

• Add and edit Live Effects

• Work with layers and objects

• Create and edit a mask

• Create and edit text

• Export the document

What you should know Although this tutorial is designed for beginning Fireworks users, it covers many advanced features in Fireworks, so experienced Fireworks users can benefit from it, too. You don’t need to be a graphic designer to perform this tutorial, but you should possess basic computer skills and be able to use common desktop applications. This includes knowing how to browse for files and folders on your hard disk.