Fireworks Developer Center

Design Learning Guide for Fireworks CS4

Tommi West (May 26, 2009)
From bitmaps to Smart Guides and layers, explore the many ways to work with graphic images in the latest version of Fireworks.

Fireworks CS4 How-Tos excerpts: Importing, exporting, symbols, prototyping, scaling

Jim Babbage (May 13, 2009)
Get essential techniques—and watch demos—from Jim Babbage about file importing and exporting, using symbols, structuring a document, distortion-free scaling, and more.

Prototyping AIR applications with Fireworks

Juan Sanchez (May 11, 2009)
Leverage the features in Fireworks CS4 to create an interactive prototype of an AIR application using reusable graphic assets.

Using pages, states, and layers in Fireworks CS4

David Hogue (Apr. 20, 2009)
Learn best practices to structure your Fireworks document, organize objects, and reuse common elements.

Learning key Fireworks features

Follow these presentations by Jim Babbage to learn new skills and increase your expertise with Fireworks CS4:

• Working with masks
• Using the Kuler panel

Designing and prototyping Flex applications using Fireworks

Katie Evans (May 4, 2009)
Learn how the combination of bitmap editing and vector manipulation tools, along with Flex integration features, make Fireworks an ideal tool for designing Flex applications.

Designing a website in Fireworks CS4

Paul Dorian (May. 4, 2009)
In this presentation, Paul Dorian of the XD team shows you how to rapidly prototype websites, application interfaces, and other interactive designs, then output their designs to Adobe AIR, Flash, Flex, HTML, or CSS-based layouts.

Rapid interactive prototyping with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Mariano Ferrario and David Hogue (Apr. 6, 2009)
Learn how to work with web scripting languages and CS4 tools to create working models that replicate product functionality.

Foundation Fireworks CS4 excerpts: Visual effects and extending Fireworks

Grant Hinkson (Mar. 16, 2009)
Learn about creating popular visual effects, and understand the SWF panel development process to get the most out of Fireworks.

Industry trends in prototyping

Dave Cronin (Feb. 2, 2009)
Get an overview of the thought process and common strategies for generating prototypes using Fireworks CS4 from Dave Cronin, Director of Interaction Design at Cooper.

Getting started with CSS using prebuilt templates in Fireworks CS4

Matt Stow (Mar. 9, 2009)
Use this sample template to make the most of the CSS Export feature in Fireworks CS4.

Creating animated logos

Zsolt Szekely (Feb. 23, 2009)
Use some of the innovative new features in Fireworks CS4 to create an animated 3D-like GIF logo, and learn best practices for implementing them in animation projects.

Creating simple interactive content using Fireworks, Flash, and Dreamweaver

Dan Carr (Feb. 16, 2009)
Explore the Adobe CS4 product workflow and learn the fundamentals of creating mockups and interactive content.

Fireworks AutoBackup utility

Arun Kaza (Nov. 5, 2008)
Use this Adobe AIR application to automatically keep backups of all your PNG files while working in Fireworks.

Creating standards-compliant web designs with Fireworks CS4

Matt Stow (Nov. 17, 2008)
Learn how to use the enhancements to the CSS Export feature so you can create better web designs.