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Jim Babbage

Jim Babbage

newmediaservices.ca
communitymx.com

Created:
23 March 2009
User Level:
Beginner
Products:
Fireworks

Working with masks in Fireworks CS4

Masking allows you to block out part of an underlying image as you work on your design. For example, if you paste a shape as a mask on top of a photograph, all areas outside the shape disappear as if cropped, showing only the part of the picture inside it.

This presentation shows you how to create a banner ad for Double Identity, a fictitious movie. I work with different bitmap objects that have been masked and apply different masking techniques to produce a professional end result.

(Running time: 26:47)

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you'll need the following software:

Fireworks CS4

Prerequisite knowledge:

This article assumes that you have prior experience working with Fireworks.

About the author

Jim Babbage's two passions—teaching and photography—led him to a career in commercial photography. With the release of Photoshop 2.5, Jim became involved in the world of digital imaging, and he soon began designing for the web in addition to taking photographs. Jim is a regular contributor to Community MX, where he has written articles and tutorials on Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and general web and photography topics. He teaches imaging, web design, and photography at Centennial College, and web design at Humber College. He is a partner at Newmedia Services, and has been a guest speaker at TODCon and a presenter at Adobe MAX.