Introducing Adobe Fireworks CS5
Take an in-depth tour of the latest version and learn the important aspects of this release: stability, performance, and polish.
Getting started
Refer to the tutorials and resources on this page to get started with Fireworks CS5. Some tutorials require Fireworks CS5, although some apply still to Fireworks CS4. To understand the differences between the two versions, check out the product's version comparison table.
Basic concepts in depth |
Find out what the latest version of Fireworks is all about.
Understanding the Fireworks CS5 workspace
Learn how to navigate and view documents, change the canvas, preview in browser, and undo and repeat multiple actions.
Build your skills |
Adobe Fireworks is a powerful web design and prototyping tool that provides robust features to create, edit, and optimize your artwork for delivery in a wide variety of file formats. This Design Learning Guide for Fireworks covers everything you need to know to import, scale, align, edit, slice, and export high-quality graphic files.
Opening and importing bitmap images
Bring in bitmap images from other programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
Saving and exporting files
Use best practices to archive and generate assets for your projects.
Selecting and editing bitmap images
Select, scale, crop, and apply Live Filters to bitmap images.
Using Smart Guides and tooltips for precise positioning and layout
Precisely and accurately control the placement of objects in a Fireworks document.
Scaling objects without distortion with 9-slice scaling
Resize vector content intelligently while maintaining its proportions with 9-slice scaling.
Working with layers
Organize your assets, change the stacking order, and set the visibility, opacity, and blending modes with the Layers panel.
Reference and documentation |
Cookbook posts |
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| 09/07/2011 | How do I use FXG XML markup in Shape subclasses? |
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| 10/15/2010 | Flex4 Dotted Line |
| 06/25/2010 | ComboBox that uses a NativeMenu (Air API) |
| 05/21/2010 | Localizing a Creative Suite 5 extension |
Forums |
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| 01/13/2012 | Survey: Blend mode options in Brush tool? |
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| 01/25/2012 | after a update of cs3 to 9.0.1 styles are broken |
| 08/15/2011 | CS5 plagued with many bugs in Lion |
| 01/31/2012 | Fireworks recolouring imported or pasted jpgs |
Blogs |
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| 01/24/2012 | Generating jQuery CSS and Sprites |
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| 01/20/2012 | Preview the modified jQuery mobile template |
| 01/11/2012 | Creating a jQuery theme template |
| 01/03/2012 | jQuery Mobile Theme Skinning |
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