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Creating and editing graphics

Why choose Fireworks?

Discover why Fireworks deserves a first look as your web graphics and site layout design tool.

Removing Image Backgrounds with Fireworks

Leverage the latest features in Fireworks to remove both simple and complex image backgrounds quickly.

Fireworks 8 New Features and Benefits

The new version of Fireworks provides you with new creative tools, interactive design features, mobile assets, and more.

Using the Image Editing panel in Fireworks


Streamline your digital image touch-ups and optimization with this panel.

Creating Photographic Effects with Fireworks

Use Live Effects, Blends, and Layers to create realistic photographic effects in Fireworks.

Using the Macromedia Flash/Fireworks Combination for Nontraditional Web Video

Mask your Flash Video with Fireworks graphics to create cool, realistic effects.

Creating Realistic Objects with Fireworks

Fireworks does more than just nav bars and buttons. Learn to create complex designs and objects with this tutorial.

Creating Auto Shapes for Fireworks MX 2004

Learn how to create Auto Shapes for others to use.

Creating a Collage in Fireworks

Learn some professional techniques to make a collage in Fireworks.

Working with Textures in Fireworks

Create your own textures and add them to the Styles panel.

Enhanced Live Effects

Simulate realistic motion and image texture with new live effects available in Fireworks MX 2004.
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Creating Styles in Fireworks

Learn how to create your own Fireworks styles so that you can reuse and share your work with others.

Wildlife Project 9: Creating a Banner Graphic in Fireworks MX

Create a banner graphic that you can use at the top of your web page.

Optimizing a JPEG

Learn all of the nuances of working with and compressing images in JPEG format.

Creating and sharing color themes with kuler

Create complex, pleasing color palettes without any knowledge of color theory using this free, innovative web-hosted application available from Adobe Labs.

Converting Marquees to Paths in Fireworks 8

Watch these demos to easily convert selections to vector paths and vector paths to selections.

Using the New Auto Shape Properties Panel

Precisely control common visual elements you add to your Fireworks 8 projects.

Fireworks 8: A Power Blender for Graphics

Get up to speed with the new blend modes in Fireworks 8.

Fireworks 8: Only the Shadow Knows

Learn how to use the new solid and perspective shadows in Fireworks 8.

Creating a Spinning Graphic in Fireworks

Use animation, symbols, and instances to design a 3-D spinning effect.

Fireworks Best Practices

Get tips on rollovers, pop-up menus, batch processing, and much more in this Macrochat.

Great-Looking Text: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Anti-Aliasing

Make text in your Fireworks graphics look its best in different situations.

Fireworks MX 2004: Top 10 Overlooked Features

Discover Fireworks features that you may not have known about.

Building a Strong Visual Identity for Your Site

Use these tips to create a cohesive design across your site.

Converting Images to Successful Web Graphics

Give your content contributors these tips for adding graphics to pages so they won't wreak visual havoc.

Selectively Compressing Areas of an Image

Learn how to export a graphic with areas of varied compression.

Editing Macromedia Fireworks MX Images in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Set Fireworks as your external image editor and edit Macromedia Fireworks MX images in the Macromedia Dreamweaver MX workspace.

Modeless Graphic Editing in Macromedia Fireworks MX

Eliminate the need to manually switch graphic modes so that you can seamlessly create and edit vector objects and bitmap images without having to worry about which mode you're in.


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