Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Sandee Cohen

A task-based guide which deals with various Fireworks essentials ranging from using the basic drawing, color, and effects tools to creating interactive buttons. It contains instructions, visual aids... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 032122051X
• ISBN13: 9780321220516
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Easy to Use

This book is very helpful and easy to follow. It's a very nice book for anyone trying to figure out Fireworks!

Another great one!!

Fireworks made easy!!!

Good Concept to Get Started Fast

Macromedia is clearly devoted to the web page production business. Fireworks is their graphics package that is ideally suited for producing the kinds of images you want on web sites. It is also smoothly integrated into the rest of their packages such as Dreamweaver, which is hands down the preferred web authoring package available at the professional level. If you're thinking about Fireworks but aren't sure, you can go to the Macromedia site and down load a free trial of the package to see if you like it. As for the literature that comes with it, you will find that this book is a much better option. The Visual Quickstart Guides us an interesting format where each page has one column of text and another of screen images. The idea is to show and explain at the same time. This is a very easy and quick way to get up and running on a software package. The concept is good, and Sandee Cohen does a great job here.

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Having bought Studio MX 2004 because I wanted the easiest way to integrate graphics with DreamWeaver, I struggled and struggled to use Fireworks. I use Photoshop, but read how great Fireworks was and wanted to try it. I found that it's HELP is terrible, and not very useful to new users. Then I found Sandee Cohen's book, and all is now clear. This is a great book, walking the user systematically through how to use Fireworks, and emphasizing the ease and simplicity of keystroke shortcuts. Very highly recommended.