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Basic Fireworks QuickSkills

The Basic Tasks

Opening fireworks
Opening Files
How to open a file in fireworks
Opening a file II
Opening a file III
How to open recent files I
How to open recent files II

New Files

How to create a new file I
How to create a new file II

How to create a new file III
Importing Images
How to import an image into fireworks
Dragging images into fireworks
Saving Files
How to save changes I
How to save changes II
How to use "Save As"
Saving all open documents
Saving selections
Closing Files
Closing a file
Closing multiple files
Exporting Images
How to export an image
How to export a png (image preview)


The Fireworks Interface

Image Views
Preview mode
2-Up mode
4-Up


Swithching to standard screen mode
Swithing to full screen with menus
Switcing to Full screen mode

Zoom Settings

How to zoom I
How to zoom to fit

The Ruler
Showing the ruler
Changing the ruler scale

The Gridline
Showing the gridlines
Set the grlidline colors
Set the gridline size
Using the grid to draw

Guides
Showing guides
Setting the guide color
Adding more guides
Removing guides

Panels
Show properties panel
show align panel
show color panel
managing tool panels
Setting preferences

Toolbars
Show main toolbar

Show editing toolbar
Selecting tools with the keyboard
Using Help

Settings
Hide start page
Show start page


Basic Editing Tools

Undo
Redo
Copy and paste I
Copy and paste II
Cut and paste
Duplicate I
Duplicate II
Using Paste inside

Using the history panel

The Selection Tools

The Selection Tools index
The Selection tool
How to use the selection tool
How to use a selection box
Selecting behind an object

The Subselection tool

Selecting a path
Selecting a single point
Selecting the points and the path
Deleting a point on a path

Using Bezier handles
Editing the a curvature of a path
Adjusting curvature magnitude
Adjusting curvature direction
Moving the anchor point

The Transformation tool
Resizing objects
Scaling objects
Rotating ovbjects
Distorting objects
Vertical skew
Horizontal skew

The Crop tool
Using the crop tool I (freehand)
Creating a cropping box

Basic Bitmap Tools

The Bitmap tools index

The Marquee tools
Using the Marquee tool
Using the oval marquee tool

The Lasso tools
Using the Lasso tool I
Using the lasso too II
Using the polygon lasso tool
Using the polgon lasso tool II

The magic wand tool
Using the magic wand tool

The brush tool
Using the brush tool I

The pencil
Using the pencil tool I

The Eraser
Using the eraser tool I

The Blur tools
Using the blur tool
Using the sharpen tool

Vector Tools

Vector Tools Index

The Line Tool
Using the line tool I
Using the line tool II
How to change the color of the line I
How to change the thickness of the line I
How to change the line style I
How to change the size of the line I
Moving a line
Moving the end points of a line
Setting custom strokes

The Pen Tool
How to use the Pen tool
Drawing straight paths
Drawing curved paths
Drawing regular shapes
Drawing irregular shapes
Deleting point along curve
Converting a point to a corner point
Adding a point to a path

The vector path tool
Using the vector path tool I
Using the redraw vector path tool

The Shape Tools index

The Oval tool

Using the oval tool
Drawing the perfect circle
Creating a half circle
Creating a 3d ball
The Rectangle tool
How to use the rectangle tool
How to use the rectangle tool II
How to create the perfect square
How to use the rounded rectangle tool

How to change the color fill of a shape
How to change the stroke of a shape
Removing a shape fill
Removing a shape stroke

How to use the Arrow tool
How to use the Spiral tool
How to use the Star tool I
How to use the Star tool II
How to to use the polygon tool
How to to use the smart polygon tool

Combing shapes

The Freeform Tool
Using the freeform tool I
Using the freeform tool II


The Knife Tool

How to use the knife tool


Color Tools I

The Eye Dropper tool
Using the eye dropper tool I
The paint bucket tool
Using the paint bucket tool I
Creating a color gradient fill
Color Settings (fill & outline)
Set fill and stroke to default colors
Swapping the fill and stroke colors


View Tools

The grab tool
Using the grab tool
The zoom tool
Using the zoom tool

Basic Image Editing

Resizing Images
How to Resize Images I
How to Resize Images II
Numerically scale an image

Cropping Images
How to crop images (freehand) method How to crop images II
How to crop images (frame) method
Crop image III (main menu)

Editing Tools
How to cut an image
How to copy and paste an image
How to duplicate an image

Making bitmap selections

Vertically flip an image I (edit toolbar)
Vertically flip an image II (main menu)