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Use this collection of tips, tricks and tutorials to make your Fireworks sessions more productive and fun! We will help you to get the most out of your program, whether you use Fireworks MX 2004, Fireworks 8, CS3 or the latest Fireworks CS4!
Our Latest TutorialsAll of our home-made tutorials require at least intermediate graphics skills and a working knowledge of Fireworks. For basic-level tutorials, see our External Tutorials: Beginner secton. You don't need much to create cool animations with Fireworks: this tutorial shows you how to make a beating heart animation using only a single Auto Shape, a preset style and a couple of handy commands. If only getting real love would be this simple!
Image transition is a popular animation technique. In this exercise you will see how to fade one image into another, using only Fireworks animated symbols.
Fireworks CS4 is nearing its official release, so this is a good opportunity to take a look at this funny little stamp I created for the occasion. A free filter and a commercial plugin were used to create this image. Spread the Fireworks love!
Donuts + Arrows. Those two Auto Shapes are the only objects used to create this cool graphic. Yet another example of the effective manipulation of Auto Shapes, this article was inspired by Matt Stow's path-based approach to the same challenge.
Make your projects stand out! Learn how to make cool 3D diagrams using the Twist and Fade command and the Cube Auto Shape. It's the first tutorial that takes advantage of Fireworks CS4 capabilities, but compatible all the way back to MX 2004.
Create and animate a 3D football using only Fireworks and an optical illusion. Great for learning advanced animation techniques and masking. The resulting image can be used in website logos and Flash games. (An improved version of our tutorial has been re-published to the Adobe Developer Center.)
Create a command from scratch, using only the History Panel. No JavaScript knowledge required! (This tutorial won the first-ever Fireworks tutorial contest.)
This tutorial demonstrates the effective manipulation of Fireworks Auto Shapes. The resulting logo is used in my award-winning watermark command tutorial.
Check out our very first tutorial published on this new site! It's about applying lightning and electricity effects through a Fireworks plugin called Alien Skin Xenofex 2: Lightning.
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Animated Beating Heart
Parallel Crossfading
Fireworks CS4 Stamp
Circular Arrows with Autoshapes
3D-layered Diagram, Vista-style
Learn how to create 3D animation in Fireworks!
