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Our good friends over at Fireworks Zone are holding a tutorial contest for Adobe® Fireworks® users. At stake are three (3) copies of GenoPal Pro and other goodies for the Fireworks enthusiast. The deadline for entries has been moved to the 30th of March, 2008, so send in those awesome Fireworks tutorials, already!
Proceed to the contest page for more details.
Gradients and masks are all it takes to create lighting effects for circular shapes in Adobe® Fireworks®. Generate as many layers of shadows and highlights as you need. Let me show you how…
Continue reading ‘Rapid Fire #10: Circular Shadows & Highlights’
One of the things that make image editing apps exciting to use is the constant thrill of stumbling upon something unexpected, but produces interesting results. One such thing is Adobe® Fireworks®’ Satin Gradient, and how its (kinda) unpredictable behavior makes it easy to create abstract glowing light swirls with.
Continue reading ‘Rapid Fire #9: Fun With The Satin Gradient’
After a short hiatus, I’m back with a tutorial that shows you how to extract a logo and/or logotype from a raster image, using only Adobe® Fireworks®‘ Live Filters. With this method, you also have the option to re-color the lifted logo in anyway you want: solid, gradient, or textured. All of this, while avoiding the temptations of the quick-and-dirty Wand Tool 
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Just in time for the the holiday season, this Adobe® Fireworks® tutorial will show you how to create a silky, flowing ribbon; the type that you could slap onto your graphic elements to make them more festive. I hope you enjoy my tiny Christmas present.
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