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Arched Text: A Fireworks Command

Fireworks guru Aaron Beall caught wind of my Arched Text Inkscape Tutorial a few days back, pointing out that the task of arching the bottom of the text can be done in Adobe® Fireworks® (in fact, it’s even easier with Fireworks’ Distort tool). He even provided a quick walkthrough for the benefit of other Fireworks users over at FireworksGuru Forum. Continue reading ‘Arched Text: A Fireworks Command’

Fireworks Zone: Tutorial Design Contest

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.

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Rapid Fire #10: Circular Shadows & Highlights

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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…

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Rapid Fire #9: Fun With The Satin Gradient

Blue light swirls

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.

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Rapid Fire #8: Extracting Logos

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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 (Icon).

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