In this resurrection post for the Rapid Fire tutorial series, we make use of Adobe® Fireworks®’s Grid Fill Texture to apply a dot matrix effect to any vector element.
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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’
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’