Although this course is not currently scheduled, custom courses for your corporation or organization may be arranged. Please call 713-348-4803 to discuss or e-mail scs@rice.edu.

Macromedia Fireworks MX is a popular, full-featured Web design package that enables users to create professional quality images, buttons, and objects for optimization and publication on the Web. It is well integrated with the other major Macromedia Web packages, Dreamweaver® and Flash®, and can be used to increase productivity in website design. Through lectures as well as hands-on computer lab experiences, participants will learn how to use this powerful tool to create, process, optimize, and export interactive graphics to the Web. Participants will also create and process images compatible with the Web while learning about different file formats and the related basics of image and color theory. Familiarity with HTML or Dreamweaver is helpful. Participants will work in a computer lab at individual workstations operating on a Windows® operating system.

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for individuals who wish to learn how to prepare graphics for the Web. A basic understanding of Windows operations, file management, and the Internet is required. Familiarity with HTML or Dreamweaver is a plus.

Objectives:

• Learn the fundamentals of Fireworks MX necessary to create and insert images into a basic Web page
• Learn the basics of image and color theory as pertains to the Web
• Learn about the different file formats compatible with Web use
• Learn how to create interactivity with graphics
• Learn how Fireworks MX can be integrated with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash

Topics will include the following:

• Fireworks MX basics
• Working with vectors and layers
• Working with effects and masks
• Adding interactive objects
• Using Fireworks MX with Dreamweaver
• Using Fireworks MX with Flash

Instructor: Anne Jungman, an independent consultant, plans, designs, and builds websites. Since 1996, she has been involved in design, production, consulting, training, and documentation projects with WebArchitects, her Internet consulting company. In 2002, she completed a five-year assignment as project manager with the Internet services team of the JPMorgan Chase shared technology and operations division. Ms. Jungman is currently a Web developer and project manager with Chevron’s global information design and consulting division.

Information technology, computer, web design web development, images for the web web images, buttons, animated gifs interactive graphics, building websites