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Increasing Productivity: Using The Texture Panel In Adobe Fireworks

Posted by Matt Curtis on November 14, 2012 · Comments Off

When you’re working in Fireworks — be it for a website design, mobile design or graphic asset for a project — one need you will undoubtedly have is support for textures. While Fireworks is an amazing tool in other areas, the usability of the textures feature could definitely be improved. In this article, we’ll look at an extension that does just [...]

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Workflow Tips: Useful Fireworks Techniques And Features For Large Design Teams

Posted by Kris Niles on October 12, 2012 · Comments Off

While Fireworks can be a useful and powerful tool for any screen designer, several aspects of it make it really shine in an enterprise environment when used by both small and large design teams. What do I mean by “enterprise”? For the purpose of this article, enterprise can be defined as any environment where multiple designers, developers and other stakeholders [...]

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Workflow Tips: Useful Fireworks Techniques And Features For Large Design Teams

Posted by Kris Niles on October 12, 2012 · Comments Off

While Fireworks can be a useful and powerful tool for any screen designer, several aspects of it make it really shine in an enterprise environment when used by both small and large design teams. What do I mean by “enterprise”? For the purpose of this article, enterprise can be defined as any environment where multiple designers, developers and other stakeholders [...]

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Creating A Pattern Library With Evernote And Fireworks // Workflow Tips

Posted by Kris Niles on September 13, 2012 · Comments Off

A well-functioning pattern library is a beautiful thing. It is a powerful resource that you and your entire team can use to efficiently create consistent user experiences for your website or service. It cuts out repetitive design work, allowing you to focus your energy on creating new user experiences; and it creates a common UI language for your team, reducing [...]

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Optimizing The Design Workflow With Extensions // Adobe Fireworks

Posted by Ashish Bogawat on August 28, 2012 · Comments Off

I’ve been using Adobe Fireworks for over a decade now and I can recommend it to anyone searching for the optimal screen design workflow. Much has been said about Fireworks’ capabilities as a design application, but today I want to focus on one of its other biggest strengths — its extensibility. As a platform, Fireworks gives its users a lot of [...]

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Simulating The Letterpress: From Live Filters In Fireworks To CSS Code

Posted by Jose Olarte on July 23, 2012 · Comments Off

One of the visual effects that is a mainstay in my Web design toolkit is the letterpress effect. Used properly, it’s a quick way to make text blend better with the layout, as if it were machine-stamped onto the background. Think of what a home appliance marquee or a professional business card looks (and feels) like, and you’ll know what I’m talking about. I’ve [...]

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Interactive Prototypes And Time-Savers With Adobe Fireworks

Posted by Trevor Kay on July 3, 2012 · Comments Off

As interface designers, we’re often required to demonstrate the look and feel (and interactions) of the interfaces we design. We often begin with a series of flat images, and while these may be pixel perfect and show some amazing detail, they lack the context of the user experience. Without context, it would be difficult for your clients to understand the flow [...]

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Interactive Prototypes And Time-Savers With Adobe Fireworks

Posted by Trevor Kay on July 3, 2012 · Comments Off

As interface designers, we’re often required to demonstrate the look and feel (and interactions) of the interfaces we design. We often begin with a series of flat images, and while these may be pixel perfect and show some amazing detail, they lack the context of the user experience. Without context, it would be difficult for your clients to understand the flow [...]

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Create Interactive Prototypes With Adobe Fireworks

Posted by André Reinegger on June 25, 2012 · Comments Off

Whilst designing for screens—including Web, mobile and rich interaction applications (RIAs)—you often need to create a prototype to see whether the application works properly before moving onto the development stage. Prototypes are also essential in Web projects. For example, when you plan an online ordering process, you have to be sure that every step [...]

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Create Interactive Prototypes With Adobe Fireworks

Posted by André Reinegger on June 25, 2012 · Comments Off

Whilst designing for screens—including Web, mobile and rich interaction applications (RIAs)—you often need to create a prototype to see whether the application works properly before moving onto the development stage. Prototypes are also essential in Web projects. For example, when you plan an online ordering process, you have to be sure that every step [...]

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