Macromedia Fireworks is a powerful web design program that will help you make all manner of web graphics. Its color pallets and design choices are focused for online media, and its export optimizer will help you reduce download time for people visiting your site. Fireworks also has ultra-easy interactive modes that allow you to generate rollovers, image maps, and many others with a few clicks of your mouse.
NOTE: The best way to start learning a new program is to follow the tutorial supplied by the program's makers. Feel free to use the instruction manual for the program (ask the lab assistant for it if you can't find it) and follow the tutorial inside.
If you are just looking for a cursory overview of a few of the nifty things Fireworks can do, see the pages below. Have an idea for something that should be on these pages? Contact us.
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