This book helps beginners learn how to create Web graphics using Macromedia Fireworks. 234 screenshots and graphics show how to:

• Learn the basics: Export GIFs and JPGs, resize graphics, flip and rotate graphics.
• Format Web graphics: Crop graphics, lighten/darken, reduce file size.
• Create new graphics: Draw and paint, add text, erase/replace colors.
• Employ advanced techniques: Make GIF backgrounds transparent, retouch graphics, work with Layers.

Fireworks MX 2004 For Visual Learners is a book that teaches you the very first basics of Fireworks MX 2004, the way of doing that is by using a great amount of images and pictures. Because of the visualizations, the book will teach you the basics in a very fast way.

For who is this book? This book will teach you the basics, and is therefore best suited for users that make a first start with Fireworks MX 2004, and never used a similar program before. As already said, the visuals will help those to pick up methods in this program very easily.

The book covers basic topics such as Fireworks Basics, Format Web Graphics, Create new graphics and Employ advanced techniques.

Fireworks MX 2004 competition! The friendly people of visibooks are giving away 6 e-books. All you need to do to enter the competition is to download the extract (press read more and then download sample pdf on your right), which is all about advanced techniques in Fireworks MX and answer the following question:

• How do you call the tool to enhance and correct graphics?

To be in the second DMXzone book draw of 2005, send your answer to this e-mail address before Wednesday 17th of February 2005.

Good Luck!