Archive for November, 2008
Water drops
In this tutorial you will learn to add water drops on top of the picture with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 and above. You can see my final result here »
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Fireworks basics like add/remove live effects, clone objects, transform objects, paint on mask
SOURCE PNG: water-drops.png
Step 1 – Open image and [...]
Volume backlight
Here is another one of special effects tutorials. It will teach you how to achieve “Volume backlight” effect with Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks. In order to complete this tutorial you will need Macromedia Fireworks MX or above, but the same results can be accomplished with other advanced graphic software, such as Photoshop.
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: [...]
Blood and coffee stain
Quick tutorial i wrote this morning. How to make blood and coffee stain. The idea came from question on Macromedia Fireworks forum by “runner_28″.You need Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 and above to finish it. You can see final result here »
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Make vector objects, Add live effects,
SOURCE PNG: blood cofee [...]
Rope
Quick and easy technique to put believable rope in your compositions through Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks. In order to complete this tutorial, you will need Macromedia Fireworks MX or above.
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Make new documents, Work with Text and Paths, Add live effects, Change blend modes
SOURCE PNG: Rope.png
Step 1 – Make new file (my [...]
Resizable Pixel Map
Next fast step-by-step tutorial – Resizable Pixel Map. Here we will use new feature in Fireworks 8 called “Convert Marquee to Path”. In order to finish this tutorial you will need Macromedia Fireworks 8. You can see my final result here »
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Change brightness and contrast of image, Magic wand [...]
“Old Photo” effect from regular image
In this tutorial you will learn how to achieve “Old Photo” effect from regular image with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 and above. You can see my final result here »
LEVEL: Intermediate
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Fireworks basics like add/remove live effects, clone objects, adjust curves
SOURCE PNG: old-photo-source.png
Step 1 – Let`s begin – Open image
Step 2 [...]
Using “Curves” filter for image
This is first of series of tutorials about using “Curves” filter for image adjustments in Macromedia Fireworks. The scope of this tutorial is Curves basics (Interface, main concepts, simple use)
LEVEL: Beginner who wants to be a Pro ;-)
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Add live effects, work with objects
Introduction – “Curves” are the most powerful and [...]
Third part of “Curves” tutorial.
Third part of “Curves” tutorial. In today`s episode: Increase contrast, remove color cast, curves reference.
LEVEL: Beginner who wants to be a Pro ;-)
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Add live effects, work with objects
REFERENCE: DPS Curves Reference
If you didn’t read first two parts, find them here » Basics and Shadows / highlights
First – quick look at [...]
How to colorize black and white photo?
In this tutorial you will learn how to colorize black and white photo with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 and above. You can see my final result here »
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Clone objects, Change blend mode, Make complex selections
SOURCE PNG: colorize-bw-photo.png
Introduction – Have you seen those dull attempts to add color to B/W [...]
“Burning Logo”
Step 1 – make new file , dark canvas color so we can see the light and place your logo at the bottom
Step 2 – Duplicate logo and flatten it, so it becomes bitmap object
Step 3 – Select Smudge tool with pressure about 40-60 an start attentively draw fire flames
Step 4 – Continue to [...]
