Web Atelier

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 smudge with various pressure and size until you achieve something like this

Step 5 -go to effexts and add “Hue/Saturation…” Hue=40; Saturation=100; Lightness = -53

Step 6 - Duplicate flames and change effect » Hue=19; Saturation=94; Lightness=-39. Add effect glow (color=#DF0000; width=0; opacity=57%; Softness=19;Ofset=0) . Set blend mode to Screen

Step 7 - Duplicate again adjust curves like on the figure. Set blend mode to screen and opacity=91

Step 8 - Show real logo above and put some effects: inner glow (width=2; color=#FAD7A6; opacity=100%; Softness=9; Offset=0) and glow(width=0 color=#D49442; opacity=100%; Softness=12; Offset=0)

Step 9 - Put some dots, make copy of fire and put it above logo

Here is another quick tutorial - How to make barcode. This is really easy and fast technique. You can see final result here »
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Make selections

Step 1 - Select Pencil tool [B], black color and draw some random lines.

Step 2 -Select Marquee tool [M] and make selection 1 pixel height. Press CTRL+SHIFT+I to invert selection and hit Delete, or Edit » Crop Selected Bitmap

Step 3 - Select Scale Tool [Q] and scale object like this, or type a number in properties panel

Step 4 - Select part of the object and delete it

Step 5 - Type some numbers in the white area

This is second tutorial about using “Curves” filter in Macromedia Fireworks. Now it is time to learn how to adjust shadows or highlights of the image.
LEVEL: Beginner who wants to be a Pro ;-)
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Add live effects, work with objects

Do you read part one? If not, find it here »

If we have a shot with too dark shadow areas, like that sunflower below, we need to reveal more detail from the background. Let’s start - add “Curves” live effect

If we just drag black point upward, even most dark areas will turn grey. We don’t want that happen. Black must remain black! No?

So we make new point, near the bottom-left corner of grid and drag this point up until dark areas around sunflower start to show us their secrets.

This is better, but we can bring some more light in the background. Add another point and place it like this.

Add a point one more time. Try to make curve appear as smooth as possible, because that way image will look more natural. Here are the final curve and before/after image comparison.

Now let’s see another example. This time we haven’t enough details in highlights areas.

We do the same trick, but in upper-right corner (highlights). Yeah! More details on the wall.

Now it is time to fix shadow, since we made them darker then original.

Notice the white area on the wall. We can’t extract more details from there, because there are only pure white pixels in the original.

Note 1: Be careful! Curves can easy make some dramatic changes to your image. Make small changes at a time, so you don’t end in mess.

Note 2: To improve your image even more, try sharpen it.

Note 3: Often after curves adjustments saturation is changed. Fix that with “Hue/Saturation” live effect.

Note 4: Always try “Auto” button in Curves dialog. This can save you a lot of tweaking.

Hi everyone! This is just a quick post to let you know, that Web Atelier is not dead. I am working on new and inproved version. Stay tuned!

Alexander

P.S. Todo: New design, New Content, Refresh of old tutorials, Screencasts, Library, …