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Fireworks Course Outline

Week 1 - Paperwork and intro to Fireworks

  • Fireworks Basics - Chapter 1
  • Document Set-up - Chapter 2
  • Colors - Chapter 3
  • Path Tools - Chapter 4

Week 2

  • Selecting Paths - Chapter 5
  • Working with Objects - Chapter 6
  • Fills - Chapter 7
  • Strokes - Chapter 8
  • Assignment - Design a Drink Can for a brand new beverage. Do not use any existing color schemes or name.

Week 3

  • Mini Project - Design a Logo and Several package designs for Hippity Hoppity Candy: a box, bag/ package and a bar wrapper.

Week 4

  • Effects - Chapter 9
  • Text - Chapter 10
  • Working with Pixels - Chapter 13
  • Assignment - Locate a photo and apply any Effect or Eye Candy option(s) you want. Add some type of text on top of the photo.

Week 5 -

  • Mini Project - Design a Flyer for an upcoming Art Gallery
    Opening using Effects, Text, Photos and paths. Attach text
    to path. Use the emboss and bevel tools.

Week 6 -

  • Importing - Chapter 14
  • Optimizing - Chapter 15
  • Animation's - Chapter 16
  • Assignment - Find a piece of Clipart and import and Optimize it.

Week 7 -

  • Mini Project - Design an Animation for Easter Greeting Card.
    Include a bunny or chick, some eggs and a saying.

Week 8 -

  • HotSpots and links - Chapter 17
  • Behaviors - Chapter 18
  • Exporting - Chapter 19
  • Assignment - Find a photo or graphic with multiple items
    on it and add Hotspots with links.

Week 9 -

  • Final Project - Design the look of a Web Page. Include a
    photo or graphic with HotSpots and links, create Buttons,
    and add a rollover effect to at least 1 button. Export the "png"
    to html format and open in UltraDev and look at it.
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