Customize Workspaces in Adobe Fireworks

This article shows the new UI Fireworks CS4 and how to create custom workspaces by moving and manipulating document windows, panels and docks.

Video tutorials illustrate all the actions which are difficult to describe only by words. Learn to customize your workspace to meet your needs.

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Altes Wines Web Logo Tutorial

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This is a tutorial I made for fireworksguruforums on how to create a web logo using adobe fireworks for Altes Wines, a fictional wine company. You can view the png type tutorial in this forum post

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12 Free Quality Logos Done in Fireworks

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For those who don’t know , I have been designing logos in fireworks for a few years now. And  lot of people would ask , Why Fireworks ? Why not use Photoshop or illustrator in designing logotypes ?

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Looking for private advertisers/sponsors in my blog

Hello guys , if you want to advertise on my blog about your product , website or service  , you can  purchase one of my 125 x 125 ad spots  please let me know.

For more info you can leave a comment here or send me a message via twitter.

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Creating Grunge Text Using Adobe Fireworks

In the web, we have seen a lot of photoshop tutorials on grunge text / special effects but none in Adobe Fireworks. We do not have brushes in FW, but we can try a different approach on creating a grunge look using vectors. The key thing to note here is , experiment  on different approaches till you are satisfied.

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Adobe Fireworks Space Artworks

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Creating digital artworks in Fireworks was a lot of fun , especially creating planets, galaxies and stars. I got a few space works I would like to share with you , since I dont have the source files ( old harddrive crashed years ago , but if I could recover them back I’ll post them here ) , you can download their full sized jpeg versions, just click on the images.

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Fw Guru 10th Anniversary Design Recolored

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This is the first time I ever colored someone’s design. Actually It was partially colored by Alan and promised him I would finish the colors and clen up the design. It was printed as a tshirt last year in the Adobe Max 2008 meet. Click Fireworks Anniversary (57)to download the source file.

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My first interview in Fireworks Designer

Guys check out my first interview in Fireworks Designer. Its a new fireworks blog , with lots of articles and support files. Be sure to check it out here.

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46 Free Fireworks RSS Buttons

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Over 46 Free Fireworks RSS Buttons to download. You can change the colors of the buttons , scale them up or down ( there are some bitmaps in the grundge versions ) , and most of the buttons are all vectors so editing wont be a problem.

You can use the icons for commercial use, but you may not redistribute them and claim them as your own. Adding a comment  here once you’ve downloaded them would be nice too, i’m making another batch of buttons next month =)

Download the zip here (0).

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Pixelate Effect Tutorial

Have you ever wanted to create a pixelize look on your designs but you didn’t know how? Well here is your answer ! In this tutorial you will learn how to install 3rd party plugins in adobe fireworks and use them.

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Most people don’t know that there are a lot of photoshop compatible plugins that can be used in adobe fireworks  and that  which I highly recommend using Richard Rosenman’s plugins.  Read More »

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Banner / Sig Fireworks Samples

Here are some works that I’d like to share with you guys, a banner and two signature examples. The one in the middle is my recent sig in the fireworksguru forum , hope you like them all. To view the full size version , please download them here (74) and comment if you do =) Thanks !

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fireworkszone wallpaper

Here’s a wallpaper I made for my friend Thierry over at fireworkszone , the most complete fireworks resource in the web =). Click here to view his post.

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wakoopa

Wakoopa is like a social networking website for software. It lets you discover what games and applications people are using ( for windows and mac users as well ) , and their opinions and experiences on the programs as well. Check the top used applications from , games , audio/video , development, design , office, internet , ulities and security. Click here to visit their site.

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Freelance Statistics Report from Rockable

Here’s an interesting post from rockable press, if you are a freelancer, whether it be writing , graphic desgin , web design to photography. Learn how freelancers all over the world charge their clients , do they quote or estimate. You can read the report at their site. And you might as well purchase their ebook, a must have buy for serious freelancers =)

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