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Creating a fancy text effect in Adobe Fireworks

This is the first youtube video I ever made , so you might encounter some video editing issues ( lol im still a noob using camtasia). The tutorial lets you create a fancy letter or text effect that you can use on your projects , and you can even you use any version of Adobe Fireworks , yes even fireworks 2 lol.

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Feathering in Adobe Fireworks

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Basically , feathering is changing the edge of fills , or the edge of your vector object to feather. By default the edge is set in Anti – Alias , but you can also change it to Hard or Feather. This is a very easy technique, but if done in the right way, could help  soften your images,  and add glows or highlights.

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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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23 Amazing Adobe Fireworks Tutorials

I found out Francesco Mugnai’s blog by accident from checking my google analytics info, when i stumbled into his blog post , i saw some really cool tutorials done in adobe fireworks, You can view his blog here.

And also dont forget to check the grass text tutorial listed there , I saw a photoshop version in psdtuts last year but I always wondered how it would be done in adobe fireworks, well here’s your answer, to view the tutorial directly , click here.

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Simple Orbs Tutorial

The Simple Orbs Tutorial is a very simple technique , yet it could add some dramatic touches to your design. It is just one layer object but you can replicate it over and over, and change the sizes.

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