Thursday, June 17, 2010

clickable pdf

http://layersmagazine.com/fireworks-cs4-exporting-to-pdf.html

need to find out if rollovers also work. . .

Fireworks - resources from Fire on the Bay

Resources

First be sure to check out the official Adobe learning center, there is lots of really good stuff there:

This list comes from fireworksguruforum.com

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/ - Fireworks Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/...works&go=Go - Fireworks Design Center
General Fireworks resource, with a combination of tutorials, textures, autoshapes, extensions, PNGs, etc:
http://www.fireworkszone.com
http://www.senocular.com/fireworks/
http://www.phireworx.com
http://www.fwkit.com

Fireworks tutorials:
http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/rapid-fire/
http://www.designpicnic.com/web-atelier/

Sites not dedicated to FW but with FW tutorials:
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/images/index.htm
http://www.communitymx.com/category.cfm?catID=3&typeid=2
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Fireworks/
http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/adobe_fireworks/
http://www.tutorial-pedia.com/tutorials/2d...hics/fireworks/
http://www.solardreamstudios.com/learn/
http://www.entheosweb.com/fireworks/

Our own Fireworks guru forum tutorials:
Creating a sitemap with reusable symbols - Alan
Reflective 3d ball - Snakebite
Using Blend Paths to create wavey, abstract background effects - abeall
A Simple little Envelope - Adam!
Shiny Happy Buttons - Adam!
A Simple Little Pencil - Adam!
A Teddybear - Adam!
Creating Abstract Backgrounds - blue2x
Shiny Ball / Sphere - Adam!
Using Grids to make Swirls (e) Symbol, How a grid can come in handy - Adam!
A computer mouse in 7 layers - Adam!
Curtains effect - lian
3D Glow Frame Effect - blue2x
Gel Cap / Plastic Button - Mapnapkin
Lighting Effects - lian
Creating reusable, flexible, custom Ajax loading animations - stowball
Animated Snake Loader - stowball
3D-Dots Tutorial - raja
Starburst Light Effects - blue2x
Quick masking technique using Convert to Path - Alan
Faded Shadows - lian
TV Static Effect - raja
Creating Rain - blue2x
Turning Day into Night - blue2x
Controlling Exposure in Photographs - lian
Curved Tabs - lian
Scotch Tape Tutorial - Juliano Haussen
Old Paper Effect - lian
Sunburt Tutorial - lian
Vector Maps - so1980==MikeTaylor
3-D Comic Book Effect - so1980==MikeTaylor
Customizing Bitmap Patterns - so1980==MikeTaylor

Textures and Patterns
http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/
http://www.patterns.ming-ling.net/tiled.html
http://www.citrusmoon.typepad.com/
http://www.playingwithfire.com/holidays/tiles.html
http://www.mayang.com/textures/
http://www.noctua-graphics.de/

Stock photography
free
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm - massive list of free and pro stock resources
http://www.yotophoto.com/
http://www.openstockphotography.org/
http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ - free for low res, cost for high res(cheap)
http://www.imageafter.com
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.freefoto.com

cheap
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.stockxpert.com/
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/

high end and rights managed
http://www.inmagine.com/ - all royalty free, some expensive, some free
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.veer.com/
http://www.punchstock.com/

Fonts
free
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.abstractfonts.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://www.showfont.net/
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
http://www.eternalfonts.com/
http://www.websitetips.com/fonts/pixel/ - list of pixel fonts
http://www.youfont.com/
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl
http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm - themed/brandname fonts
http://www.houseoflime.com/dings.htm - lots of useful icons/dingbats

licensed
http://www.veer.com/products/type/
http://www.linotype.com/
http://www.myfonts.com/
http://www.fonts.com/
http://www.adobe.com/type/

identify a font with these tools (very handy!)
http://www.identifont.com/identify.html
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Disjointed Rollovers in Dreamweaver

This swapping out photos, and creating a pointer that turns into a hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFofd8kUhI

Monkeys Process Diagram - Clickable PDF

Visio -> Fireworks -> PDF

Then add movie to PDF

Inserting a movie file into a pdf

When you add a video file to a PDF document, Acrobat automatically converts the video to an FLV file. This format
ensures both high-quality viewing and compatibility across computer platforms. FLV files are also compact, so
converting multimedia to this format helps reduce the size of the PDF. Acrobat converts the following video file
formats to FLV: ASF, ASX, AVI, 3GPP, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, and WMV files.

To add video to a PDF document:
1. Open the PDF document.
2. Click the Tools menu, click Multimedia, and click Video
Tool.
3. Drag or double-click to select the area on the page where
you want the video to appear.
The Insert Video dialog box appears (Figure 1).
If you double-click the page, Acrobat places the upper left
corner of the video where you clicked. If you drag an area
on the page, the media is placed within the area. The play
area of the video is the exact size of the video frame (if
Acrobat is able to read the video clip dimensions).
4. Add a URL in the File field, or click Browse to find the
video file.
For URLs, use the full file address, including the video
filename extension, such as .flv or .mp4.
5. (Optional) To specify which playback controls will be
displayed for the video, click Show Advanced Options.
Then select the Controls tab. In the Skin menu, select
which set of controls to use.
6. (Optional) To select an image to be displayed when the
video isn’t playing, click Show Advanced Options. Then
select the Video tab. Move the marker above the slider bar
to the frame you want to use, and then click Set Poster
Image From Current Frame.
7. Click OK to close the Insert Video dialog box.

http://www.adobe.com/education/resources/hed/instructional/connect/collaborative_teaching/pdfs/insert_rich_media_PDF.pdf