The Importance of Fireworks (Week 3)

In week three of our digital media labs we further expanded our knowledge on Adobe Fireworks. Many people are accustomed to Fireworks or Photoshop however someone new to the program like myself found many useful tips in this week’s tutorial. To start off I have little knowledge on the program Fireworks, therefore the Digital Media labs are very helpful. In the weeks leading up to week three I learned some of the basics, creating a new document, resizing an image, opening an image, using the lasso tool to put certain objects on other images. At first I thought it was going to be difficult however I managed to follow the instructions and properly learn the basics of Fireworks. In week three, the tutorial was based on optimizing images, working with basic shapes, working with the magic wand tool and the pen tool. The tutorial was straight forward but there are endless options when using the basic tools. Mixed in the tutorial were the basic types of formats. The two most common types of formats are JPEG which stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group and GIF which stands for Graphic Interchange Format. Upon learning from Professor Henry, I realized the difference between the two. The JPEG format supports millions of colors and discards large images while GIF supports 256 colours which allow large pictures to keep their original form when resized. Week three was an interesting one with many different supplementary tips and further knowledge on using Fireworks. You never know I might turn into Fireworks professional but you are better off going to Vegas and betting your money on it.

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