Trevor McCauley first began working with Macromedia products while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he instructed classes and taught workshops covering Flash, Director, and Fireworks as an aside to earning a BA in Visual Arts. Currently Trevor works for a small production company developing content for websites and interactive CD/DVD ROMs. In his free time, he develops Flash and Fireworks content for his personal site, senocular.com, and moderates forums on popular Flash-related sites such as Kirupa.com, ActionScript.org, and UltraShock.com.
When it comes to designing and optimizing web graphics, it doesn't get much
better than Macromedia Fireworks - given its available tools and workflow.
However, Fireworks is not necessarily limited to the tools that come with it
in the default installation. You can modify the interface to include new,
custom panels that unlock hidden functionality, introduce new functionality,
or simply improve your workflow.
As a developer and designer, I find such extensions to the Fireworks
interface invaluable in helping me quickly and easily obtain my graphics
goal. In Part 1 of this tutorial, I will show you how you too can make your
own custom panels for Fireworks using Macromedia Flash. Not only will I show
you how they are made but I will also cover workflow tips for making panels
and techniques to help you successfully debug them.
Understanding SWF Panel Interactions
Custom... (more)
Trevor McCauley first began working with Macromedia products while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he instructed classes and taught workshops covering Flash, Director, and Fireworks as an aside to earning a BA in Visual Arts. Currently Trevor works for a small production company developing content for websites and interactive CD/DVD ROMs. In his free time, he develops Flash and Fireworks content for his personal site, senocular.com, and moderates forums on popular Flash-related sites such as Kirupa.com, ActionScript.org, and UltraShock.com.
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