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OVERVIEW. Chapter Lessons. Set up the work environment Place Fireworks images into a Dreamweaver document Edit Fireworks images from a Dreamweaver document Insert and edit Macromedia Flash movies in Dreamweaver. INTRODUCTION. Introduction.
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OVERVIEW Chapter Lessons • Set up the work environment • Place Fireworks images into a Dreamweaver document • Edit Fireworks images from a Dreamweaver document • Insert and edit Macromedia Flash movies in Dreamweaver The Web Collection, Revealed
INTRODUCTION Introduction • Macromedia Studio 8: suite of integrated Web development products • Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks • Products can integrate easily with each other • Products have common features and interface elements The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Set Up the Work Environment • In this lesson, you will: • Set up the work environment to facilitate integrating Fireworks images into a Dreamweaver document The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Fireworks as the Primary External Image Editor • You can import a Fireworks image into a Dreamweaver document • You can edit a Fireworks graphic by launching Fireworks from within Dreamweaver The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Fireworks as the Primary External Image Editor • Fireworks must be set as the primary external image editor for GIF, JPEG, and PNG files in Dreamweaver • Preferences dialog box in Dreamweaver The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Using Design Notes • Design Notes file (MNO) • Contains information about the original source file (PNG or FLA) that created the exported file • Allows access to the source file for editing • Save Fireworks source PNG file and exported files in a Dreamweaver site The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Using Design Notes Source filename FIGURE 1: Contents of a Design Notes file The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Specifying Launch and EditPreferences • Use the Fireworks Preferences dialog box • Always Use Source PNG • Automatically launches Fireworks PNG file • Never Use Source PNG • Automatically launches the exported Fireworks image The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Specifying Launch and EditPreferences • Ask When Launched • Allows you to specify whether or not to launch the source PNG file The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Specifying Launch and EditPreferences FIGURE 4: Fireworks Preferences dialog box The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 1 Setting up theDreamweaver Site FIGURE 2: Structure of the Web site The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 2 Place Fireworks ImagesInto Dreamweaver • In this lesson, you will: • Place two Fireworks images into a Dreamweaver document The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 2 Placing a Fireworks Imageinto Dreamweaver • Ways to place PNG, JPEG, and GIF images created in Fireworks directly into a Dreamweaver document • Use Image command on Insert menu • Export an image from Fireworks into a Dreamweaver site folder The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 2 Placing a Fireworks Imageinto Dreamweaver • Exporting an image to Library folder allows you to insert the image as a library item • Export command on File menu in Fireworks • When you export an image file as an image only, one file (.jpg or .gif) is created The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 2 Placing a Fireworks Imageinto Dreamweaver • When you export an image file to a Dreamweaver Library, two files are created • Image file • .lbi file: contains information on the source filename and dimensions of the image The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 2 Placing a Fireworks Imageinto Dreamweaver FIGURE 9: The Export dialog box specifying the export type as Dreamweaver Library The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 3 Edit Fireworks ImagesFrom Dreamweaver • In this lesson, you will: • Edit a Fireworks image from a Dreamweaver document The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 3 Editing a Fireworks Imagefrom Dreamweaver • Select image in the Dreamweaver document • Click Edit Fireworks in Property inspector • Fireworks is launched • Image appears in an edit window The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 3 Editing a Fireworks Imagefrom Dreamweaver • Make your changes • Click Done to return to Dreamweaver document • To make quick export changes • Use Optimize Image in Fireworks command to display the Optimize dialog box The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 3 Editing a Fireworks Imagefrom Dreamweaver Edit Fireworks button FIGURE 12: Edit button in the Property inspector The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 3 Editing a Fireworks Imagefrom Dreamweaver Click Done to return to Dreamweaver FIGURE 13: The Editing from Dreamweaver window The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Insert and Edit Flash Movies In Dreamweaver • In this lesson, you will: • Insert a Macromedia Flash movie into a Dreamweaver document • Edit a Macromedia Flash movie within Dreamweaver The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Inserting a Flash Movie into Dreamweaver • Use Media command on Insert menu of Dreamweaver • Select Flash as the media to insert • When the movie is inserted, a placeholder appears at the insertion point The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Viewing Information Aboutthe Movie • When the placeholder is selected, Property inspector displays information about the movie • Dimensions, filename, etc. The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Viewing Information Aboutthe Movie Movie placeholder FIGURE 15: The Property inspector with a movie selected The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Setting an Image to Controlthe Movie’s Playback • An object, such as an image, can control the actions (play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame) of a Macromedia Flash movie • Name the movie in Dreamweaver Property inspector The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Setting an Image to Controlthe Movie’s Playback Movie name FIGURE 16: Naming the movie in the Property inspector The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Setting an Image to Controlthe Movie’s Playback • Assign Control Shockwave or Flash behavior to the object that will control the movie • Control Shockwave or Flash dialog box • To edit a Flash movie from Dreamweaver • Select the Flash placeholder • Click Edit in Property inspector The Web Collection, Revealed
LESSON 4 Setting an Image to Controlthe Movie’s Playback FIGURE 21: The completed Control Shockwave or Flash dialog box The Web Collection, Revealed
SUMMARY Chapter 1 Tasks • Set up the work environment • Place Fireworks images into a Dreamweaver document • Edit Fireworks images from a Dreamweaver document • Insert and edit Macromedia Flash movies in Dreamweaver The Web Collection, Revealed