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Macromedia Academy

Learn essential web design principles, terminology, and tools like Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash. Optimize images, create navigation buttons, banners, and more.

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Macromedia Academy

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  1. Macromedia Academy Dreamweaver Fireworks Flash

  2. URL IP Address HTML structure tag browser refresh (F5) server upload / publish FTP editor hyperlinking extension JPEG GIF plug-in WebDAV* Introduction & Terminology

  3. A Forward Regarding Design! • Design For Your Audience • test with inexperienced Web users • Keep Location Evident • “breadcrumbs”, links correlate destination • Maintain Consistency • natural colors, footers and headers • Build Simplicity Into the Design • balance, readable, contrast, “chunk” text

  4. Bad or “Dorky” Features • default gray color for background • busy backgrounds • poor color combinations • text is too small or too big • centered type over flush left body copy • paragraphs in bold, italic, all caps • underlined text that is not a link • large graphics, blinking text, under construction signs

  5. Good Design Features • background does not interrupt text • the hierarchy of information is clear • navigation is consistent • links are underlined so they are clear to visitor that they are links • pages download quickly • no lateral scrolling in browser • pages download quickly • good use of graphical elements (photos, subheads, quotes) to break up large areas of text

  6. Recommended Resources • Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites • Lynch & Horton • The Non-Designer’s Web Book • Williams & Tollett

  7. Day Two Fireworks

  8. Day One Review • Terminology & Design • Create “website” folder • index.html, images folder, naming files • Dreamweaver Workspace • “Property Inspector”

  9. Day One Review (cont.) • Page Properties • titles, background, links • Finding and Inserting Images • CTRL + click (or right-click) • “Save Image As…” into website folder, extension! • Inserting Hyperlinks • “absolute” vs. “relative” • target: _blank

  10. Day One Review (cont.) • Preview Page in Browser • Using Tables For Layout • fixed vs. dynamic widths • border = 0 • merge or split cells • Additional Pages • “Save As…” • “Web Friendly” Documents

  11. Day One Review (cont.) • Background Pictures • CSS Styles (no-repeat)

  12. Day One Review (cont.) • Drawing Layers or “Containers” • insert menu

  13. Day One Review (cont.) • Publish to eBackpack • Finder • > Go > “Connect to Server…” • Upload to Sites Folder http://eportal.guhsd.net/usr123/website/index.htm

  14. Introduction & Terminology • .PNG or .png • .PSD or .psd • .JPG or .jpg or .jpeg • .GIF or .gif • .TIF or .TIFF or .tif or .tiff • compression (lossy vs. lossless) • resolution 72 ppi (or dpi) • resolution 150 ppi (dpi)

  15. Today’s Objectives • Optimize a photograph(s) • Create “rollover” navigation buttons • Create Web banner(s)

  16. Day Three Flash

  17. Day Two Review • Terminology • compression • optimization at 72 ppi • File > Export Preview…

  18. Day Two Review (cont.) • Creating Buttons • Marquee, Pointer, Paint Bucket, Rectangle, Type, Fill Tools • “Bevel Boss” Filter • Layers

  19. Day Two Review (cont.) • Navigation Bar Feature (Dreameaver)

  20. Day Two Review (cont.) • Web banners • Gradient fills

  21. Day Two Review (cont.) • Web banners • Gradient fills • Polygon Lasso tool

  22. Day Two Review (cont.) • Web banners • Gradient fills • Polygon Lasso tool • Resize using Modify > Transform > Free Transform • Feathered Selections • Masking

  23. .swf .fla stage playhead timeline keyframe layer tweening object symbol fill stroke Introduction & Terminology

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