Monday, October 26, 2009

Tips for Web Graphic Design:

Fireworks is a really great tool you can use to create unique, attractive and professional graphics for designing website for your business. Here are some really cool web graphic design tips you can try out using Macromedia Fireworks.

Paste Inside

The Paste Inside property of Fireworks allows you to paste an image inside an object. You can get really amazing images in the shape of circles, hearts, ovals, diamonds etc. here's what you need to do:

1. Make the shape that you want using the ordinary shape tools found in your toolbar (e.g. circle, rectangle etc.)
2. Place the photograph within the shape
3. Select the image and cut it (Cntrl +X)
4. Then select the shape and click on Edit>Paste Inside (Cntrl+Shift+V)
5. The picture is now placed within the shape. If you want to move the picture within the shape, click on the white arrow in the toolbar and select the picture.

Now you can move the image within the shape to get the perfect position. This option is one of the most attractive tools among graphic designing tools.

Photo Optics

PhotoOptics is another cool tip on designing amazing graphics. You can adjust the brightness, color, contrast and more, using this feature. All you need to do is, select the image, go to XTras > PhotoOptics and play around with the options given. Try changing the shades, tints and brightness to get unique and attractive graphics.

Effects

Use the Fireworks Effects palette to make your graphics look different. Try out the drop shadow, inner bevel, outer bevel and glow. You can use these effects on buttons to give it a 3 dimensional look. Drop shadows look good on single images. It makes an image stand out in a page. A graphics design company can help you to develop an attractive website for your business.

Graphic Design Tips

Try using different levels of transparency to design eye-catching collections. Use the object palette in Fireworks and try out different percentages of opacity to get image transparency and merge the images to get beautiful collages.

1 comment:

  1. Hi,

    For every web design company, it is essential to make use of tools and technology to maintain their portfolio and digital assets for better usage in other projects and presentation of jobs.

    - Stella.

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