Fireworks Basics - Fireworks tutorial

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This is a very popular effect which gives a beautiful pattern to the text. The three examples what you see on the right are given the patterns illusion, flame and oil paint. The following tutorial gives a stepwise instruction of how to apply the metallic pattern. You can try the other two effects following the same steps but different patterns have to be selected.

How to Create Animated Gifs in Fireworks

Fireworks comes with a few eyecandy filters. Learn how to use this one to make some pleasing beveled text.

In this tutorial we will create the shiny text you see all over the internet! We will learn how to use masking and the gradient tool in Fireworks as we create the text! Have fun creating your text as you follow along!

Learn: Locate the vector pen tool, Use the vector pen tool, Adjust pen tool parameters, Using textures.