Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks

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3 Mar 2010

One thing that has always frustrated me about Illustrator and Photoshop is their poor support for gradients. While they have made some strides in recent years, the tools that they provide to manipulate gradients are really sub par. Fireworks, however, has some very nice options to help you create gradients. In this short video tutorial I will demonstrate the power of Fireworks’ gradient tools in some detail and show the types of effects that you can create quickly and effortlessly in Fireworks.

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9 Responses to Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks

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tehkz

March 9th, 2010 at 3:26 am

Here's a quick tutorial:

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Don H

March 9th, 2010 at 3:55 am

A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.

After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.

Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.

I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.

I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.

If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.

I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.

Love and blessings

Your brother
don

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mariaalethea

March 9th, 2010 at 5:08 am

I really don't know much about Illustrator, but this site seems to have some helpful info about how to Vectorize an image. Hope it works!

http://www.greycobra.com/tutorials/vectorize-images/page-1.html

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countryboy.1021

March 18th, 2010 at 4:44 pm

If you want less strides between a jump, you lengthen the stride. This is done by asking for a bigger stride between the jumps. Urge the horse into a bigger stride using leg. A shorter stride will give you more strides between the jumps. Half halts immediately after the previous jump will accomplish this.

Jumpers do whatever they can to cut time, while hunter want to look pretty. All disciplines that jump are given a chance to walk the course before having to jump it. The horses are not allowed to see it, but the people walk it. They measure it to see how many strides their horse should take between each jump and how to approach the jump.

Use this image as a guide:

Jumping jump 5 to 10 (opposite the way the arrows go on five and with the arrow for ten, a hunter horse will make a wider arc to jump the middle of the jumps, ensure a good approach and a good jump. A jumper would make a smaller arc and may jump the jump at a bit of an angle to get a shorter shot to jump 13.

Take jump 4 and 5. Exactly how the arrows are going, but move the jumps to right next to each other. This would be a rollback in show jumping. Something like this is not generally in a hunter course, but in more difficult show jumping courses. A rollback is a term used when your horse is basically making a 180 degree turn to get to the next jump.

Take jump one to two – how the arrows go. A hunter would go around the outside of jump 7 to get a better approach. A jumper might cut inside jump 7 to save on time.

Here are some examples, so it depends on if your horse was a trained jumper or hunter. A trained jumper would be similar to a gaming horse – speed and agility. hunters are looks and agility.

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sixmillionways

March 23rd, 2010 at 6:39 pm

Instead of using the poured patio as your "level" try using the same string method. If I'm understanding this correctly, all you want is a level surface, right? Two stakes, a string and a level is all you need. Tie the string to both stakes, set one stake at the height you want then use your level in the middle of the string to determine whether the other stake needs to come up or down. I have a small level that clips directly to the string and this method has always worked for me.

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B K

May 5th, 2010 at 8:03 am

You will need to make a custom brush.

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Tf_A_xn

May 8th, 2010 at 6:27 am

it can work both ways! i run track and have seen short kids take short, fast strides and win the race. i have also seen taller kids use longer strides and win races.

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Mike A

May 16th, 2010 at 3:48 am

I don't know what your tutorial is about, but i THINK MUSIC ON BACKGROUND OF TUTORIAL VIDEO IS NOT GOOD IDEA.
ON ANOTHER HAND IT'S YOUR OWN BUSINESS, BUT i THINK YOU CAN'T USE ANY COPYWRITED MUSIC IF you be selling your staff. YOU CAN USE IF YOU OFFER FOR FREE.

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maliciouso1b

June 1st, 2010 at 3:15 am

My son was 4 months old on the 4th of July last year and he slept through the entire thing. didn't make a peep. i was very surprised. but this year should be different since he is a year older.

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