Letterpress Text Styles
Letterpress printer effect aka Inset text effect is highly popular effect in web design. Here are 16 fresh styles for Adobe Fireworks to get that perfect punched letterpress effect.
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Bokeh2 – Styles collection
Bokeh in web design is now days a highly popular visual trend. Here are 30 fresh and unique styles for Adobe Fireworks. Non-destructive, dynamic and easy to modify.
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Photo Styles
Grass Styles
If you are looking for that grassy look for your designs, look no further. Here is a mighty set of grass styles for Adobe Fireworks.
Opacity control for borders!
I was working on super-secret FW styles-collection while I noticed a hidden feature in Fireworks. Toggling the Advanced Settings for Strokes, I was amazed that there was a parameter for adjusting the opacity control for strokes without changing the overall opacity of the layer. Somehow this feature has been flying under the radar for all these years.
To support fellow Fw-evangelists, I wrote an article about this discovery for Webportio. Check the post Transparent borders in Fireworks and start tweaking the opacity today!
Oldskool styles-pack at Webportio
I like supporting Fireworks community and Fw-sites. Previously I tossed some goodies for Fwlabs, now its time to support Webportio.
Check out the Oldskool styles pack with 6 crispy unique styles to explore. These styles resembles classic film-themes and contains some very interesting techniques to take a look at.
How To Create Retro Text FX
Before you can create new stuff, you have to know how to create the old stuff. Here is a tutorial for creating old stuff with fresh new method in Fireworks. I’m going to show a simple design process creating a oldskool 70s/80s Retrologo text FX. Read Full Post
Bits + Pixels = Bixel Styles!
I was looking at my old Fw-folders and found these unreleased gems. Here are 12 unique bit-pixel/grunge/messy/punk styles for disposal.
How to add watermarks to multiple photos
Need to stamp a custom watermark to huge pile of photos? Adobe Fireworks might be the fastest tool to do this job.
Transparent/Glass button freebies
I have been superbusy, but I managed to gather some stuff together and release at some freebie goodies at Fireworkslab.com. The set is all about transparency and glass FX with Adobe Fireworks, which is actually not that easy thing to do. Check it out and download the free source .PNG for more details and astonishing discoveries!
Superfast method to create navigations with Adobe Fireworks
Building navigations with Adobe Fireworks is easy – just like eating cereals. Here is the ueberfast method to create pixelperfect navigation for your site in just few seconds.
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Sketchy text FX
This cool text effect is known to be property of Adobe Illustrator, but with bunch of clicks this brilliant homemade sketchy text effect is easily done with Fireworks too.
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