Step 1 – Create a new file.

Step 2 – Type some text on your canvas.

Step 3 – Locate your properties window and click the color fill button. Now click fill options.

Step 4 – Where it says solid, click that drop down box. Select the Gradient option, below that will be another drop down box, select the Linear option.

Step 5 – Click on Edit. In this box you will have the option of selecting your colors for the text.

Step 6 – You will see two little crayon looking icons. Click on them to select the color of your choice.

Step 7 – After you have selected the two colors of your choice, slide those crayons all the way to the middle, almost on top of each other.

Step 8 – Click on the text on your canvas to exit out of that dialog box. A long line will appear across your text.

Step 9 – Using your mouse, drag the square end of the line towards the circle end. Make the line about an inch long.

Step 10 – Now take the circle end and drag it to the top of your text.

Step 11 – Place your cursor in the middle of the line until it turns into a half circle. Drag your mouse to make the square end of the line straight down.

You can shorten the line or make it longer, according to how big or small your text is.

Step 1 – Create a new file in Fireworks.

Step 2 – Type some text on the canvas.

Step 3 – Select your text and locate the color changer in the properties window.

Step 4 – Click the color changer, instead of choosing a color click “Fill Options” on the bottom of the panel.

Step 5 – On the new box where it says “Solid”, drop that box down and select pattern.

Step 6 – You can choose a pattern from fireworks or you can use your own image.

Step 7 – To use your own image, click “Other” in the bottom of the pattern window, locate your image and click OK.

You have now added a pattern to your text. You can play around with it by moving the two lines on the text and by playing with the font and font size.

Follow the steps below to decrease the file size of an image. First you will need to open fireworks. Once fireworks is open follow the steps below.

Step 1 – Click File / Open

Step 2 – Find the image that you want to decrease the filesize on. Once you have located the file, click open.

Step 3 – Click the scale tool in the tool bar and size the image down to the size you want it.

Step 4 – Click File / Export Preview. The Export Preview dialog box will appear.

Step 5 – In the left window you will see your image. At the top of the image you will see JPEG – Quality 80 (or some number) – The size of the image and how long it takes to load it. Over to the right you will see Format and Quality. Choose your format and bring the quality
down some. I usually drop it to about 60 and use a JPEG format. Keep an eye on your image, you don’t want to make it look faded or terrible looking. Once you have sized it down, click Export.

Step 6 – Save your image to the location of your choice.

That is all you have to do to decrease the size of an image.