Ok, as promised, here's the very first tutorial for Adobe Fireworks based on the Official Digital*Impulse Desktop Wallpaper I posted up earlier. A couple of things you might want to do before you begin this tutorial:
- Find a nice, thick font you would like to use for your logo. This tutorial will work for almost any typeface you can think of but I tend to think thick fonts look better.
- Have a base colour for your project in mind before you begin. Believe me, it makes things easier than changing your mind halfway. I've settled on a red colour for the entire composition, so don't be put off by the blue colour that I start off with. ;)
Final Image Preview
Here's a look at the final image we're going to create. At the end of part 2, I'll make available a finished fully-editable copy of the Fireworks PNG file.
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Let's get into it...
- Assuming you've already opened Fireworks, start off by creating a new Fireworks PNG document, and make the dimensions 1000 pixels wide, by 500 high as shown in Figure 1.Pick a colour for the background. I tend to think darker colours work best for this type of composition, so I've gone with a darkish gray (HEX: #666666). You can always modify the colours later on if you change your mind.
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- Select the Text tool (Fig. 2) from the tools palette and fiddle around with the text Properties panel (Fig. 3) until you're satisfied. I'm going with the Read More »
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