Chapter 8: Tutorial: Creating A; Review Your Task; In This Tutorial, You'll Complete The Following Tasks: Review Your Task - MACROMEDIA STUDIO 8-EXPLORING STUDIO 8 Manual

CHAPTER 8
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Tutorial: Creating a
Page Banner
This tutorial will guide you through the task of designing a page banner
with Macromedia Fireworks 8. You'll learn to import image assets, work
with layers, shapes, masks, and text, and optimize and export the finished
banner graphic.
In this tutorial, you'll complete the following tasks:
Review your task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Add a background and place the logo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Organize your objects with layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Create a contrasting background for the logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Create an outline around the banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Create a slanted edge effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Add a tag line to the banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Export an optimized image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Review your task

During the planning stages of the Cafe Townsend project, several possible
designs for a banner graphic were discussed. The following is a sketch of
the design approved by the Cafe Townsend representatives:
You are provided with a set of assets. Your task is to create the final banner
for the website based on the design sketch.
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