Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 ITEC 4830 Graphics Design Lesson 1 Bitmap Editing

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Concepts: Transformation  Transformation: a function that takes a point (or vector) and maps that point (or vector) into another point (or vector).  Original point:  Destination point: 

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Concepts: Transformation  Matrix representation: ,,

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Concepts: Affine Transformation  Affine transformations are the transformations preserving lines.  Translation  Scaling  Rotation

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Affine Transformations: Translation

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Inverse Translation

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Affine Transformation: Scaling

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Inverse Scaling

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Affine Transformation: Rotation  Rotation about the z-axis by an angle x y

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Affine Transformation: Rotation  Rotation about the x-axis by an angle z y

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Affine Transformation: Rotation  Rotation about the y-axis by an angle x z

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Inverse Rotation

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Concatenation of Transformations  Matrix multiplications ,  Transformation order matters  In general, A*B is different from B*A x y x y x y Scaling x=x*2 Translation x=x+1 Scaling x=x*2 Translation x=x+1 x y x y

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Learn  Fireworks interface  Use the tools: Crop, Magic Wand, Lasso and Polygon Lasso, Marquee, Red Eye Removal  Add and subtract selections in bitmap mode  Scale an image  Use the Rubber Stamp and Smudge tool

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Questions  Understand how to use basic tools, e.g. magic wand, rubber stamp, smudge.  What are the tools to extract a part of image?  When changing the edges of a fill, what are the three options for the Edge type?