Pen Tool Lessons: Sandee Cohen says, "The heart and soul of any vector drawing program is working with the Pen tool. Since Fireworks is a vector drawing program, learning to use its Pen will help you harness the full power of Fireworks." 11/19/01

Fireworks etc.: The author of the book The Fireworks Bible, Joseph Lowery, provides other links, resources, and techniques. 11/19/01

Lines Textures: add to your collection. 11/19/01

Playing With Fire: Linda Rathgeber and David C. Nicholls authored this book of Fireworks projects and tutorials for fun and effects. Not just a users manual. Recommended by my Fireworks Instructor. This website has enough exerpts to get you hooked on the "treasure trove of creative ideas and a source book of techniques for achieving beautiful effects for your Web site." 11/19/01

Slicing Images? What effect does slicing have on image download speed? "Slicing a large image won't necessarily make it display faster or slower." I didn't know that until I read this article. 11/04/01

Tips files at lynda.com tips: for Fireworks and other software.

Macromedia's Fireworks4 Site: Macromedia's Fireworks home base contains updates, add-ons, tips, techniques, a gallery and more.

Macromedia's FIREWORKS Support Site

Macromedia's QUICK TIPS and Resources for Fireworks

Macromedia's TOP TECH NOTES re: Fireworks

Playing With Fire: Linda Rathgeber's Fireworks tutorial pages. The information is also published in book format. "Playing with Fire is a treasure trove of creative ideas and a source book of techniques for achieving beautiful effects for your Web site." One user says "Playing With Fire unlocks the power of this program to users of all levels."

Parrotworks Training Pages: Patrick Glynn's tutorial page for Fireworks.

Project Fireworks: Kleanthis Economou's beautiful site contains tips, techniques, commands, patterns, symbols, gadgets, tutorials, essays, and outstanding Fireworks extensions. Wow.

Fireworks Bible: This site promotes that book, but also has techniques, tutorials, and downloadable goodies.

Fireworks listserve at Yahoo Groups: "For Macromedia Fireworks users, beginner and advanced alike. An environment where people can share their ideas and advice. Graphic designers, multimedia designers, web developers, illustrators, welcome!"

Importing Fireworks png images into Flash: A very short tutorial written by my Fireworks instructor from LVSonline.com. (Symbols made in Fireworks cannot be normally shared with Flash. Strange, given they're made by the same software company! Anyway, this tutorial will make it possible for you.)