Resources

First be sure to check out the official Adobe learning center, there is lots of really good stuff there:

This list comes from fireworksguruforum.com

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/ - Fireworks Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/...works&go=Go - Fireworks Design Center

General Fireworks resource, with a combination of tutorials, textures, autoshapes, extensions, PNGs, etc:

http://www.fireworkszone.com
http://www.senocular.com/fireworks/
http://www.phireworx.com
http://www.fwkit.com

Fireworks tutorials:

http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/rapid-fire/
http://www.designpicnic.com/web-atelier/

Sites not dedicated to FW but with FW tutorials:

http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/images/index.htm
http://www.communitymx.com/category.cfm?catID=3&typeid=2
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Fireworks/
http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/adobe_fireworks/
http://www.tutorial-pedia.com/tutorials/2d...hics/fireworks/
http://www.solardreamstudios.com/learn/
http://www.entheosweb.com/fireworks/

Our own Fireworks guru forum tutorials:

Creating a sitemap with reusable symbols - Alan
Reflective 3d ball - Snakebite
Using Blend Paths to create wavey, abstract background effects - abeall
A Simple little Envelope - Adam!
Shiny Happy Buttons - Adam!
A Simple Little Pencil - Adam!
A Teddybear - Adam!
Creating Abstract Backgrounds - blue2x
Shiny Ball / Sphere - Adam!
Using Grids to make Swirls (e) Symbol, How a grid can come in handy - Adam!
A computer mouse in 7 layers - Adam!
Curtains effect - lian
3D Glow Frame Effect - blue2x
Gel Cap / Plastic Button - Mapnapkin
Lighting Effects - lian
Creating reusable, flexible, custom Ajax loading animations - stowball
Animated Snake Loader - stowball
3D-Dots Tutorial - raja
Starburst Light Effects - blue2x
Quick masking technique using Convert to Path - Alan
Faded Shadows - lian
TV Static Effect - raja
Creating Rain - blue2x
Turning Day into Night - blue2x
Controlling Exposure in Photographs - lian
Curved Tabs - lian
Scotch Tape Tutorial - Juliano Haussen
Old Paper Effect - lian
Sunburt Tutorial - lian
Vector Maps - so1980==MikeTaylor
3-D Comic Book Effect - so1980==MikeTaylor
Customizing Bitmap Patterns - so1980==MikeTaylor

Textures and Patterns

http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/
http://www.patterns.ming-ling.net/tiled.html
http://www.citrusmoon.typepad.com/
http://www.playingwithfire.com/holidays/tiles.html
http://www.mayang.com/textures/
http://www.noctua-graphics.de/

Stock photography

free
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm - massive list of free and pro stock resources
http://www.yotophoto.com/
http://www.openstockphotography.org/
http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ - free for low res, cost for high res(cheap)
http://www.imageafter.com
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.freefoto.com

cheap
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.stockxpert.com/
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/

high end and rights managed
http://www.inmagine.com/ - all royalty free, some expensive, some free
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.veer.com/
http://www.punchstock.com/

Fonts

free
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.abstractfonts.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://www.showfont.net/
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
http://www.eternalfonts.com/
http://www.websitetips.com/fonts/pixel/ - list of pixel fonts
http://www.youfont.com/
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl
http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm - themed/brandname fonts
http://www.houseoflime.com/dings.htm - lots of useful icons/dingbats

licensed
http://www.veer.com/products/type/
http://www.linotype.com/
http://www.myfonts.com/
http://www.fonts.com/
http://www.adobe.com/type/

identify a font with these tools (very handy!)
http://www.identifont.com/identify.html
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

*** Please report any broken links -- thank-you! ***

  • The Block
  • oda
  • Peachpit