Workshop Fee: Free

Come and see how Adobe Fireworks CS4 helps you rapidly prototype websites, application interfaces, and other interactive designs. Attend this workshop to learn how to create, edit, and optimize web graphics faster and more accurately. Get tips on how to demo your design live or e-mail interactive PDF files to clients. Find out how to make the most of the new user interface and core functionality such as consistent text handling with the Adobe text engine. Then learn about outputting your designs to the application platform of your choice: Adobe AIR, Flash CS4 Professional, Flex, HTML, or CSS-based layouts.

David Hogue is the Director of Information Design and Usability at Fluid in San Francisco, CA. David leads the interface design and usability efforts and coordinates the efforts of the full creative team through all projects and phases. He promotes collaborative design focusing on crafting innovative online experiences, and he is responsible for defining and refining Fluid's design processes and methodologies. With over 10 years experience in online content delivery and interface design, Dave combines his skills as an information designer and his training as an applied psychologist to bring insight into user behavior and expectations. Clients such as Design Within Reach, The North Face, Reebok, and Charles Schwab have benefited from his information architecture and UI and interaction design.

Alan Musselman is a Software Architect for the Adobe Fireworks product. He has over ten years of web design and developer experience at Adobe and several medium size start-ups.