Need help in planning a course in FW

hello everyone,
I need help! I have to plan a 20 hours course in FW. I don't know the software yet... Is it like Imageready?
Which features are most important to teach?
(I don't have the book yet, and I am asked to give a short summary of the course today...)
Thank you!

Jim_Babbage wrote:
You can check out my TOC for FW CS4 Essential Training at Lynda.com.
You might also want to check out the Adobe Fireworks CS4 Classroom in 
a Book.
And the link for Jim's suggested TOC is http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=646
Jim's book info at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Fireworks-CS4-Classroom-Book/dp/0321612191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8& s=books&qid=1252436915&sr=8-1

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    Since I have Aperture store my photos by date - importing only the images that I've imported into Aperture should be a piece of cake. I do not need to retain any metadata from Aperture since I've only tagged a few photos in Aperture and all of the other information I may need should be on the original file (like date taken, etc.). I know I'm going to lose a lot of edits that I've done like cropping, rotating, color balancing, red-eye reduction, etc. but I'm more than willing to lose all of that if it means that I can pick up where I left off and get back into the swing of things in iPhoto.
    I've Googled like crazy and haven't found someone doing exactly what I'm trying to accomplish so any help with my current situation is greatly appreciated. I've also posted this on my blog http://cdevroe.com/notes/back-to-iphoto/

    cvdevroe
    2) Reorganizing my keywords in Aperture (since I had them set up in iPhoto) is impossible. When I bring up the Keywords HUD, I’m greeted with all of my keywords residing subordinately to a master keyword of 'iPhoto'.
    Bear with me, my terminology may not be right. I'm heading in the opposite direction, and one of the advantages i see to Aperture is that I've got the same advantages in Keyword management as I have with KM in iPhoto.
    Have you tried re-organising them using the control bar: Below the thumbs there's a drop down menu, by default it shows Photo Descriptors. Click on it and Select 'Edit Buttons'. You can merrily re-organise your Keywords in this window, and even have your changes reflected in live in the HUD.
    As to the Spotlight searching, I'm afraid someone else will need to help on that one. Personally - and it's a regular on the iPhoto forums - I've never had much luck getting Spotlight to search within iPhoto for keywords, apart, of course, from using the search window in the iPhoto Window. I suspect a system-based search of iPhoto keywords is simply not possible.
    What I thought about doing was this: 1) Somehow restore the originals for the almost 25,000 photos into the place where iPhoto thinks they should be.
    That will work, but they'll need to be exactly as they were.
    2) Move the entire library to my external firewire drive.
    Easily done, after you've copied it over launch iPhoto holding down the option (or alt) key and choose 'Locate'. Navigate to the new location and that''ll be your default iPhoto Library Folder thereafter.
    3) Import the remaining images that I've taken since switching to Aperture into iPhoto.
    That should work too.
    But the key is, can you return the iPhoto Library Folder exactly as it was, otherwise you'll need to create and populate a new library - and that will inevitable mean losing your keywords in iPhoto too.
    FWIW, I need to keep iPhoto going for others in the household who are daunted by Aperture. My solution is a referenced library pointing towards the iPhoto Library Folder / Originals folder.
    Regards
    TD

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