Fireworks 8 BasicsThis article is based on content from Exploring Studio 8, which gives an overview of Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, C …
About Fireworks Files You can work with a variety of file types in Fireworks. For example, you can start with a PNG file and save it as …
The Fireworks Workspace When you open a document in Fireworks for the first time, Fireworks activates the work environment, including t …
Using the Tools Panel The Tools panel is organized into six categories: Select, Bitmap, Vector, Web, Colors, and View (see Figure 2). …
About Bitmap and Vector Graphics Computers display graphics in either vector or bitmap format. Understanding the difference between the …
Changing Tool Options When you select a tool, the Property inspector displays tool options. Some options remain displayed as you work w …
Selecting a Tool from a Tool Group A small triangle in the lower right corner of a tool in the Tools panel indicates that it is part of …
Using the Property Inspector The Property inspector lets you edit the properties of the current selection, tool, or document (see Figur …
Using Panels Panels help you edit aspects of a selected object or elements of the document. Panels let you work on frames, layers, symb …
About the Quick Export Button The Quick Export button lets you export your Fireworks files to a number of Macromedia applications, incl …
Navigating and Viewing a Document You can control your document’s magnification, its number of views, and its display mode. In ad …
Quick Circular Slice This tutorial demonstrates a quick solution to creating a circular Slice without having to draw the circle p …
Fireworks is great. It just is. While the preferred way of working with selections and masking is with vectors, Fireworks can more than …
Step 2: Creating the Bitmap Selection Since the conference board is rectangular, it’s a perfect use for the Polygon Lasso tool. …
Step 3: Creating a New Bitmap Image This step is just good form. We don’t have to create a new, empty bitmap layer but since we …
NOTE: If you make a mistake or want to use a different part of the first image, simply Alt/Option-click again on the first image to res …