Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 126

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Using Live Filters
Apply a drop shadow or inner shadow
Click the plus (+) icon next to the Filters label in the Property inspector, and then select a shadow option from the
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pop-up menu:
• Shadow and Glow > Drop Shadow.
• Shadow and Glow > Inner Shadow.
Edit the filter settings in the pop-up menu.
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Apply a glow
Click the Add Filters button in the Property inspector, then select Shadow and Glow > Glow.
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2 Edit the filter settings in the pop-up menu:
• To set the glow color, click the color box.
• To set the width of the glow, drag the Width slider.
• To set the percentage of transparency in the glow, drag the Opacity slider.
• To set the sharpness of the glow, drag the Softness slider.
• To specify the distance of the glow from the object, drag the Offset slider.
Apply filters and Photoshop plug-ins as Live Filters
Note: The menu known as the Xtras menu in some previous versions of Fireworks is called the Filters menu in Fireworks
8 and later. Fireworks Xtra extensions are now known as filters.
Applying built-in filters and plug-ins in the Add Filters pop-up menu as Live Filters ensures that you can edit or
remove them from an object.
Use the Filters menu to apply filters and Adobe Photoshop® plug-ins only when you are certain that you will not want
to edit or remove the filter. You can remove a filter only if the Undo command is available.
Install and apply Photoshop plug-ins
1 In the Property inspector, click the Add Filters button, and then select Options > Locate Plugins.
Navigate to the folder where the Photoshop plug-ins are installed and click OK.
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Restart Fireworks to load the plug-ins.
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Note: If you move the plug-ins to a different folder, repeat the above steps, or select Edit > Preferences and click the
Plug-ins tab to change the path to the plug-ins. Then restart Fireworks.
To apply the Photoshop plug-in to a selected object, in the Property inspector, click the plus (+) icon next to the
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Filters label, and then select a filter from the Options submenu.
Apply Photoshop layer effects
Note: If you import a PSD file, you can also edit layer effects that already exist in the file.
In the Property inspector, click the Add Filters button, and then select Photoshop Live Effects.
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2 Select one of the effects in the left-hand pane, and then edit the settings in the right-hand pane. You can select
multiple effects at once.
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