Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 133

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Layers, masking, and blending
Share layers
When you share a layer across pages or states, you can update an object on a layer and it is updated in all pages or states.
Share layers when you want objects such as background elements to appear on all pages of a website or all states of an
animation.
Note: Sublayers cannot be shared across pages or states; select the parent layer to share.
Share the selected layer across states
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Do one of the following:
• From the Layers panel Options menu or pop-up menu, select Share Layer To States.
• Select New Layer from the Layers panel Options menu or pop-up menu, and select Share Across States.
The layer shared across states appear with a film icon against it in the Layers panel.
Share the selected layer across pages
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From the Layers panel Options menu or pop-up menu, select Share Layer to Pages.
The layer shared across pages appear with a page icon against it in the Layers panel.
Disable the sharing of a layer
Select the shared layer and deselect Share Across States from the Layers panel Options menu or pop-up menu.
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Specify how to copy objects to states:
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• Retain the contents of the shared layer in the current state only.
• Copy the contents of the shared layer to all states.
Use the Web Layer
The Web Layer appears as the top layer in each document. It contains web objects, such as slices and hotspots, used
for assigning interactivity to exported Fireworks documents.
You cannot unshare, delete, duplicate, move, or rename the Web Layer. You also cannot merge objects that reside on
the Web Layer. It is always shared across all the states of a page, and web objects are visible on every state of a page.
Rename a slice or hotspot in the Web Layer
1 Double-click the slice or hotspot in the Layers panel.
Type the new name, and then click outside the window or press Enter.
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Note: The new name is used when the slice is exported.
About importing Photoshop grouped layers
Photoshop files that contain layers are imported with each layer placed as a separate object on a single Fireworks layer.
Grouped layers are imported as individual layers, as if the layers were ungrouped in Photoshop before being imported
into Fireworks. The clipping effect on Photoshop grouped layers is lost on import.
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