Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 139

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Layers, masking, and blending
5 Draw on the empty mask. In the areas where you draw, the underlying masked object is either hidden or shown,
depending on the type of mask you applied.
Use Reveal Selection and Hide Selection to create a mask
1 Select the Magic Wand or any marquee or lasso tool from the Tools panel.
Select pixels in a bitmap.
2
Original image; pixels selected with the Magic Wand
To show the area defined by the pixel selection, select Modify > Mask > Reveal Selection. To hide the area, select
3
Modify > Mask > Hide Selection.
The results of Reveal Selection and Hide Selection
A bitmap mask is applied using the pixel selection. You can further edit the mask to reveal or hide the remaining
pixels of the masked object using the bitmap tools in the Tools panel.
About importing and exporting Photoshop layer masks
In Photoshop, you can mask images using layer masks or grouped layers. Fireworks lets you import images that
employ layer masks while retaining the ability to edit them. Layer masks are imported as bitmap masks.
Fireworks masks can also be exported to Photoshop. They are converted into Photoshop layer masks. If the masked
objects include text and you want to maintain text editability in Photoshop, you must select Maintain Editability Over
Appearance when exporting.
Note: If text is used as the mask object, it is converted to a bitmap and is no longer editable as text after it is imported into
Photoshop.
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