Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 260

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Using Fireworks with other applications
Rasterizes complex groups, blends, or tiled fills and places each as a single bitmap object in a
Render as Images
Fireworks document. Enter a number in the text box to determine how many objects a group, blend, or tiled fill can
contain before it is rasterized during import.
Import vector graphics from a FreeHand file
1 In Fireworks, choose File > Import to navigate to the desired FreeHand file, and click Open.
Select the options in the Vector File Options dialog box.
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Click OK.
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Copy and paste a selected FreeHand graphic into Fireworks
In FreeHand, choose Edit > Copy.
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2 Create a new document in Fireworks or open an existing one.
Select Edit > Paste.
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Drag a FreeHand graphic into Fireworks
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Drag the graphic from FreeHand into an open document in Fireworks.
In Windows, if your FreeHand and Fireworks applications are maximized, drag the FreeHand graphic to the
Fireworks button in the taskbar. Hold it there for a few seconds to display the Fireworks document window. Drag the
cursor onto the canvas and release.
Placing Fireworks graphics in FreeHand
Import Fireworks graphics into FreeHand
FreeHand can import Fireworks layers, states, vectors, text, bitmaps, and some effects that are shared by both
applications. Hidden Fireworks layers are ignored and are not imported. The options you select in the Fireworks PNG
Import Settings dialog box determine if the imported content can be edited.
Save the document in Fireworks.
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2 Switch to an open document in FreeHand.
3 Select File > Import or File > Open.
Locate and select the PNG file from the Import dialog box, and click Open.
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In the Fireworks PNG Import Settings dialog box, select a File Conversion Option:
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Imports Fireworks states onto separate FreeHand pages.
Open States As Pages
(Optional) To convert Fireworks layers to FreeHand layers, select Remember Layers. To combine the content of all
Fireworks layers onto a single layer, deselect Remember Layers.
Imports Fireworks states as separate layers.
Open States As Layers
Select a state to import from the State pop-up menu. To import all states, select All (available only if you are opening
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states as layers or if you are opening a PNG file rather than importing it).
7 Select how to import objects:
Rasterize If Necessary to Maintain Appearance
objects with effects, strokes, and fills not shared by FreeHand are converted.
Converts some vector objects to uneditable bitmap images. Only
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