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USING FIREWORKS CS4
Selecting and transforming objects
Copy or move the contents of a marquee selection
When you use a selection tool to drag a marquee to a new location, the marquee moves, but not its contents. To copy
or move the selected pixels, either use the Pointer tool
If you hold down the modifier keys noted below, you can move and copy selections with the arrow keys. To move in
10-pixel increments, also hold down Shift.
Move the contents of a marquee selection
Make a pixel selection with a bitmap selection tool.
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Do one of the following:
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• Using any tool from the Bitmap section of the Tools panel, hold down Control (Windows) or Command (Mac
OS), and drag the selection.
• Using the Pointer tool, drag the selection.
Copy the contents of a marquee selection
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Do any of the following:
• Drag the selection with the Subselection tool
• Drag the selection with the Pointer tool, while holding down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS).
• Drag the selection with any Bitmap tool, while holding down Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS).
Note: When you use either procedure above, the moved or copied selection remains part of the current bitmap object.
To create a bitmap from a pixel selection, complete the procedure below.
Insert a new bitmap by copying a selection
Select an area of pixels, using a pixel selection tool.
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Do one of the following:
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• Select Edit > Insert > Bitmap Via Cut.
A new bitmap object based on the pixel selection is created in the current layer, and the selected pixels are
removed from the original bitmap object.
• Select Edit > Insert > Bitmap Via Copy.
A new bitmap object based on the pixel selection is created in the current layer. In the Layers panel, a thumbnail
of the new bitmap appears in the current layer, above the object from which it was cut or copied.
Edit selected objects
Move, duplicate, or delete objects
Move a selection
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Do one of the following:
• Drag it with the Pointer, Subselection, or Select Behind tool.
• Press any arrow key to move the selection in 1-pixel increments.
or hold down a modifier key while using any Bitmap tool.
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Last updated 3/8/2011
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