Editing Path Objects - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

This tool In object mode
Lasso or Activates image
Polygon edit mode and
Lasso selects or moves a
freeform area of
pixels.
Magic Activates image
Wand edit mode and
selects or moves a
area of similarly
colored pixels.
Line and Draws objects as
Basic editable paths.
Shapes
Pen Draws objects as
editable paths.
Text Creates and edits
text blocks and
opens the Text
Editor.
Pencil Draws one-pixel
pencil strokes as
freeform paths.
Brush Draws brush
strokes as paths.
Freeform Pulls or pushes a
selected path to
reshape it.
Reshape Reshapes the parts
Area of a selected path
that lie within the
Reshape Area
cursor area.
Path Alters a path's
Scrubber pressure and speed
characteristics
without changing
its shape.
Eraser Cuts a selected
path into separate
(Knife)
paths.
Rubber Activates image
Stamp edit mode and
clones portions of
an image object.
In image edit mode
Selects or moves a
freeform area of
pixels.
Selects an area of
similarly colored
pixels.
Paints pixel brush
strokes on an image
object.
Leaves image edit
mode and draws
objects as editable
paths.
Leaves image edit
mode, creates text
blocks, and opens
the Text Editor.
Draws one-pixel
pencil strokes as
pixels.
Paints brush strokes
as pixels.
Leaves image edit
mode.
Leaves image edit
mode.
Leaves image edit
mode.
Erases pixels from an
image.
Clones portions of
an image object.

Editing path objects

In object mode, paths and points are the basic elements
of graphic design. Upon magnification, Fireworks path
objects appear pixelated, as if painted in an image-editing
application. However, at the root, path objects remain
editable. Fireworks combines the editability of Bézier
curves with the organic look of bitmap images.
Activities in object mode include:
Drawing paths by dragging a basic shape tool or the
Line tool, placing points with the Pen tool, or
drawing paths with a pixel-wide stroke with the
Pencil tool.
Drawing paths with a wide variety of brush strokes,
including textures and patterns with the Brush tool.
Editing paths with the Freeform, Reshape Area,
Eraser, Redraw Path, Path Scrubber, and other tools.
Editing paths by moving points and adjusting
Bézier handles.
Editing paths by using a path operation, such as
Union, Intersect, Punch, Crop, Simplify, Expand
Stroke, and Inset Path.
Typing and editing text.
Importing, positioning, and applying effects to
bitmap images.
Importing and editing documents with vector
graphics created in applications such as FreeHand.
A vector object with an
editable path and points.
Creating and Editing a Graphic
A bitmap image with a
rectangular image
bounding box.
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