MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 17

Selecting an area around an existing marquee
You can create an additional marquee to frame an existing marquee at a specified width. This lets
you create special graphics effects, such as feathering the edges of a pixel selection.
To select an area around an existing marquee:
After drawing a marquee, choose Select > Border Marquee.
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Enter the width of the marquee that you want to place around the existing marquee, and
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click OK.
Smoothing the border of a marquee
You can eliminate excess pixels along the edges of a pixel selection. This is useful if excess pixels
appear along the border of a pixel selection or marquee after you use the Magic Wand tool.
A pixel selection before and after smoothing
To smooth the border of a marquee:
Choose Select > Smooth Marquee.
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Enter a sample radius to specify the desired degree of smoothing, and click OK.
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Transferring a marquee selection
You can transfer a marquee selection from one bitmap to another bitmap object on the same layer
or one on a different layer. You can also transfer the marquee selection to a mask.
To transfer a marquee selection to another bitmap object:
Make a selection by drawing the marquee.
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In the Layers panel, select a different bitmap object on the same layer or an object on a
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different layer.
The marquee is transferred to that object.
Note: Fireworks treats masks and masked objects as separate objects. For more information on
masks, see "Masking images" on page 134.
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