Transferring A Marquee Selection; Saving Marquee Selections - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To convert a marquee to a path
After drawing a marquee, select Select > Convert Marquee to Path.
The document's current stroke and fill attributes are applied to the new path.

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:
1.
Make a selection by drawing the marquee.
2.
In the Layers panel, select a different bitmap object on the same layer or an object on a
different layer.
The marquee is transferred to that object.
Fireworks treats masks and masked objects as separate objects. For more
information on masks, see

Saving marquee selections

You can save the size, shape, and location of a selection to reapply later. You can also save
multiple marquee selections.
To save a marquee selection:
1.
Select Select > Save Bitmap Selection to open the Save Selection dialog box.
2.
The Document box displays the name of the active document in which your marquee
selection will be saved. You can either leave that name as is, or select another one from the
pop-up menu if you would rather save your marquee selection to another open document.
3.
The Selection box displays the name of the active selection in the active document. If this
is a new selection, the word New appears by default. You can leave that as is, or if you want
to replace a previously saved selection with the new selection, select another saved selection
from the pop-up menu.
4. The Name box, which displays the word Default, is only enabled if the Selection box
displays the word New. If this is the case, select the word Default and type a name for your
new selection.
64 Chapter 3: Selecting and Transforming Objects
"Masking images" on page 210.