Inserting A New Bitmap By Cutting Or Copying - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To move a floating selection, do one of the following:
Drag the floating selection with the Pointer tool or any bitmap selection tool.
If a nonselection bitmap tool is active, hold down Control (Windows) or Command
(Macintosh) and drag the floating selection.
Use the arrow keys or Shift+arrow keys.
When you deselect the floating pixel selection or select any vector or web tool, the floating
selection becomes part of the current bitmap object.

Inserting a new bitmap by cutting or copying

You can insert a new bitmap based on a pixel selection into the current layer of a document by
cutting or copying the selected pixels.
To insert a new bitmap by cutting and pasting a pixel selection:
1.
Select an area of pixels using a pixel selection tool.
2.
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. In the Layers panel, a
thumbnail of the new bitmap appears in the current layer, above the object from which it
was cut.
To insert a new bitmap by copying and pasting a pixel selection:
1.
Select an area of pixels using a pixel selection tool.
2.
Select Edit > Insert > Bitmap via Copy.
A new bitmap object based on the pixel selection is created in the current layer, and the
selected pixels remain in the original bitmap object. In the Layers panel, a thumbnail of
the new bitmap appears in the current layer, above the object from which it was copied.
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