Chapter 4: Working With Bitmaps - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

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CHAPTER 4
Working with Bitmaps
Bitmaps are graphics composed of small colored squares called pixels, which combine like the
tiles of a mosaic to create an image. Examples of bitmap graphics include photographs,
scanned images, and graphics created from paint programs. They are sometimes referred to
as raster images.
Macromedia Fireworks 8 combines the functionality of photo-editing, vector-drawing, and
painting applications. You can create bitmap images by drawing and painting with bitmap
tools, by converting vector objects to bitmap images, or by opening or importing images.
Fireworks has a powerful set of Live Filters for tone and color adjustment, as well as a number
of ways to retouch your bitmap images, including cropping, feathering, and duplicating or
cloning images. In addition, Fireworks has a set of image-retouching tools—Blur, Sharpen,
Dodge, Burn, and Smudge.
For information on methods for selecting and transforming images and pixel areas, see
Chapter 3, "Selecting and Transforming Objects," on page 51.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creating bitmap objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Accessing common photo editing tools all in one place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Drawing, painting, and editing bitmap objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Retouching bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting bitmap color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Blurring and sharpening bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adding noise to an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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