Feathering Pixel Selections; Retouching Bitmaps - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Feathering pixel selections

Feathering blurs the edges of a pixel selection and helps the selected area blend with
the surrounding pixels. Feathering is useful when you copy a selection and paste it onto
another background.
To feather the edges of a pixel selection as you make a pixel selection:
1.
Select a bitmap selection tool from the Tools panel.
2. Select Feather from the Edge pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
3. Drag the slider to set the number of pixels you want to blur along the edge of the selection.
4. Make a selection.
To feather the edges of a pixel selection from the menu bar:
1.
Select Select > Feather.
2.
Type a value in the Feather Selection dialog box to set the feather radius, and click OK.
The radius value determines the number of pixels that are feathered on each side of the
selection border.

Retouching bitmaps

Fireworks provides a wide range of tools to help you retouch your images. You can alter an
image's size, reduce or sharpen its focus, or copy and "stamp" a part of it to another area.
The Rubber Stamp tool lets you copy or clone one area of an image to another.
The Blur tool decreases the focus of selected areas in an image.
The Smudge tool picks up color and pushes it in the direction that you drag in an image.
86 Chapter 4: Working with Bitmaps