Fireworks usage Tips and FAQs

Skills | solutions | Problem Fireworks is a dreamweaver, Flash, a famous web graphics production tool. In some of the current popular design forums are opened with fireworks discussion area, for users to learn fireworks to provide convenient. The author specially collected some common problems related to fireworks, after the editing and finishing here to give each solution, hoping to help the vast number of fireworks beginners.

Q: What is the difference between an object and an object layer?

A: A standard fireworks graphics file has at least 2 basic layers, namely "web Layer" and "normal layer". Each drawing object creates a "separate layer" under "normal layers" at the same time it is created to accommodate itself, so this "single layer" is called the "object layer". Similarly, each hotspot or slice object is created by automatically generating an object layer under the Web layer to accommodate itself.

Q: How do I combine two bitmap objects into one object?

A: In the same canvas, adjust the two-bitmap object layer so that one of the bitmaps is close to the top of the other graph object layer. Then select the top Bitmap object and click Modify-Down merge on the menu bar.

Q: How do I change the color sample of fireworks?

A: Click on the menu Bar "window-sample" to start the color Swatch panel, click on the panel in the upper right corner of the Drop-down list, you can choose another color swatch.

　Q: How do I draw a rounded rectangle?

Answer: There are two more direct methods. One is to use the Rectangle tool on the toolbar, draw a rectangle on the canvas, and then set the rectangle roundness for the object in the property box. Second, using the Corner Rectangle tool on the toolbar, after drawing the rectangle on the canvas, drag the diamond control point on the adjustment rectangle to change the circle angle.

Q: How to turn a vector map into a bitmap?

A: After selecting the Vector object to be turned into a bitmap, click on the "Modify-Flatten selected" menu bar.

Q: Which should fireworks and Photoshop use?

A: Fireworks is a design for the development of web graphics software, can be in bitmap and vector mode to draw a variety of graphics. Photoshop, however, is a bitmap software developed for graphic publishing and printing. Therefore, strictly speaking, two software for their respective problems to solve different. So you can't force a comparison between the two. Although fireworks is easy to operate, it also has to do with personal proficiency in the use of the software. Therefore, the key to choosing which software is to see what you are going to solve.

Q: How do I use the Photoshop filter?

A: In fireworks click on the "Edit-Preferences" menu, in the Preferences Window folder tab, check the "Photoshop Plug-ins", and then click the "Browse" button and find the Photoshop installation directory under the Phig-in directory, Select the filter from which you want to add it. However, you can only import some of the previous filters from the Photoshop5.5 version.

Q: How do I turn on the Pen Tool preview feature?

A: By default, the Fireworks Pen tool does not turn on the preview feature when used. To turn on this feature, click Edit-Preferences on the menu bar. Select the Edit tab in the Preferences dialog window, and then check Show pen Preview in the Pen tool options box.

Q: How do I turn the path into a constituency?

A: When you want to create a selection of the bitmap on the map to fill any color, and then select the bitmap, in the case of holding down the CTRL key, click on the layer of the path of the object layers.

Q: How do I attach text to a path?

A. Once you have selected both the text and the closed path, select the text-Attach to Path item on the menu bar.

Q: How do I stroke a text?

A: When you select a type object, use the Stroke tool in the Text property box to select various strokes for the text.

Q: Why can't I copy text when I use a text tool and copy it into a text entry box?

A: After copying the text from the outside, you can copy the text by clicking the "Paste" button in fireworks directly.

Q: What is the difference between cloning and sticky post?

A: When an object is cut or copied, it is kept on the Windows clipboard, and you can copy the object to another document or layer by using the Paste feature. Clones can only make a copy of the object in the current document layer.

Q: How can I import styles from outside?

A: When you start the Style panel, click the Drop-down list in the upper-right corner of the panel, select Import Style, and then select the style file you want to import in the path Selection window that pops up.

　Q: What's the difference between style and effect?

A: In graphics processing, we often have to do multiple graphics objects with the same effect. For convenience, we can save all the effects of a processed graphic object as a "combination effect", which is a style.

　　Q. How do I make a complete restore of the masks and masked objects in a mask graphic?

A: Just select the Mask graphics, click on the menu bar "Modify-ungroup" can be.

　　Q: Do vector graphs in fireworks can be saved as true vector graph formats when exporting?

A: Click the Drop-down button in the upper-right corner of the canvas window to select "Freehand-Export to FreeHand" from the pop-up menu or select "Other-export to illustrator" to export the file as a. ai format vector graphics.

　Q: How do I output a transparent image?

A: The image we draw in fireworks, even though the background is transparent, is not transparent when exported to GIF format. Therefore, before exporting, select "indexed transparency" to make sure that the image is transparent when exporting the back color.

　　Q: How do I enter an HTML language for a Web page?

A: You can enter HTML code in the Edit HTML slice window by selecting "HTML" in the type list of its property box after selecting the Slice object, and then clicking the Edit button.

　　Q: What's the difference between hot spots and slices?

A: hotspots and slices can be used to create links, swap effects, and pop-up menus for images or buttons. But the slices are divided into two types, one is a graph slice, it also splits the divided area into an HTML file, splitting the graphic file into smaller, separate files to reassemble the graphic in the browser, and an HTML slice that exports the zone as HTML when it is exported as an HTML file.

　　Q: How do I modify the default 20 history records?

A: Click on the edit-preferences menu to start the Preferences dialog box, in the General tab, in the Undo step, you can re-enter the new history number.