Feb 10, 2010 | Fireworks Tutorials
Go Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, from the Web Standard Set: Choose Miscellaneous Scroll to the Group As Mask command and select it Press combination of keys, I resolved on Alt + Shift + V Then click the + to add the key combination Then OK to commit changes. Using the...
Dec 2, 2009 | Fireworks Tutorials
As captured below, the Layers Panel (and Canvas View) contain a Bitmap Image and a Vector Path (with Fill and Stroke) properties. The objective is to mask the Bitmap to the shape of Vector Path. To achieve the Vector Mask: Ensure the Path is above the Bitmap Layer in...
Nov 30, 2009 | Fireworks Tutorials
Here is a quick hack for delimiting Commands from appearing in the Batch Process list. Situation A: Do you make use (1) of a lot of Commands and (2) utilize Fireworks native Batch processing? If you do, then you will quickly realize that when you get to the Batch...
Oct 10, 2009 | Fireworks Tutorials
Fireworks CS4 does a great job with adopting the Adobe Text Engine support, for complete details refer to the Fireworks Development Center article, Working with the Adobe Text Engine in Fireworks CS4, by Arun Kaza. One great point, amoung many, in that article is the...
Sep 5, 2009 | Fireworks Tutorials
A quick and dirty way to cut an object and paste it as a mask onto another selected object. As captured below, two objects exist in this document – a Vector Path and an Bitmap Image. The objective is to mask the Bitmap layer to the shape of the Vector Path. To...
Jul 11, 2009 | Fireworks Tutorials
Below I have an image courtesy of AbsolutVision that I wish to knockout the background – in otherwords, isloate the subject from the surroundings. To accomplish this is to utilize a Layer Mask. Step One: Set Magic Want Options With the ‘Bitmap’...