MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2, Use Manual

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Creating and Editing a Graphic 63
The round starting handle specifies the starting point of
the fill. Drag the starting handle to move the fill within
the object without changing the size, width, skew, or
angle of the fill.
The ending handle represents the ending point of the fill.
The distance between the ending handle and the width
handle sets the fill angle. Dragging the ending handle
does not move the other handles. The width handle
represents both aspect (or width) and skew.
The Web Dither fill
When exporting using a web-safe palette, colors in the
image that are not web-safe are shifted to a web-safe
color or dithered. Use Web Dither fill to create the
appearance of a color outside the web-safe palette that
will neither shift nor dither when exported with a web-
safe palette. Use a Web Dither to fill an object with a
dither pattern based on two web-safe colors.
When a color is selected in the Web Dither Fill panel, a
dither pattern is created from the two web-safe colors
that are closest in value to the color that is to be
approximated.
Note: Setting a Soft Edge or a Feathered Edge for a
Web Dither fill will result in colors that are not web-safe.
Note: To create the illusion of a true transparent fill in a
web browser, apply a Web Dither fill to an object and
check Transparent on the Fill panel. Then, export the
object as a GIF or PNG with Index Transparency or
Alpha Channel Transparency set. When viewed in a web
browser, the web page's background will show through
every other pixel of the transparent Web Dither fill,
creating the effect of transparency.
Using styles
Use styles to maintain visual consistency and to
simplify formatting. Use the Styles panel to store and
apply stroke, fill, effect, and text styles to objects or text.
Styles in Fireworks behave like an artist's palette, not like
styles in a word processor. When a style is applied to an
object, that object takes on the style's characteristics.
However, Fireworks does not keep track of which style
was applied to the object, and the object does not update
if the style is edited.
To apply a style to an object, select an object or text, and
then click a style in the Styles panel.
To add a new style:
1
Create an object or text block with the stroke, fill,
and text settings you want.
2
With the object selected, choose New Style from
the Styles panel Options pop-up, or click the New
Style button at the bottom of the Styles panel.
Web Dither Fill panel
Choose two web-safe colors
to create a dither pattern.
Styles panel