How to Modify Fill Edges in Adobe Fireworks

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Once you have applied a fill to an Adobe Fireworks object, such as a shape, you can then modify those fill edges. The fill edge you choose to apply to the object will highly impact the style of that object and whether it will have a crisp outline or a feathered outline.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Adobe Fireworks CS3

Step1

Start Adobe Fireworks and open an existing document that contains an object to which you would like to modify the fill edges.

Step2

Select the object you want to modify by clicking on that object. You will see blue sizing handles surround the object when it is selected. Notice that the Properties inspector at the bottom of the screen will now reflect the properties for the object you selected.

Step3

Apply a fill to the object using the "Fill category" menu and color well in the Property inspector, if you haven't already applied a fill to the selected object. The object must be filled before you can modify the fill edges.

Step4

Choose a fill edge from the "Edge" drop down menu in the Property inspector. You can choose to create a hard, anti-alias or feather fill edge. The hard fill edge will give a crisp edge to your fill, the feather fill edge will fade out and feather the fill edge and the anti-alias will give you a soft line to the edge.

Step5

Select the amount of feather you want to apply if you have chosen to apply a feather edge to the fill. The number box to the right of the "Edge" drop down menu will become undimmed once you have chosen feather as the edge you want to use.