Fireworks Topic 16

Masks

Topics covered:

One object can be used to change the appearance or action of another object.

Transparency

Controlled at the layer level

Select the layer then adjust the transparency slider for the desired effect.

Creating a hole or somethin'

Create two items on different layers

Put one on top of the other.

Select "Modify", "Join". A hole is created...

"Modify", "Split" fills in the hole!

Creating a mask

Used to change the shape of one item to contour another object

Pasting an item as a mask.

 

Pasting objects into a mask

 

Masking objects using the Layers panel

 

Bitmap or grayscale masks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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