Objects

Vector-based Graphic, not bitmap. What does that mean? Graphic is made of a line (or more correctly the description of a line) rather than out of little dots or pixels.

Paths:

1. Open a new Fireworks Document (File-New)
2. Select the Rectangle tool
3. Click and drag to form a rectangle
4. Let go and you'll see a path
5. Select the Pointer tool
6. Click anywhere on the document outside the rectangle (it seems to disappear)
7. Move the pointer over the rectangle (it will highlight so you can select it)

Drawing an object with no stroke or fill will just leave you a path, which will not be visable.

Strokes:

Without a stroke or a fill, a path is nothing

1. Open the Stroke Panel - Window-Stroke or
   (Windows)- Control+Alt+B
   (Mac)- Apple+Option+B
   In Version MX Strokes are found in the Properties Window
2. Select a stroke from the catagory list
3. Select any available type listed for that catagory
4. Select color from stroke color well
5. Use Edge Softness slider - to change how stroke blends
6. Use Size slider to change size
7. Add texture from the Texture option list
8. Set Texture opacity with Texture slider

Janet Barnstable
August 18, 2009