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Editing Photos in Fireworks

February 1st 2010 in Fireworks

How to Make Parts of your Photo’s appear Moving
- Using the lasso tool select the part of the image you want the effect applied to.
- Select from the top Menu Filters/Motion Blur

How to Apply Blends to photo’s like HDR Effects
- Create a duplicate copy of your photo on a new layer. This can be done by dragging the photo in the layers panel down to the “new bitmap image” button.

- select the top image in the layers panel and apply the blend “multiply” by either the drop down in the layers panel or in the bottom properties panel.

- These methods can be repeated using “overlay” for a different effect. Or Use drawing tools with blend modes.

Selecting and Editing Parts of a Photo
- Use the lasso tool to click points around the image. Click on the first point to close the shape.
- To expand the selection use the Select/Feather feature or Select/Deselect to remove.
-  You can the click and drag the selection or save it Select/Save Bitmap selection for reloading later.

Altering Exposure and Colour
Images can be colour or exposure adjusted by selecting it the Filters/Adjust colour.


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