Grrrrrrrr-Eraser Tool

[TinMan]

Ok - It doesn't get any simpler than this, but I can't get it to do
anything.

I have a circle. I want to erase half of it.

I have FW MX. In FW 4, I converted to bitmap and used the eraser too. In MX,
I don't see how to make it a bitmap and the eraser tool is available, but
when I select it, I get the crossed circle indicator when I move over the
image.

Why is this so d&$# difficult? Macromedia has gone the way of MS trying to
think for me instead of just letting me do what I want to do?

Tin

[TinMan]

Actually, no I didn't. I'm not actually using a circle, but rather an
ellipse and it's not "in half" but I just needed a rounded side to stick in
a radio wave graphic.

Thanks. That worked. So, a better way?


"David Anderson" <danderson2@cox.net> wrote in message
news:bfvf9h$hr2$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> It's now called "Flatten Selection" and you can do that by right
> clicking on your circle and selecting Flatten Selection from the drop
> down menu.
>
> There are other ways to cut your circle in half, you know that right?
>
> David
>
>
> TinMan wrote:

> > Ok - It doesn't get any simpler than this, but I can't get it to do
> > anything.
> >
> > I have a circle. I want to erase half of it.

[Coen Naninck]

1) Draw Circle
2) Select Knife tool
3) Click just above the middle vector of Circle and hold
4) Drag down the mouse holding Shift
5) When dragged down past the bottom vector release the mouse

Circle is now cut in two parts. Erase other half. Convert to Bitmap if
you must by pressing CTRL+Alt+Shift+Z

Alternativel you could download a nifty little extension from John
Dunnings site called Wedgie. Download here and look for details on the
same URL minus the extension:

[url]http://johndunning.com/fireworks/dl?Wedgie[/url]
[url]http://johndunning.com/fireworks/[/url]

When creating Circle choose Wedgie Command from Commands panel and type
2 in field, press Enter. Et Voila!

Cheers!

TinMan wrote:

> Ok - It doesn't get any simpler than this, but I can't get it to do
> anything.
>
> I have a circle. I want to erase half of it.
>
> I have FW MX. In FW 4, I converted to bitmap and used the eraser too. In MX,
> I don't see how to make it a bitmap and the eraser tool is available, but
> when I select it, I get the crossed circle indicator when I move over the
> image.
>
> Why is this so d&$# difficult? Macromedia has gone the way of MS trying to
> think for me instead of just letting me do what I want to do?
>
> Tin
>
>

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Good luck!

Coen Naninck
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[TinMan]

Cool. Thanks.

"Coen Naninck" <ccnk@home.nl> wrote in message
news:3F23499F.8080600@home.nl...

> 1) Draw Circle
> 2) Select Knife tool
> 3) Click just above the middle vector of Circle and hold
> 4) Drag down the mouse holding Shift
> 5) When dragged down past the bottom vector release the mouse
>
> Circle is now cut in two parts. Erase other half. Convert to Bitmap if
> you must by pressing CTRL+Alt+Shift+Z
>
> Alternativel you could download a nifty little extension from John
> Dunnings site called Wedgie. Download here and look for details on the
> same URL minus the extension:
>
> [url]http://johndunning.com/fireworks/dl?Wedgie[/url]
> [url]http://johndunning.com/fireworks/[/url]
>
> When creating Circle choose Wedgie Command from Commands panel and type
> 2 in field, press Enter. Et Voila!
>
> Cheers!
>