Ragged edge of image

[Bill Ray]

I usually do it the opposite with Paste as Mask but that way is alot better
by design it seems. Thanks for that!! :)

BR



"Stéphane Bergeron" <stephberg@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Ray" <bill@billraydrums.com_BLAH> wrote in message
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> > A real quick and easy way to do this is select the image with the oval
> > marquee and in the layers box click the little "add mask" icon in the

> bottom

> > of the window.

>
> An even better and more flexible way is to draw an ellipse over the

picture

> then select and cut the picture (ctrl-X on Win) then selecting the ellipse
> then Edit/Paste Inside. That way you can edit the ellipse at any time far
> more easily than a bitmap object.
>
> Stéphane
>
>

[Sandra]

Stephane,

I have a similar question. I hand draw images with a black marker and scan
them in. But when I scan them in the pixels are real ragged. My hand is not
steady enough with the fireworks pencil or brush tool to smooth things out
without screwing up the image. Is there a way to smooth or blend the edges
automatically?

--
Thank You,

Sandra
"Stéphane Bergeron" <stephberg@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Ray" <bill@billraydrums.com_BLAH> wrote in message
> news:betlis$nlr$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > A real quick and easy way to do this is select the image with the oval
> > marquee and in the layers box click the little "add mask" icon in the

> bottom

> > of the window.

>
> An even better and more flexible way is to draw an ellipse over the

picture

> then select and cut the picture (ctrl-X on Win) then selecting the ellipse
> then Edit/Paste Inside. That way you can edit the ellipse at any time far
> more easily than a bitmap object.
>
> Stéphane
>
>

[Stéphane Bergeron]

"Sandra" <nash55@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message
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> Stephane,
>
> I have a similar question. I hand draw images with a black marker and scan
> them in. But when I scan them in the pixels are real ragged. My hand is

not

> steady enough with the fireworks pencil or brush tool to smooth things out
> without screwing up the image. Is there a way to smooth or blend the edges
> automatically?

Not that I know of. You should instead get closely acquainted with the Pen
tool. That way you could simply redraw your hand drawn image as vector
paths.

Once you have redrawn your image as vector paths you can apply very organic
and "real" looking strokes in Fireworks. You can even simulate the line
thickness variations produced by changes in pressure, angle etc by using the
path scrubber tools found under the Freeform Tool just below the Rectangle
tool in the main Toolbar. It's the next best thing to using a Wacom or
similar drawing tablet.

The Pen tool takes practice to master so keep at it. One day I'll publish a
Pen tool tutorial based on the Illustrator classes I took a few years ago.
There's no better practice than to try and recreate basic shapes and then
move on to more and more complex ones.

Cheers!

Stéphane