Adobe Fireworks CS3 Manuale Utente
ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3
User Guide
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You might want to use Simplify if you have a straight line that contains more than two points, for example. (Only
two points are necessary to produce a straight line.) Or perhaps your path contains points that lie exactly on top of
one another. Simplify removes points that are unnecessary to reproduce the path you’ve drawn.
two points are necessary to produce a straight line.) Or perhaps your path contains points that lie exactly on top of
one another. Simplify removes points that are unnecessary to reproduce the path you’ve drawn.
To simplify a selected path:
1
Select Modify > Alter Path > Simplify.
The Simplify dialog box appears.
2
Enter a simplification amount and click OK.
As you increase the amount of simplification, you increase the degree to which Fireworks can alter the path to
reduce the number of points on that path.
reduce the number of points on that path.
Expanding a stroke
You can convert the stroke of a selected path into a closed path. The resulting path creates the illusion of a path with
no fill and a stroke that takes on the same attributes as the original object’s fill.
no fill and a stroke that takes on the same attributes as the original object’s fill.
Note: Expanding the stroke of a path that intersects itself can produce interesting results. If the original path contains a
fill, the intersecting portions of the path will not contain a fill after the stroke is expanded.
fill, the intersecting portions of the path will not contain a fill after the stroke is expanded.
To expand a selected object’s stroke:
1
Select Modify > Alter Path > Expand Stroke to open the Expand Stroke dialog box.
2
Set the width of the resulting closed path.
3
Specify a corner type: miter, round, or beveled.
4
If you chose miter, set the miter limit, the point at which a miter corner automatically becomes a beveled corner.
The miter limit is the ratio of miter corner length to stroke width.
5
Select an end cap option: butt, square, or round. Then click OK.
A closed path in the shape of the original and with the same stroke and fill attributes replaces the original path.
Contracting or expanding a path
You can contract or expand the path of a selected object by a specific number of pixels.
To expand or contract a selected path:
1
Select Modify > Alter Path > Inset Path to open the Inset Path dialog box.
2
Select a direction to contract or expand the path:
Inside
contracts the path.
Outside
expands the path.
3
Set the width between the original path and the contracting or expanding path.