Adobe Fireworks Tutorial - Polygon Lasso Tool

Learn to use the polygon lasso tool to master selections.

With our video tutorials you'll learn the tricks and techniques professional designers use including:

* Creating fading and feathered edges for images, graphics, and web banners
* Using the Rubber Stamp tool to create special effects
* Creating vignette effects using both bitmap selections and vector masks
* Extending backgrounds of images to give your images a new perspective
* Removing objects and people from their backgrounds
* Replacing one object with another object
* Changing the background color of a logo
* Adding and subtracting from selections
* Using the Pen tool to create precise vector masks and selections
* Adding people and objects to images
* Combining your selection tools to create more accurate and efficient selections
* Using masking to create logo effects

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Adobe
• Fireworks
• Tutorial
• Selections
• Polygon
• Lasso
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[IIRAZOR3II]

Great video it helps a lot. Will this also work when your editing  people or is there another way.

[cbtcafe]

Thanks! With people, the pen tool is most often used for more accurate selections. You can still use the polygon lasso tool but it will be a little less accurate.

[scientist100]

ok here is a question that is driving me nuts...

How do you get rid of the background instead of the object when pressing delete key?

the only option I have is to cut or save the image and paste it on another layer, but I don't like doing that.

[cbtcafe]

Hi there. Once you've made your selection, you can "inverse" the selection by going to Select>Select Inverse (Cmd-I) to reverse the selection. Now if you click Delete, you can remove the background content. Let me know how that works, ok?

[Mrcxwoot]

Ur can simply zoom in with Left alt -> scroll up down :) easier

[cbtcafe]

You're right and that's a far easier way to do it:-) Thanks for sharing that!

[designred]

Thanks! This is great to see, and I enjoyed hearing the steps to modify after the selection had been made. I'm new to Fireworks, and this really helped me to better understand some of the shortcut keys.

[powxpurplexx]

Nice....

[nigstalsyn]

@IIRAZOR3II well i think its better than photoshop i couldnt understand photoshop easily can you teach me?

[djamaljumpman]

with whitch programm do you have record this video ......?????

[GameChannel01]

Macromedia Fireworks Free 10 Only Message Me!

[hartleyt234]

WOW! great tutorial!! thnx a lot!

[TutorialesJM]

Vaya muy bueno.

[Valegod]

Go to my profile there is a video on how to get it.

[greenwingfanbase]

yeah after this one (mx) was made!

so this one is a marcomedia version of fireworks

:)