Instead, you can crop it to a more appropriate shape. To begin, select Edit ?¤ Crop Selected
Bitmap (see Figure 4-17) and then adjust the size of the selected area (see Figure 4-18).
Figure 4-17. Select Crop Selected Bitmap
from the Edit menu.
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Figure 4-18. Adjust the size of the selected area.
15. Crop the fish image.
You can now use the same scale and align tools (as shown in Figure 4-15) to adjust the size of the
image so that it creates a tight set of images (see Figure 4-19).
16. Align all three images.
Figure 4-19. Our finished images
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Once you have your images set up as you want in relation to one another, it is a good idea to group them.
17. Group the images by pressing Ctrl+G/Cmd+G.
Modifying the images
Grouping the items will allow you to move them around without messing up their alignment to one
another. This is also a good time to do any image modifications. Since Fireworks is first and foremost a
graphics program, you can make a variety of changes to your images (such as changing color saturation
or adding filters) that you can??™t do in Flex Builder. For this example, you??™ll add a border by drawing a
rectangle with no fill around the images and then add an effect. Fireworks has access to Photoshop Live
Effects, a variety of nondestructive effects that you can apply to your images. As Figure 4-20 shows, you
can access these effects via the Properties panel.
Figure 4-20. Choose Photoshop Live Effects.
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