Creating Image Fading Effects With Fireworks - Image Masking

This is a simple article which can assist you add some attenuation effects, which we name it as Masking. Normally when you designing web pages you may desire to add mental images with such as effects. When you desire to add an mental image in a web page, it would be nice, if it can very well repair with the background colour of that page. This volition give a professional expression to the pages. Just read and pattern this, you will acquire a nice mental mental image effect, called image masking.

1. Open an mental mental image of any size, in my lawsuit its, 190 Ten 142 JPEG image. My web page background is white. Go to Modify > Canvas >Canvas color...; Change it into white.
This is my mental image with no effects.

2. Draw a rectangle with the rectangle tool( img: a)on that mental mental image and cover the image with the rectangle. I am using achromatic as my rectangle color,(img:b).

3. Select the rectangle and from the places window > choice the Fill Class as Linear. You can make this from the driblet down menu.

4. Now I desire the attenuation consequence gradual so I draw the line which is on the rectangle like in the followers image.

5. Now press ctrl + A, choice all and voyage from the Fireworks top bill of fare to, Modify > Mask> Group as mask.

6. Now you acquire the effect,

7. More personal effects can be given by adjusting the attenuation level, in the places window.

In Dreamweaver Iodine have got used this mental image and added it in a table. Here is is this to give you an idea.

If you play around a small more than clip on this subject you will be able to make astonishing masking personal effects with Fireworks MX.