Fireworks: Creating Commands
Just as you can save actions in Photoshop you can save
actions/steps in Fireworks. You do this in the History Panel.
You can save a single step or multiple steps.
Let's begin by creating and saving some simple image
retouching steps to be stored in the Commands menu that can be
used at any later time.
Step 1. Start with an image or graphic
Step 2. Let's say you wanted to create a command that first
Inverts the color, then adjusts the Hue/Saturation, then Scales
the image.
Step 3. Go ahead and perform those steps. Making sure to do
exactly those 3 steps in order and not doing anything else.
Step 4. First, Invert the color by going to Xtras>Adjust
Color>Invert.
Step 5. Next, go back to Xtras and this time select Adjust
Color>Hue/Saturation...
Step 6. Lastly, select the image and then press the "Q" key
on your keyboard to select the Scale Tool. Drag one of the
handles to scale the image down a bit.
Step 7. The next part is to go over to your History Palette
and you'll notice the steps outlined in the order you just
performed them.
Step 8. Since you want to save ALL the steps, you'll want to
highlight all the steps you want to keep. My first step was to
paste the image into a new document. We don't want to save that
step. I'll highlight the first step "Filter Image" and holding
down the Shift key, select the last step "Transform" to select
all steps between the two.
Step 9. Click the Save button in the bottom right corner. It
looks like a Floppy Disk. This will bring up the Save Command
window. Give your new Command a name.
Step 10. Now, open another image and then go up to your
Commands menu and choose the new Command you just created.
|
