In Fireworks, you can set the edge of a fill to be a regular hard line, or soften the edge by anti-aliasing it or feathering it. By default, edges are anti-aliased.
Anti-aliasing smooths jagged edges that may occur on rounded objects, such as ellipses and circles, by subtly blending the edge into the background.
Feathering, however, makes a noticeable blend on either side of the edge. This gives the edge a softened effect—almost a glow.
To change the fill edge of a selected object:
1 | In the Fill panel, choose an option from the Edge pop-up menu: Hard Edge, Anti-Alias, or Feather. |
2 | For a feathered edge, also choose the number of pixels on each side of the edge that are to be feathered. The default is 10. You can choose from 0 to 100. The higher the level, the more feathering occurs.
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