In Fireworks, much of the drawing you do is based on paths. A path is a line with certain stroke characteristics. While Fireworks comes with a variety of preset strokes, you can also edit these preset strokes to create your own strokes. By customizing stroke characteristics, you can change the appearance of a path to create a variety of effects from a soft-edged airbrush look to a splattered paint effect.
Randy Varnell is an instructional media developer in Dallas. He has written
about FreeHand and Fireworks for Macromedia since 1996, contributing to
user manuals, online help, and Macromedia.com.
