Making a washed out background - help!

Hi,
I'm REALLY new to Fireworks and I'm not sure where to start!
I want to make a background for a web page like the
background at this
site - www.patricehaan.com
It's washed out ferns with a hint of color - I'd like to do
something
similar but with a pink effect - how do I do this?
Can anyone point me at a tutorial or something?
Thank you!
Mark

Thanks Linda!
Regards
Mark
"Linda Rathgeber **Adobe Community Expert - Fireworks**"
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wrote in message news:e6vkn1$4l2$[email protected]..
> Mark wrote:
>
>
> > It's washed out ferns with a hint of color - I'd
like to do something
> > similar but with a pink effect - how do I do this?
> > Can anyone point me at a tutorial or something?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> There are a number of approaches you could take. The
simplest is to
> click on the add Live filters button in the Property
inspector [+] and
> choose Adjust Color > Hue/Saturation. Click the
Colorize box and move
> the Hue slider until you get the color you want. Use the
Saturation and
> Lightness slider to adjust the amount of color and
lightness of the
> image.
>
>
> --
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Expert-Fireworks**
>
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