Fireworks CS4 - layers display incorrectly

I created a web page graphic in FW CS4 and it looked like
this:
Good
version
Now, when I reopen it up in FW CS4, it looks like this:
Bad
version
I exported it as a web page before and that looks fine. I can
even re-open the PNG file in Photoshop OR Fireworks CS3 and it is
fine! Fireworks CS4 is the only problem, but I would like to
continue designing there if I could.
Any ideas? Thank you,
Drew Baltzley
[email protected]

I did what you suggested and it didn't seem to do anything.
What seem to help a little bit is to open the file up in FW CS3 and
re-save it. Open the CS3 file in FW CS4 and NOT update the fonts.
Seems to be intact. But everytime I open the file, it warns me that
I need to update the fonts. However, if I update the fonts, then
the text boxes get messed up. Not as bad as before, but all the
text in the text box displays on one line ... on top of each other.
I then tried your Re-Sync text tool again on this new file, but
again, it didn't seem to change anything.
Thanks,
Drew

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But if you must know why I do not go to another OS, it is because back when I built this computer, XP64 was the only 64 bit OS around. I have this computer in a dual boot with XP PRo 32 bit and XP64. XP64 has, up to this point, been the most stable platform for me to run the adobe suite of products on. I can clearly say this since I have installed (and since deactivated) them on the same hardware under the XP32 boot. But XP64 has, again, been very stable. I have had many iterations of Adobe software on everything from Win 200 to several on XP and on Vista. And without a doubt this XP64 machine has been the most stable for what I do.
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Product name: Fireworks
Product Version: 12.0.0.236
Product Language: English
Your operating system: Mac OS 10.6.8 (Intel-based)
******BUG******
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Delmar Penner wrote:
I changed it all to 3D and moved a few of them around closer - looked at it from top, right, left, back.. yea, all of the different views and couldn't see anything wrong.
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Delmar Penner wrote:
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more layers like a raster image but without converting strokes to a
raster image.
For example hair of a man...
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arcadiaclub.com wrote:
> Ok this is an example... I need a trick or tecnique to
fast (because I am
> creating a long animation) fill areas with strokes
placed in different layers...
>
>
http://www.arcadiaclub.com/img/zup/scena_1.png
>
> I need to fill all hairs (front and back) in one time,
clothes in one time and
> so on...
>
Is there a reason each path is it's own object? Do they have
to remain
this way?
If they don't, you can select the paths that make up the
different areas
and try using Modify > Alter Path > Join or Modify
> Alter Path >
Union. You will probably need to remove some anchor points if
you choose
one of these options.
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path
freehand? That might be a better option than the Pen tool.
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Hello everyone,
I was initially trained on Adobe Illustrator, and over time
have gotten very pretty comfortable with it. Not too long ago I
started making mock ups in Illustrator, and would use the crop tool
to export particular pieces (buttons and banners) of my mock up
into Dreamweaver tables.
But I recently got CS4, and now I'm all screwed up!
Unlike CS3, CS4 Illustrator does not appear to have the crop
area function. I can no longer export select pieces of my artwork.
I recently found out that this 'crop area' feature exists in
Fireworks CS4, so lately I've been trying to learn fireworks.
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understand it's function, as it works nothing at all like
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CoryPatrick wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was initially trained on Adobe Illustrator, and over
time have gotten very
> pretty comfortable with it. Not too long ago I started
making mock ups in
> Illustrator, and would use the crop tool to export
particular pieces (buttons
> and banners) of my mock up into Dreamweaver tables.
>
> But I recently got CS4, and now I'm all screwed up!
>
> Unlike CS3, CS4 Illustrator does not appear to have the
crop area function. I
> can no longer export select pieces of my artwork.
>
> I recently found out that this 'crop area' feature
exists in Fireworks CS4, so
> lately I've been trying to learn fireworks.
>
> The problem I have with fireworks though, is that there
doesn't seem to be a
> clipping mask feature. I did stumble upon something
called 'group as mask'
> under the modify menu. But I don't understand it's
function, as it works
> nothing at all like Illustrators clipping mask.
>
> Clipping mask is such a useful design feature, and I can
bear the thought of
> doing without it.
>
> I'm relatively new to graphic and web design, so here's
to hoping some
> experienced users can help me out with this!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cory
>
> PS: Please don't tell me the solution to all this is
photoshop! So tired of
> switching applications :)
>
I doubt you'll find many - if any - telling you the answer is
Photoshop
in this forum. ;-)
The term clipping mask isn't really part of the FW
vocabulary, but FW
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clipping
mask is - a path used to mask part of an image.
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instructions
to create a simple vector mask.
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Tools panel.
Draw a rectangle.
position it where you want the mask to be.
Cut the rectangle (Ctrl+X or Command+X for Mac)
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Go to Edit > Paste as Mask.
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editable.
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- 40 minutes. Usually I have around 5 - 8 windows opened. I am a
NORMAL user, I use it for making simple graphics, web banners and
graphics alike. I don't know why it's running SO SLOW, it just
get's LAGGY, very LAGGY, then I have to reset the process. I just
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Meanwhile, I hope I can help:
I will copy the Grid Autoshape here (Aaron won't mind, I am sure;-) so that you can download and use it!
"" GRID 1.2
This AutoShape allows you to create a grid of rectangles, with padding and alternating fill/stroke styles – useful for mocking up tables.
Update: Minor bug fix that caused breakage after restarting Fireworks. ""
http://fireworks.abeall.com/extensions/autoshapes/
In the attached ZIP are all files that Aaron has posted on his website, and above I have quoted his original description of the auto shape.
Hope this works for you this way!
Cheers,
--Michel

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Hello Folks,
Quick question:
Is it a bad idea to use Fireworks CS4 layouts ( exported as
CSS ) to design complete web pages?
Are there any display layout issues with any of these
browsers: IE6, IE7, IE8, Safari, or Firefox ?
Cheers!

It's a great idea to use FW CS4 to design your layout, and to
export your
images for the production work. It's a terrible idea to have
FW export HTML
to use for production work. Your pages should be built in DW.
> Are there any display layout issues with any of these
browsers: IE6, IE7,
> IE8,
> Safari, or Firefox ?
If your pages are built with VALID HTML (as shown here -
http://validator.w3.org) and
with best-practice methods, then you willl
experience minimal rendering differences among all those
browsers EXCEPT
IE6. The good news is that the problems you may have with IE6
are pretty
well characterized and not so hard to fix, especially with
the use of IE
Conditional Comments. The bad news is that even if your code
validates,
using non-best-practice methods can get you into serious
rendering
differences. What's an example of a non-best-practice method?
Using
absolute positioning as a primary layout tool would be the
most frequently
used one I can think of.
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> Quick question:
> Is it a bad idea to use Fireworks CS4 layouts ( exported
as CSS ) to
> design
> complete web pages?
> Are there any display layout issues with any of these
browsers: IE6, IE7,
> IE8,
> Safari, or Firefox ?
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
>

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