Accessing common photo editing tools all in one place

To make it easy for you get started editing photos as quickly as possible, Fireworks has assembled the most commonly used tools for photo editing all in one place. The Image Editing panel contains the following tools: Red-eye Removal, Crop, Rotate, Blur, Sharpen, Dodge, and Burn.

The Image Editing panel also contains:

• Transform Tools: Scale, Skew, Distort, Free Rotate
• Transform Commands: Numeric Transform, Rotate options, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, Remove Transformations
• Adjust Color: Auto Levels, Brightness/Contrast, Curves, Hue/Saturation, Invert, Levels, Convert to Grayscale, Convert to Sepia Tone
• Filters: Blur, Blur More, Sharpen, Sharpen More, Unsharp Mask, Add Noise, Convert to Alpha, Find Edges
• View Options: Show/Hide Rulers, Show/Hide Grid, Snap/Don't Snap to Grid, Edit Grid, Show/Hide Guides, Snap/Don't Snap to Guides, Lock/Unlock Guides, Edit Guides

The tools contained in the Image Editing panel are the same tools you'll find in other places in Fireworks (such as in the toolbox and on the Modify > Transform menu). The Image Editing panel, which you can open by selecting Window > Image Editing, simply presents some of the most commonly used tools all in one panel for your convenience.

For detailed information on how to use these tools and options, please see Retouching bitmaps, Adjusting bitmap color and tone, Blurring and sharpening bitmaps, and Adding noise to an image.