Textures modify the brightness of the stroke, but not the hue, and give strokes a less mechanical, more organic look, as if you were applying paint to a textured surface. Textures are more effective when used with wide strokes. You can add a texture to any stroke. Fireworks ships with several textures to select from, such as Chiffon, Oilslick, and Sandpaper.

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Use the Stroke options in the Property inspector or the Stroke Options pop-up window to add a texture to a brush stroke.

To add texture to the stroke of a selected object:

  1. Do one of the following to open the Stroke Texture pop-up menu:
    • Click the Stroke Texture pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
    • Click the Stroke Color box in the Tools panel, click Stroke Options, and click the Texture pop-up menu.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Select a texture from the pop-up menu.
    • Select Other from the pop-up menu and navigate to a texture file to use an external texture.

    NOTE

    You can apply textures from files with these formats: PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, and PICT (Macintosh only).

  3. Enter a percentage from 0 to 100 to control the depth of the texture.

    Increasing the percentage increases the texture intensity.