Fireworks makes it easy to change to the canvas size, canvas color, and image resolution.

To change the canvas size:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Modify > Canvas > Canvas Size.
    • Select Select > Deselect, click the Pointer tool to display the document properties in the Property inspector, then click the Canvas Size button.
  2. Enter the new dimensions in the Width and Height text boxes.
  3. Click an Anchor button to specify which sides of the canvas Fireworks will add to or delete from, and click OK.

    NOTE

    By default, the center anchor is selected, indicating that changes to the size of the canvas are made on all sides.

To change the canvas color from the Modify menu:

  1. Select Modify > Canvas > Canvas Color.
  2. Select White, Transparent, or Custom. If you select Custom, click a color in the Swatches pop-up window.

To select the canvas color from the Property inspector:

  1. Select Select > Deselect, click the Pointer tool to display the document properties in the Property inspector, then click the Canvas color box.
  2. Pick a color from the Swatches pop-up window or click the eyedropper on a color anywhere onscreen. To select a transparent canvas, click the None button in the Swatches pop-up window.

To resize a document and all of its contents:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Select > Deselect, click the Pointer tool to display the document properties in the Property inspector, then click the Image Size button in the Property inspector.
    • Select Modify > Canvas > Image Size.

    The Image Size dialog box opens.

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  2. In the Pixel Dimensions text boxes, enter new horizontal and vertical dimensions.

    You can change the units of measure. If Resample Image is deselected, you can change the resolution or print size but not pixel dimensions.

  3. In the Print Size text boxes, enter horizontal and vertical dimensions for the printed image.
  4. In the Resolution text box, enter a new resolution for the image.

    You can select between pixels/inch and pixels/cm as the units, or select Resample Image. Changing the resolution also changes the pixel dimensions.

  5. Do one of the following:
    • To maintain the same ratio between the document's horizontal and vertical dimensions, select Constrain Proportions.
    • Deselect Constrain Proportions to resize width and height independently.
  6. Select Resample Image to add or remove pixels when resizing the image to approximate the same appearance at a different size.
  7. Click OK.