Setting hard-edged, anti-aliased, or feathered fill edges

In Fireworks, you can make the edge of a fill a regular hard line or soften the edge by anti-aliasing or feathering it. By default, edges are anti-aliased. Anti-aliasing smooths jagged edges that may occur on rounded objects, such as ellipses and circles, by subtly blending the edge into the background.

Feathering, however, produces a noticeable blending on either side of the edge. This softens the edge, creating an effect similar to a glow.

To change the edge of a selected object:

1. Do one of the following to display the Edge pop-up menu:
   • Click the Edge pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
   • Click the Fill Color box in the Tools panel, click Fill Options, and click the Edge pop-up menu.
2. Select an edge option: Hard Edge, Anti-Alias, or Feather.
3. For a feathered edge, also select the number of pixels on each side of the edge that are to be feathered.

   The default is 10. You can select from 0 to 100. The higher the level, the more feathering occurs.