Need some basic help

[Ace Bigalow]

Hey everyone, RC here. I am having a problem and I was hoping someone could come to my rescue.

I use Fireworks MX, it is similar to Photoshop and it is what my company uses so it is what I have access to.

I have not had any college courses or any special training. Everything I learn I learn by searching Google or from this forum. I have learned so much from this forum it is unreal.

O.k. so here is my question: I was sent an e-mail with a flyer and I was supposed to edit it and send back. Well I downloaded the original and opened my FW prog. and edited, it was rather easy. I sent back and after he looked at it he was happy but he did want me to remove one thing that I had left on.

Well, I opened up FW again and opened the flyer that I edited but now it wont let me edit anything on the damn page. Was I supposed to save it a certain way in order to be able to edit later? I know this is basic and I should know what the problem is, but like I said, I have had no basic training so I really have no clue.

I hope I haven't lost any of you. If I need to elaborate on anything else just let me know.. Thanks everyone... RC

[Dookie]

I've never really used FW, but I came across this:

Hierarchical layers is an important integration feature, because of the Layer model Photoshop is based on. In Fireworks, we’ve been able to create pseudo-sublayers since the application’s first release; each layer in Fireworks can support multiple objects—bitmap or vector. In essence, we have a form of sublayer structure. In Photoshop, there are no objects, only layers. Instead, Photoshop supports hierarchical layers, so that related layers can be grouped or arranged within a main layer. Until now, though, Fireworks would not retain the groups—and Photoshop never understood this whole object concept that Fireworks operated on. Before Fireworks CS3, layer grouping in a PSD file would be lost and each layer would become a single object within one main layer. Similarly, if you had a Fireworks file with multiple layers and objects, saving the file as a PSD file would force each object into its own layer.

I would imagine you'd have to have saved it in PSD (Photoshop's) format to be able to edit single "objects".

I doubt that helps you at all, but here's the whole article if you think you may get something out of it.