Apply a Live Filter to an area defined by a bitmap selection marquee

1. Select a bitmap selection tool and draw a selection marquee.

2. Select Edit > Cut.

3. Select Edit > Paste.

   Fireworks pastes the selection exactly where the pixels were originally located, but the selection is now a separate bitmap object.

4. Click the thumbnail of the new bitmap object in the Layers panel to select the bitmap object.

5. Apply a Live Filter from the Property inspector.

   Fireworks applies the Live Filter only to the new bitmap object, simulating the application of a filter to a pixel selection.

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