New FW User Looking for Assistance

I'm trying to learn FW a little bit as I hear it is better for making web pages
then Photoshop. I was trying to use one of the Photoshop Live Effects though
on an object, but I am a bit confused about one thing. If I do the Live Effect
pattern overlay I can see to change the opacity and scale but no where to
change the pattern being used. The same goes for the Gradient overlay where I
see the Opacity, Style, Scale and Angle, but no where to change the colors.

Am I missing something or is there a toolbar that should be open but is not?

SnakEyez02 wrote:
> I'm trying to learn FW a little bit as I hear it is better for making web pages
> then Photoshop. I was trying to use one of the Photoshop Live Effects though
> on an object, but I am a bit confused about one thing. If I do the Live Effect
> pattern overlay I can see to change the opacity and scale but no where to
> change the pattern being used. The same goes for the Gradient overlay where I
> see the Opacity, Style, Scale and Angle, but no where to change the colors.
>
> Am I missing something or is there a toolbar that should be open but is not?
>
You're not missing anything, unfortunately. The PS Live filters are more
of a maintenance feature than a creative tool. Although the Stroke
effect is very handy on masked bitmaps. You can certainly apply any of
the filters, but the real control still remains in Photoshop. I guess
the thinking being that the reasons to use them in the first place is
that the file will end up back in Photoshop, or you've received a PS
file and don't want those effects to be discarded or flattened.

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the links was very informative but i could not find my solution from it could you please give me more details