So now you're left with a scanned image or an otherwise imperfect graphic that you want to fix up. Two of the basic techniques you can use in Fireworks to touch up the edges of an image are rotate and crop. As you can see below, the image I have chosen is in need of touching up.

First let's rotate the picture in an attempt to get the corners as close to square as possible. The rotate function can be used to rotate images in any direction. First, select the picture by dragging a selection box around it with the Marquee Tool. Open the Modify menu and select Transform - Free Transform.

After clicking Free Transform, a box will appear around the image. Move the cursor to the corner of the box, until the Rotate cursor (rounded arrow) appears. Click and drag the mouse to rotate the image.

After rotating the image by hand, you may wish to further clean up the image by cropping the rough edges. Refer to the tool panel located on the left side of your workspace (shown below). Click the Marquee button.

Using this tool to highlight the portion of the image that you'd like to keep. The selected portion of the document should be denoted by a blinking dotted line.

After selection, proceed to crop the image by clicking Edit - Crop Document.

At this point it's best to save your image. Due to the processor-intensive nature of Fireworks, it's best to save often just in case a glitch in the system would cause the program to close. Click File - Save As. (Ctrl-Shift-S)

Now select a format for your image (most likely you'll want to stick with PNG at this point) and a name. Also, choose the directory you will save the file to in the Save in field. Your network drive (H:\) is a good place to save files. Press Save.

Now you may be interested in some more detailed editing of your image, such as isolating a specific object for placement on a transparent background.

Proceed to the next section on Selective Editing.