Paste Inside with Fireworks MX

Step 3

Now that we’ve imported our image into our fireworks file, we’ll need to create a shape to place our image into. I'm going to use an ellipse. Go to the fireworks tool bar, left click and hold the shapes button. A box will appear. Left click the ellipse button, and release, as shown here:

Draw an ellipse over the image you imported in step 3, making the shape slightly smaller in width and height than the image. Your work thus far should look similar to this:

Step 4

We need to move the ellipse behind the image so that we can continue. Select MODIFY >> ARRANGE >> SEND TO BACK. The ellipse should now be behind the image, as shown below.

Step 5

Left click on the image to select it, then choose EDIT >> CUT as shown here:

Left click on the ellipse to select it, then go to EDIT >> PASTE INSIDE.