Bitmap and Vector Masks with Fireworks

A mask blocks out part of an image to show only the remainder of the image, and can be edited or removed without permanently changing your original. For this tutorial, I will use Fireworks CS4 to create a web banner that uses two kinds of masks; a bitmap mask and a vector mask. To follow along, right click on the below links to save four practice files to your computer.

• FWmask-practicefile1_cat.png
• FWmask-practicefile2_cat.png
• FWmask-practicefile3_tree.png
• FWmask-practicefile4_logo.png