Fireworks Tuto For Icons And Slider

I found this little tutorial very useful for taking a picture and putting it into an icon or the slider.  Here are the steps you follow in Fireworks to put a picture into a shape.

1.  Make the shape that you want using the ordinary shape tools found in your toolbar (e.g. circle, rectangle ect.)

2.  Place the photograph or image where you want it (withinthe shape).

3.  Select the image and cut it (cntrl+x)

4.  Then select the shape and click on Edit>Paste Inside (Cntrl+Shift+V)

5.  The picture is now place within the shape.  If you  want to move the picture within the shape click on the white arrow in the toolbar and select the picture.  Now you can move the image within the shape to get the perfect position.  The image and the shape are now an object.  If you select the object with the usual select tool, you can add cool effects like an inner bevel or a drop shadow.  Play around with it and you can get some really professional looking graphics.  You can also paste multiple images with a given shape.

Its that simple now you can take any image you want and paste it directly into the correct dimensions for a slider of an icon for your custom iPhone theme!