Cut out an Object

Good morning. I am kind of new to Fireworks. I can do the
basics with it. I would like to cut an object out of another
picture. For example I would like to cut out a person in a picture
so I can paste into another picture or logo. Any help would be
great.
Thanks

The Marquee tool or the Lasso tool will let you select areas
of an image. From there you can cut or copy the selection and paste
it into a new image that you can work with from there.
In your example, you'll want to use the Lasso tool or the
Polygon Lasso tool to select the area of the image you want to work
with.

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