Making 'mask' for DVD face graphic

I'm trying to figure out how to make a circle (the outside border of the DVD face graphic), with black that bleeds to the edges of the square template.
If I make a straight circle, add a line, and expand the line, it doesn't quite reach the edges of the square.
If I make a black jpeg, and drop in a mask, the mask makes transparent the outside of the circle, which is the opposite of what I want. How can I make the circle transparent, and the outside of the circle - to the edges of the template - black?
All ears,
Ben

Ben Low wrote:
How can I work in CMYK in Pages (is it possible)? I've seen the little slider I can set to CMYK, but it doesn't seem to affect the overall image ... I'm not sure how to use it. I want to be able to select my colors from a CMYK color swatch. Or be able to set the 'project' to a mode: CMYK (as in Photoshop).
That's out of my area. Someone can help with that, but you might as well post it as a new question.
How can I know what ppi, or dpi, Pages is working in?
Except for graphics you may add that have a fixed number of pixels, Pages output is vector graphic, which is to say it is mathematically described, and scales to whatever size is needed.
When I 'print' a PDF file, I get a PDF that I can zoom in 2000% and it's still sharp as a razor. When I open this PDF in any Adobe Reader \ app it comes up as a CMYK (even though Pages was obviously in RGB), thus my colors don't match the original Pages project. (Maybe that's why I want to be able to work in CMYK in Pages, so I don't have to worry about weird conversions happening after the fact...)
Again ask someone else about the colors.
And thank you for that most efficient and exactly-what-I-wanted-to-do answer. Much much appreciated...
Oh, and what color was the circle shape? Or was there a color fill? Or was it just the outline of the shape, with no fill?
I put a Square on a blank Page Layout page, made the fill black, set the size to 4" square. I added a Circle shape and set the Line to None using the Format Bar. Set the size and position of the circle.
File > Print > PDF > Open in Preview.
Select just the black Square with the selection tool. Then Tools > Crop, Edit > Copy, File > New from Clipboard. File > Save (to Desktop).
Drag the cropped PDF file into your Pages document, then Format > Instant Alpha. Click in the center and then hit Return and you're done.
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