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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Using imported artwork
Flash ignores all other blending modes imported from Fireworks. The blending modes that Flash does not support are
Average, Negation, Exclusion, Soft Light, Subtractive, Fuzzy Light, Color Dodge, and Color Burn.
Importing text from Fireworks into Flash
When you import text from Fireworks into Flash 8 or later, the text is imported with the default anti-alias setting of
the current document.
If you import the PNG file as a flattened image, you can start Fireworks from Flash and edit the original PNG file (with
vector data).
When you import multiple PNG files in a batch, you select import settings one time. Flash uses the same settings for
all files in the batch.
Note:
To edit bitmap images in Flash, convert the bitmap images to vector artwork or break apart the bitmap images.
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Select File
> Import > Import To Stage or Import To Library.
2
Select PNG Image from the Files Of Type (Windows) or Show (Macintosh) pop-up menu.
3
Navigate to a Fireworks PNG image and select it.
4
Click Open.
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Select one of the following for Location:
Import All Page(s) into New Scene(s)
Imports all pages in the PNG file as scenes within a movie clip, with all of their
frames and layers intact inside the movie clip symbol. A new layer is created that uses the name of the Fireworks PNG
file name. The first frame (page) of the PNG document is placed on a keyframe that starts at the last keyframe; all other
frames (pages) follow.
Import One Page into Current Layer
Imports the selected page (identified in the Page Name pop-up menu) of the PNG
file into the current Flash document in a single new layer as a movie clip. The contents of the selected page are
imported as a movie clip, with all of their original layer and frame structure intact. If the page movie clip has frames
inside it, each frame is a movie clip in itself.
Page Name
Specifies the Fireworks page you want to import into the current scene.
Fireworks blending mode
Flash blending mode
Normal
Normal
Darken
Darken
Multiply
Multiply
Lighten
Lighten
Screen
Screen
Overlay
Overlay
Hard light
Hard light
Additive
Add
Difference
Difference
Invert
Invert
Alpha
Alpha
Erase
Erase
Updated 5 March 2009
