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Using imported artwork
•
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap name in the Library panel, and select Properties
from the context menu.
If the Linkage properties aren’t visible in the Properties dialog box, click Advanced.
3
For Linkage, select Export For ActionScript.
4
Enter an identifier string in the text field, and click OK.
Apply a bitmap as a fill
To apply a bitmap as a fill to a graphic object, use the Color panel. Applying a bitmap as a fill tiles the bitmap to fill the
object. The Gradient Transform tool allows you to scale, rotate, or skew an image and its bitmap fill.
1
To apply the fill to existing artwork, select a graphic object or objects on the Stage.
2
Select Window
> Color.
3
Select Bitmap from the pop-up menu in the upper right of the panel.
4
To use a larger preview window to display more bitmaps in the current document, click the arrow in the lower-right
corner to expand the Color panel.
5
Click a bitmap to select it.
The bitmap becomes the current fill color. If you selected artwork in step 1, the bitmap is applied as a fill to the artwork.
See also
“
Transform gradient and bitmap fills
” on page 134
Edit a bitmap in an external editor
If you are editing a Fireworks PNG file imported as a flattened image, edit the PNG source file for the bitmap, when
available.
Note:
You cannot edit bitmaps from Fireworks PNG files imported as editable objects in an external image editor.
If you have Fireworks 3 or later or another image-editing application installed on your system, you can start the
application from Flash to edit an imported bitmap.
Edit a bitmap with Fireworks 3 or later
1
In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap’s icon and select Edit With
Fireworks 3.
2
Specify whether to open the PNG source file or the bitmap file.
3
Perform the desired modifications to the file in Fireworks.
4
In Fireworks, select File
> Update.
5
Return to Flash.
The file is automatically updated in Flash.
Edit a bitmap with another image-editing application
1
In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap’s icon, and select Edit With.
2
Select an image-editing application to open the bitmap file, and click OK.
3
Perform the desired modifications to the file in the image-editing application.
Updated 5 March 2009
