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Working with Macromedia Fireworks 131
Working with Macromedia Fireworks
You can combine the power of Macromedia Fireworks and Director. Fireworks lets you export
graphics and interactive content into Director. The export process preserves the behaviors and
slices of the graphic. You can safely export sliced images with rollovers and even layered images.
Director users can take advantage of the optimization and graphic design tools of Fireworks
without compromising quality.
Placing Fireworks files into Director
Director can import flattened images from Fireworks, such as JPEGs and GIFs. It can also import
32-bit PNG images with transparency. For sliced, interactive, and animated content, Director can
import Fireworks HTML.
Exporting graphics with transparency
In Director, transparency can be achieved by importing 32-bit PNG images. You can export 32-
bit PNG graphics with transparency from Fireworks.
To export a 32-bit PNG with transparency:
1
In Fireworks, select Window > Optimize, change the export file format to PNG 32, and set
Matte to transparent.
2
Select File > Export.
3
Select Images Only from the Save as Type pop-up menu. Name the file, and click Save.
Exporting layered and sliced content to Director
By exporting Fireworks slices to Director, you can export sliced and interactive content such as
buttons and rollover images. By exporting layers to Director, you can export layered Fireworks
content such as animations.
To export Fireworks files to Director:
1
In Fireworks, select File > Export.
Note: You can also click the Quick Export button and select Source as Layers or Source as Slices
from the Director pop-up menu. Select Source as Layers if you are exporting an animation, and
select Source as Slices if you are exporting interactive content such as buttons.
2
In the Export dialog box, type a filename, and select a destination folder.
3
Select Director from the Save As pop-up menu.
4
Select one of the following options from the Source pop-up menu:
Fireworks Layers
exports each layer in the document. Select this option if you are exporting
layered content or an animation.
Fireworks Slices exports the slices in the document. Select this option if you are exporting
sliced or interactive content such as rollover images and buttons.
5
Select Trim Images to automatically crop the exported images to fit the objects on each frame.
6
Select Put Images in Subfolder to select a folder for images.
7
Click Save.