Placing artwork into Flash
Import 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.
1 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.
5 Select one of the following for Location:
- Import All Page(s) into New Scence(s) Imports all pages in the PNG file as scenes within a movie clip, with all of its 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 (idenified 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 is imported as a movie clip, with all of its original layer and frame structure intact. If the page movieclip has frames inside it, each frame is a movieclip in itself.
- Page Name Specifies the Fireworks page you want to import into the current scene.
6 Select one of the following for File Structure:
- Import As Movie Clip And Retain Layers Imports the PNG file as a movie clip, with all of its frames and layers intact inside the movie clip symbol.
- Import Page(s) as New Layer(s) Imports the PNG file into the current Flash document in a single new layer at the top of the stacking order. The Fireworks layers are flattened into the single layer. The Fireworks frames are contained in the new layer.
7 For Objects, select one of the following:
- Rasterize If Necessary To Maintain Appearance Preserves Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects in Flash.
- Keep All Paths Editable Keeps all objects as editable vector paths. Some Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects are lost on import.
8 For Text, select one of the following:
- Rasterize If Necessary To Maintain Appearance Preserves Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects in text imported into Flash.
- Keep All Paths Editable Keeps all text editable. Some Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects are lost on import.
9 To flatten the PNG file into a single bitmap image, select Import As A Single Flattened Bitmap. When this option is selected, all other options are dimmed.
10 Click OK.
