MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual page 241

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:
In Fireworks, select File > Export.
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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.
In the Export dialog box, type a filename, and select a destination folder.
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Select Director from the Save As pop-up menu.
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Select one of the following options from the Source pop-up menu:
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exports each layer in the document. Select this option if you are exporting
Fireworks Layers
layered content or an animation.
exports the slices in the document. Select this option if you are exporting
Fireworks Slices
sliced or interactive content such as rollover images and buttons.
Select Trim Images to automatically crop the exported images to fit the objects on each frame.
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Select Put Images in Subfolder to select a folder for images.
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Click Save.
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Importing Fireworks files into Director
In Director, you can import flattened images that you have exported from Fireworks, such as
JPEGs, GIFs, and 32-bit PNGs. You can also import Fireworks layers, slices, and interactive
elements by inserting Fireworks HTML.
To import a flattened Fireworks image:
In Director, select File > Import.
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Navigate to the desired file, and click Import.
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Change options, if desired, in the Image Options dialog box. For information about each
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option, see "Choosing import image options" on page 150.
Click OK.
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The imported graphic appears in the cast as a bitmap.
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