Copying And Pasting Fireworks Graphics Into Flash - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

7.
Select the way you'd like vector objects and text imported:
Rasterize if Necessary to Maintain Appearance
objects, unless they have special fills, strokes, or effects that Flash does not support. To
preserve the appearance of such objects, Flash converts them to non-editable bitmap
images.
Keep All Paths Editable
special fills, strokes, or effects that Flash does not support, those properties are lost.
8.
Select the way you'd like text imported:
Rasterize if Necessary to Maintain Appearance
it has special fills, strokes, or effects that Flash does not support. To preserve the
appearance of such text, Flash converts it to a non-editable bitmap image.
Keep all Text Editable
fills, strokes, or effects that Flash does not support, those properties are lost.
9.
Select the Import as a Single, Flattened Bitmap option if you want to import the file as a
single bitmap image and lose all editability.
If this option is selected, none of the other options in the dialog box are available.
10. Click OK.
The Fireworks PNG file is imported into Flash using the import options you chose.

Copying and pasting Fireworks graphics into Flash

A quick way to place Fireworks graphics into Flash is to copy and paste them.
To copy graphics into versions of Flash earlier than Flash 8, you must choose Edit > Copy
Path Outlines.
When Fireworks graphics are copied and pasted into Flash, some attributes are lost, such as
Live Filters and textures. In addition, Flash supports only solid fills, gradient fills, and basic
strokes.
You cannot copy and paste a contour gradient effect from Fireworks into a Flash
document.
394 Chapter 15: Using Fireworks with Other Applications
preserves the editability of all vector objects. If objects have
preserves the editability of all text. If text objects contain special
preserves the editability of vector
preserves the editability of text, unless