Placing Fireworks Files In Director; Exporting Graphics With Transparency; Exporting Layered And Sliced Content To Director - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Placing Fireworks files in Director

Director can import flattened images from Fireworks, such as JPEG and GIF images. It can
also import 32-bit PNG images with transparency. For sliced, interactive, and animated
content, Director can import Fireworks HTML.
For information on exporting flattened Fireworks images such as JPEG and GIF images, see
Fireworks Help.

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 image with transparency:
1. In Fireworks, choose 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, then 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, choose File > Export.
Alternatively, you can click the Quick Export button and choose Source as Layers or
Source as Slices from the Director pop-up menu. Select Source as Layers if you are
exporting an animation, and Source as Slices if you are exporting interactive content
such as buttons.
2. In the Export dialog box, type a filename and choose a destination folder.
3.
Select Director from the Save As pop-up menu.
4.
Select an option from the Source pop-up menu:
Fireworks Layers
exporting layered content or an animation.
Fireworks Slices
exporting sliced or interactive content such as rollover images and buttons.
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exports each layer in the document. Select this option if you are
exports the slices in the document. Select this option if you are