Chapter 7: Using Imported Artwork; Placing Artwork Into Flash - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

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CHAPTER 7
Using Imported Artwork
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Flash Professional 8 can use artwork created in other
applications. You can import vector graphics and bitmaps in a variety of file formats. If you
have QuickTime 4 or later installed on your system, you can import additional vector or
bitmap file formats. For more information, see "Importing file formats for vector or bitmap
files" on page 194. You can import Macromedia FreeHand files (version MX and earlier) and
Macromedia Fireworks PNG files directly into Flash, preserving attributes from
those formats.
When you import a bitmap, you can apply compression and anti-aliasing, place the bitmap
directly in a Flash document, use the bitmap as a fill, edit the bitmap in an external editor,
break the bitmap apart into pixels and edit it in Flash, or convert the bitmap to vector
artwork. See "Working with imported bitmaps" on page 200.
You can also import video into Flash. See Chapter 11, "Working with Video," on page 271.
For information on importing sound files in WAV (Windows), AIFF (Macintosh), and MP3
(both platforms) formats, see Chapter 12, "Working with Sound," on page 311.
This chapter contains the following sections:

Placing artwork into Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Working with imported bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Importing bitmaps at runtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Placing artwork into Flash
Flash recognizes a variety of vector and bitmap formats. You can place artwork into Flash by
importing it onto the Stage in the current Flash document or into the library for the current
document. You can also import bitmaps by pasting them on the Stage in the current
document. All bitmaps that you import directly into a Flash document are automatically
added to the document's library.
Graphic files that you import into Flash must be at least 2 pixels x 2 pixels in size.
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