About Importing Filters And Blends From Fireworks Png Files; (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

In Flash, blend modes let you create composite images. Compositing is the process of varying
the transparency or color interaction of two or more overlapping objects. Blending modes also
add a dimension of control to the opacity of objects and images. You can use Flash blending
modes to create highlights or shadows that let details from an underlying image show
through, or to colorize a desaturated image.
About importing filters and blends from
Fireworks PNG files

(Flash Professional only)

Flash Professional 8 provides support for Fireworks filters and blending modes. When you
import Fireworks PNG files, you can retain many of the filters and blending modes applied to
objects within Fireworks, and continue to modify those filters and blends using Flash
Professional 8.
Flash only supports modifiable filters and blends for objects imported as text and movie clips.
If an effect or blend mode is not supported, Flash will rasterize or ignore it when it is
imported. If you want to import a Fireworks PNG file that contains filters or blends that
Flash does not support, you must rasterize the file during the import process. After this
operation, you will not be able to edit the file.
Fireworks effects supported in Flash
The following Fireworks effects are imported as modifiable filters by Flash:
Fireworks effect
Drop shadow
Solid shadow
Inner shadow
Blur
Blur more
Gaussian blur
Adjust color brightness
Adjust color contrast
226 Using Filters and Blends (Flash Professional only)
Flash filter
Drop shadow
Drop shadow
Drop shadow (with Inner shadow automatically selected)
Blur (where blurX = blurY=1)
Blur (where blurX = blurY=1)
Blur
Adjust color
Adjust color