Re: FLASH: Flash5-BUG?? importing PNG Sequence

[John Dowdell]

At 9:07 AM 8/29/0, Dave Broz wrote:

> .. when you try to import a png sequence it pops a Fireworks dialog

> "Fireworks PNG import settings" and the asks me to set the settings

> for every single image in the sequence.... which is a lot of button

> pushing for something that should be relatively automatic.... GRRRRRRRRRR!

> Is this the way it is supposed to work????


Hmm. That looks like a good catch. On my PC, when I imported a stream of

sequential PNGs saved out as "Export Special > Frames-to-Files" from

Fireworks 3, and then imported this series of bitmaps to Macromedia Flash 5

it did ask whether I wanted these Fireworks PNGs to come in as vector or

bitmaps, whether it should be flattened, whether text should remain

editable, etc.


It should only do this for saved Fireworks PNGs, rather than exported

PNGs... a saved PNG actually *has* editable text and objects within it,

while an exported PNG is just pixels.


I've dropped a note to

wish-flashmacromedia [dot] com

, asking that it recognize

exported PNGs as pure pixels and not ask whether text should remain

editable when brought into Macromedia Flash 5. In the meantime, if this

turns out to be a continuing hassle for you, you might consider exporting

that bitmap stream as GIF or JPG, which are well-known to not contain

editable text.


(Please be careful with the overall filesize, resolution-independence, and

streaming ability though... it's *possible* to use bitmap sequences well in

a SWF file, but if there are enough that clicking an OK button for each

import is a hassle, then it may be an unwieldy file to view too. You know

this situation better than I do, though.)


Thanks for the catch... I've forwarded it as a change request!


jd






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