Re: FLASH: Fireworks to Flash

[John Dowdell]

At 12:02 PM 3/12/0, Sean Renet wrote:

> Fireworks 3 has a function that will convert an image to a swf file.

> How do I open the swf file in Flash 4 so I can edit it?


Fireworks 3 can produce SWF stills and animations. You can "Import" these

to Flash for further work.


Tip: Choose Fireworks' export options to decide whether you want the vector

curves, or the graphic images. The latter gives you glows, bevels, and

other pixel-based effects, at cost of resolution-independence and (often)

filesize.


Context: Although you can display these SWFs as-is in the browser, the main

driving force behind adding SWF/AI export to Fireworks 3 so that you could

get your work out of the specialized delivery editor, if the client's

requests happen to change in mid-production. If possible, then doing the

core design work in a general design tool like FreeHand will preserve the

widest range of export options, for as long as possible.


jd






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