Re: FLASH: simple question

[Antoine Valot]

There's a bit of ambiguity in the question, so let me answer it this

way:


Let's say you have C:\mypicture.gif on your hard drive,


You import it into mymovie.fla, and it appears in the library.


What John meant is: you shouldn't delete the "mypicture" bitmap symbol

that is in mymovie.fla.


But you can trash C:\mypicture.gif off your hard drive without

influencing mymovie.fla. The flash file contains its own copy of your

original GIF file.


As proof: If you take mymovie.fla to another computer, the gif will

still be in there, even though there is no C:\mypicture.gif on that

other computer.


Antoine Valot

http://valot.com




John Croteau wrote:

> 

> Hi Sarah,

> 

> > If I have used imported .gifs into my .fla and used them in symbols, can

> > I delete the original .gif now? Or will this delete the use of it in the

> > symbol?

> No, you can not delete the gif unless you converted it to vectors.

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