Re: FLASH: Freehand import, general question

[John Croteau]

Hi Sarah,


> I find it extremely easier to create my art in Freehand and then bring

> it into Flash since I learned the bezier pen tool before getting to

> know the Flash way of drawing. Anyways, the way I solve the problem is

> simply by copying from Freehand and pasting into Flash. The only thing

> that you have to keep in mind when doing this is that Flash will only

> paste the fills and not the outlines of the objects, and also that all

> fills will be black. (This sounds a lot more complicated than it

> actually is. If you try it you will understand what I mean) Also,

> another good thing about doing it this way is that the pasted object

> is then completely alterable when in Flash, you just need to break it

> apart.

Whether you need to edit them or not you should make a habit of breaking

apart all groupings that come with imported vectors. It can reduce file

size and increase playback speed. Only keep separate groupings if they

are going to be animated then move that group to another layer and break

it apart.


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