Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Importing Bitmaps

Chapter 16

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Figure 16.1 Bring graphics created in other applications

into your Flash document through the Import dialog.

Figure 16.2 When you import a bitmap to the Stage,

Flash stores a master copy of the bitmap in the library.

Importing Bitmaps

No matter what type of non-Flash artwork

you wish to import, the  rst steps of the

import process are the same. For simple

bitmaps, the import commands bring the

artwork directly into Flash.

To import bitmaps:

1.

In a Flash document, choose File >

Import > Import to Stage.

 e Import dialog appears (Figure 16.1).

When you choose Import to Stage, Flash

imports the  le into your docum