Chapter 3. Importing Graphics into Flash

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

  • Differences between vector and raster graphics

  • Ways to avoid imported graphics

  • How to import vector graphics

  • How to import bitmap (raster) graphics

  • How to optimize and maintain the best quality possible when importing

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In the last two hours, you’ve seen how you can create sophisticated custom graphics quickly in Flash. Despite how powerful Flash’s graphic creation tools are, eventually you might need to import graphics created elsewhere. You might need to use photographic images or existing graphics created from another graphics program. In this hour, you learn how to import external graphics into Flash.

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