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ok i want to get the layers of my deisgn into flash so i can move the objects around. but when i import them into fireworks it doesnt look the same. im guessing because on the layers i was using a color dodge blend. is there anyway i can get these layers to look corectly into flash and have the objects be movable? THANKS

select the area you want for the layer -- hit "copy merged" and paste it onto a new layer (or into fireworks or whatever). That will copy everything visible for the area you selected, as it appears.


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hehehe i dont want to be an ass or anything but i think you read the post wrong.....i want to be able to minipulate all the shapes and stuff in flash. so i need to import the layers into flash i suppose but am not sure how or if i can. i made some stuff and a background and need to have the stuff movable. thanks

Just cut and paste each layer as a separate layer in Flash.

I love Flash... too bad it's so expensive. I used it for a short time at my last job... until the trial period was up. Once you're trial period is up, there's nothing you can do to try it another 30 days. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/frown.gif">

Well, technically, you could reinstall your OS. I actually know a guy who has a seperate partition with all his trial software. He wipes the partition and reinstalls the whole thing every 30 days.
Big hassle, but he ends up with free DreamWeaver, FireWorks, Rhino, Flash, etc, etc.

hmmm i hate asking stupid questions like this but i must. do you mean cut and paste from photoshop or fireworks? because i cant cut or copy a layer from any of them

Okay, let's start real simple: what are you creating the graphics in?

If Photoshop, and you are using various blending options, then what I said is what you need to do.

As far as the Flash end of it -- I know nothing about flash and what being movable entails.

If not, then just ignore me <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">


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OK.....that doesnt work. it would work but it puts a white box around the image. i made something in photoshop and i need to keep the blurs and blends but would like to have all the objects that are blured and blended to be manipuatable in flash.

You can use the trace bitmap feature in flash tbot. Then you can delete the white area. Oh and if you do it at maxiumum trace you will be waiting a while.

nope....i cant trace it....anyone else?

Save the picutes in photoshop in jpg or bitmap and import them into flash. then trace bitmap them. It works I just did it.

yes and then my graphics look like i drew them with crayons...literaly

You are doing something wrong, all I can say is keep trying.

no im not doing anything wrong...the graphics im trying to use have a gauison blur on them so when i trace it it comes to like 5 colors instead of a fade....anywase i decided to dump they idea because there doesnt seem to be a way to do it with the graphics i want...thanks for your help though

Well if you are using layer options to get a certain look from an interaction between two layers, and you want to import those 2 layers seperately into Flash and manipulate them you are doomed to failure. The layer options are done by Photoshop, and you could only achieve the same effect if Flash had the same layer options.