You can import Adobe® Fireworks PNG files into Flash as flattened images or as editable objects. When you import a PNG file as a flattened image, the entire file (including any vector artwork) is rasterized, or converted to a bitmap image. When you import a PNG file as editable objects, vector artwork in the file is preserved in vector format. Choose to preserve placed bitmaps, text, filters (called effects in Fireworks), and guides in the PNG file when you import it as editable objects.

When you import Fireworks® PNG files, you can retain many of the filters and blending modes applied to objects in Fireworks and continue to modify those filters and blends using Flash.

Flash only supports modifiable filters and blends for objects imported as text and movie clips. If an effect or blend mode is not supported, Flash rasterizes or ignores it when it is imported. To import a Fireworks PNG file that contains filters or blends that Flash does not support, rasterize the file during the import process. After this operation, you cannot edit the file.

1. Select File > Import > Import To Stage or Import To Library.
2. Select PNG Image from the Files Of Type (Windows) or Show (Macintosh) pop-up menu.
3. Navigate to a Fireworks PNG image and select it.
4. Click Open.
5. Select one of the following for Location:

   Import All Page(s) into New Scene(s)

   Imports all pages in the PNG file as scenes within a movie clip, with all of their frames and layers intact inside the movie clip symbol. A new layer is created that uses the name of the Fireworks PNG file name. The first frame (page) of the PNG document is placed on a keyframe that starts at the last keyframe; all other frames (pages) follow.

   Import One Page into Current Layer

   Imports the selected page (identified in the Page Name pop-up menu) of the PNG file into the current Flash document in a single new layer as a movie clip. The contents of the selected page are imported as a movie clip, with all of their original layer and frame structure intact. If the page movie clip has frames inside it, each frame is a movie clip in itself.

   Page Name

   Specifies the Fireworks page you want to import into the current scene.

6. Select one of the following for File Structure:

   Import As Movie Clip And Retain Layers

   Imports the PNG file as a movie clip, with all of its frames and layers intact inside the movie clip symbol.

   Import Page(s) as New Layer(s)

   Imports the PNG file into the current Flash document in a single new layer at the top of the stacking order. The Fireworks layers are flattened into the single layer. The Fireworks frames are contained in the new layer.

7. For Objects, select one of the following:

   Rasterize If Necessary To Maintain Appearance

   Preserves Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects in Flash.

   Keep All Paths Editable

   Keeps all objects as editable vector paths. Some Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects are lost on import.

8. For Text, select one of the following:

   Rasterize If Necessary To Maintain Appearance

   Preserves Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects in text imported into Flash.

   Keep All Paths Editable

   Keeps all text editable. Some Fireworks fills, strokes, and effects are lost on import.

9. To flatten the PNG file into a single bitmap image, select Import As A Single Flattened Bitmap. When this option is selected, all other options are dimmed.
10. Click OK.