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Importing Bitmap Buttons

The buttons you create in Flash are vector buttons. If you want a bitmap effect for your button, such as a beveled button with a soft feathered drop shadow, you can use Fireworks to create the button, and then import the button into Flash.

1 In Fireworks, open the button.png file from the Lessons folder. This file contains a three-state button that was created using the Button Editor.
2 Double-click the button to open the Button Editor. Click the Over and Down tabs to see the different states of the button.
3 Choose File > Export while the Button Editor window is open. The Export dialog box opens.
4 Select Macromedia Flash SWF from the Save As Type (Windows) or Save As (Macintosh) pop-up menu.
Note: The Button Editor window must be open to export all states of the button.

5 Click Options. The Flash SWF Export Options dialog box opens.

6 Select Maintain Appearance from Objects. Select Maintain Editability for Text if you want to edit the button text in Flash.
7 Click OK.
8 Type button.swf for the name of your button and then click Save.
9 In Flash, create a new file, and then choose Insert > New Symbol.
10 Name your symbol bitmap button, select Button as the Behavior type, and click OK.

11 Select the first frame of the button symbol (the Up frame) and then choose File > Import. Locate the button.swf file you just created. The three states of the button are imported.
12 Select the Hit frame and then choose Insert > Clear Keyframe to remove the empty keyframe in this area. This allows the artwork in the down state to become the hit area.
13 Return to the main timeline by clicking the Scene 1 tab or choosing Edit > Edit Movie.
14 Choose Window > Library to open the library and drag the button symbol you just created to a layer on the timeline.
15 Choose Control > Test Movie to see your button in action.

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