Arrggh this newbie needs help!

arrrgggghhh! so i just started teaching myself flash a day
ago, and i'm still a total newbie. okay, so i imported a jpeg that
i made in photoshop, then converted it to a symbol, then dragged
the symbol from the library onto a layer in flash. i want to apply
a drop-shadow filter to it, but flash keeps telling me that filters
can only be applied to text, movie clips and buttons only. it IS a
movie clip symbol!!! i don't understand!!!!!!!!!!
i'm sure i'm missing something obvious, but i can't
find it wading through these tutorials and stuff. help!

you must have overlooked something very simple as this has
always worked for me - make sure it is a
movie clip symbol.
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swedemily wrote:
> arrrgggghhh! so i just started teaching myself flash a
day ago, and i'm still
> a total newbie. okay, so i imported a jpeg that i made
in photoshop, then
> converted it to a symbol, then dragged the symbol from
the library onto a layer
> in flash. i want to apply a drop-shadow filter to it,
but flash keeps telling
> me that filters can only be applied to text, movie clips
and buttons only. it
> IS a movie clip symbol!!! i don't understand!!!!!!!!!!
i'm sure i'm
> missing something obvious, but i can't find it wading
through these tutorials
> and stuff. help!
>

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