Best import bitmap method?

Hi,
I am doing a software simulation using a bunch of
screengrabs. Save them as layers in PS, Then usually have a full
background plate, and isolate the different changes (such as button
hilites or other grapic changes on layers above the background,
sometimes ending up with 30+ layers. After much testing betweeb PS,
Firework, and Flash, I found the best method was to import the file
to Imageready and export / layers as files, in the 24 png format.
Then import the pngs to Flash 8. They come in with the correct
alignment to the background plate, and with transparency and the
layer name (I had given them in PS). (Does this seem the best
method to other people?).
My question now is; In flash, the layers with the
transparency are now easy to lay out to the background since they
all have the same bounding box size, etc. But are these layers with
Transparency increasing the over all file size, (and affect the
resulting .swf), if so, is there anything I can do to make them
smaller. Also always been confused to know if I should break apart
all full screen bitmaps after importing, or only if I'm going to be
editing or munipulating them some how?

Everybody has their own preferences for workflows, and their own opinions of what works best for themselves. Your source files, output requirements and available drive space will all effect the workflow you develop.
Personally, as my normal workflow is totally uncompressed until delivery, I edit my content as much as possible, then export content which requires motion graphic work as an uncompressed or lossless Quicktime file. (If I'm working on something short like a TV commercial or music video, I'll just export the entire project. If it's something longer, I'll export the segment that requires work only.) I then do the work required, and re-export in the same lossless or uncompressed format. The uncompressed file then goes above the original in the editing timeline, where output files are generated.
Adobe's Dynamic Link process is another option you haven't mentioned, which allows you to open Premiere projects in After Effects and vice versa. I work in Final Cut Pro anyway, and my limited experience with Dynamic Link has found it to be a bit flakey, so I prefer the method above, generally. There's a third party product called Automatic Duck that does a fairly faultless conversion of FCP projects to AE, if you really need that process.

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