Flash animation- frame by frame

Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum but I was wondering if anyone could help me as soon as...I'm trying to import images I drew then altered frame by frame in Photoshop into Flash so they run as a sort of flip book sequence. They've already been altered to look like they're moving but I just need Flash to piece them together and play it smoothly...any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Anna

Name the images in a patterned sequencial manner (like img1, img2, img3, etc). Save them as jpg images if that is suitable for the image. If you want to have Flash import them and automatically place them sequencially in the timeline, then you should use the File -> Import to Stage command. Just select the first of them when you choose the image to import and Flash should recgonize the pattern and will ask if you want them all to be imported. Opt to import them all and Flash will place them sequencially in the timeline.

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Right now my animation is too fast for the audio in the Cp slide, and I want to slow it down by reducing the frame rate.
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I was wondering, why not put the audio in the Flash file...this way, you would have total control over synching the audio to the animation...and, as long as your audio publish settings are the same as the Captivate file, there should be NO differentiation in audible performance...in other words, the Flash SWF and the Captivate SWF should sound identical.
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Hi
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floriannaart wrote:
Changing animation frame rate when rendering in photoshop does not change the length of the video?
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