Illustrator | flash import

Question

Hello-
I'm on MAC OS 10.4.7 using MX2004 and Adobe Illustrator CS2
I'm creating a fairly complex animation. well, the animation
isn't so complex as the illustration. I've laid it out in
illustrator, with each frame of the story board in it's own file.
within each file tthere are a number of layers, there are some
items that have compound paths, there are some raster images, and
items that have been grouped.
My question is this:
What is the best practice in transfering/importing/exporting
the files I've created in Illustrator over to Flash. Ultimately I
will want each of the illustrator files to be it's own self
contained symbol. I'm trying recreate as little as possible in
flash, as I've done in illustrator.
Many thanks in advance
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Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
fxgoddess
I would agree about creating the original files in flash,
however illustrator is a much more sophisticated tool for the type
of illustration that I'm doing.
It's true that Illustrator is more sophisticated (too
sophisticated; I find it a troublesome, overly technical nightmare
to use). But it's not a good habit to get into, creating in
Illustrator and then exporting to Flash. Many of those nice effects
you use in Illustrator will be lost in Flash. Also, pay attention:
the colors change when brought into Flash, especially in gradients,
so all the color balance you so carefully set up is tossed out the
window. And you will soon inevitably encounter this problem: some
color fills from Illustrator will appear as empty black holes in
Flash...
and there's nothing you can do about it!! When that happens
to you once, I guarantee you'll stop creating your Flash projects
in Illustrator.