Importing PSD or PNGS? (Transparent)

Since Flash CS3 imports PSDs, should I continue importing
PNGS and JPEGS?
I am importing Transparent PSDs and find the published file
swf size is a little smatter than when I import transparent PNGs.
What is the rule of thumb with Flash CS3 and importing?
Thanks for your help.

there is no rule of thumb - the PSD import wizard is an added
and welcomed feature if you are
working with layered PSD files and Flash - but if you have a
single PNG then that's fine to import
on its own also.
As for file size - there may be a difference between a PNG
and the same PNG in a PSD file - I have
never tested it.
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FlashRenaissance wrote:
> Since Flash CS3 imports PSDs, should I continue
importing PNGS and JPEGS?
> I am importing Transparent PSDs and find the published
file swf size is a
> little smatter than when I import transparent PNGs.
> What is the rule of thumb with Flash CS3 and importing?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

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how to batch convert psd to png with layers
i want to convert lots of PSD files into PNGs WHILE RETAINING
LAYERS!
simply batching and choosing custom setting flattens the
thing.
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and i KNOW it can be done somehow - because i have some old
png's i KNOW come from the same psd source. ironic, isn't it?
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versa.
B) batch conversion should include PSD to PNG and vice versa
- including layers and transparency.
C) RGB to CMYK option when converting from 72 dpi to 300dpi.
D) batch exporting should include PNG32 which it doesnt now -
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senocular wrote:
> Save the following code in a .jsf file and run it in a
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> Fireworks/Configuration/Commands directory to allow the
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> Note that any save location you specify in the batch
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>
>
>
> var dom = fw.getDocumentDOM();
> fw.saveDocumentCopyAs(dom,
dom.filePathForRevert+".png");
>
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Importing PSD files?

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Maxwell Hammer wrote:
> In Photoshop CS2, I used the Extract filter to cut out
the background aroung
> people in several photos and saved them as PSD files
with transparent
> backgrounds. They look fine in Photoshop, but when I
import them into Flash 8,
> they look washed out and they have light halos around
the more intricate
> cutouts (like hair). Looks like light colored pixel
fringe. Any idea what's
> going on, or how to improve the quality of the imports?
(The PSD files are
> placed over an imported JPEG photo background in my
Flash file.)
> Thanks
save as PNG 24 and import to flash than you can have
transparency and apply
to JPG compression upon export to minimize the size.
Open library CTRL L - right click image - properties, play
with compression
to compare quality versus size. PNG can produce great results
and be
really small in final file size.
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Flash. I actually found the import PSDs feature in CS3, and
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Flash appear lighter than they do in PS, or than a JPEG of the same
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