Using PNG image files in Flash

Hi, I'm new to this forum, so I'm not sure whether my
question is appropriate to be raised in here or not Any guidance
would be appreciated.
My Flash 8 document contains images files that are in PNG
format (created on Adobe Photoshop CS2) and these image files DO
NOT have background. As I launch the Flash Movie, I can vaguely see
a background, which is same dimension of the entire image file,
underneath the image and it kind of look akward. I have tried to
add an extra background with the colour same as my Flash document
background colour underneath the image but it woudn't solve the
problem. On the contrary, this additional background is even more
apparent.
Any advice what I can do ?

Yeah, this forum is entirely appropriate for your question.
The problem is an old one with Flash. The reason you see the
'ghosted'
background in the alpha channel of your PNG is that you have
your colour
depth set to 16 bits. If you crank it up to 32 bits, the
anomaly will
disappear. Unfortunately there's not a great deal you can do
about it,
except to break apart the image and actually delete the parts
you don;t want
to be visible.
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