The Fireworks CS3 to Flash CS3 Connection

25Apr08

Though a lot of hype has been generated around the release of Fireworks CS3, not a lot of people are aware that Fireworks is a fairly decent animation creation application. Not only that, those animations will move smoothly into Flash CS3. Some of you may be reading this and thing, “Whoa, Tom, aren’t GIF animations a bit different from Flash animations?” Not exactly.

What we tend to overlook is that the Fireworks PNG format is a mix of bitmap and vector artwork. This means you can create an animated GIF using the Fireworks vector tools and seamlessly export that animation into Flash CS3. In this example I am going to use an animation that ships with Fireworks CS3 but feel free to use any animation you may create.

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