Importing Images in to Adobe Flash

Before starting to make a flash site you may need to know on how to import images. In this tutorial I will show you how to do import images, movie clips and PSD files.

1. Importing static pictures.

First open a new document. If you use Flash CS3 like me then choose Actionscript 2. Like this:

Click ok and take the settings like below.

Now you can press Ctrl+F8 to make a new symbol. And name it logo_mc.

So now that you are in the movie clip. Go File ->> Import->> Import to library.

This is what you should have then.

Now drag it on to the stage and now you can start working with the logo because its in a movie clip.

2. Importing movie clips.

Maybe you can download the same clip that I'm gonna use.

Right click on it and save it. In flash you need to make another movie clip and call it ani_mc.

Make sure that you are still in the ani_mc.

In the screen bellow you will see in what you are working.

Go to file and import to stage.

Once flash imported all the images the your time line in the movie clip should look like this.

Now if you want the animation to stop in frame 26 then click on frame 26 and hit F9.

Tour actions window should pop up . And give in the same as in the picture below.

And if you now drag your movie clip onto the stage in Scene1 and hit Ctrl+enter then the clip will play till frame 26.

3. Importing psd in flash cs3.

This can be a big help if you want to make a site in flash . And its got a lot of different parts.

I will you a button for this tutorial just so you see what i mean .

Note this is for flash cs3 only.

Ok, make another file with the settings like below.

And you can use these settings.

Got to file import to Library . And select the PSD file you want to import.

Then you should see this window.

If you click OK then it will make a folder with all the single images in it. Like this.

Now if you like how it is then simple make a new movie clip.

And drag this file on the the stage in movie clip psd1_mc.

And then you can align it like this.

Now a good tip is to make sure that you have some order in your library.

My library at the end looks like this. It will make very thing a lot better to work with.

So that's the end of this tutorial. Hope you learned something out of it.