Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 265)

FLASH CS3
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3 Select a blend mode for movie clips from the Blend pop-up menu in the Properties panel. The blend mode is
applied to the selected movie clip instance.
4 Verify that the blend mode you selected is appropriate to the effect you’re trying to achieve.
Experiment with both the color and transparency settings of the movie clip and the different blend modes to achieve
the desired effect.
About importing filters and blends from Fireworks PNG files
When you import Adobe® Fireworks® PNG files, you can retain many of the filters and blending modes applied to
objects in Fireworks, and continue to modify those filters and blends using Flash.
Flash only supports modifiable filters and blends for objects imported as text and movie clips. If an effect or blend
mode is not supported, Flash rasterizes or ignores it when it is imported. To import a Fireworks PNG file that
contains filters or blends that Flash does not support, rasterize the file during the import process. After this
operation, you cannot edit the file.
For a video tutorial about the Flash and Fireworks workflow, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0194 .
Fireworks effects supported in Flash
Flash imports the following Fireworks effects as modifiable filters:
For a video tutorial about the Flash and Fireworks workflow, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0194 .
Fireworks blend modes supported in Flash
Flash imports the following Fireworks blend modes as modifiable blends:
Fireworks effect Flash filter
Drop shadow Drop shadow
Solid shadow Drop shadow
Inner shadow Drop shadow (with Inner shadow automatically
selected)
Blur Blur (where blurX = blurY=1)
Blur more Blur (where blurX = blurY=1)
Gaussian blur Blur
Adjust color brightness Adjust color
Adjust color contrast Adjust color
Fireworks blending mode Flash blending mode
Normal Normal
Darken Darken
Multiply Multiply
Lighten Lighten
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