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How to import Illustrator files into Flash (CS4)

Importing Illustrator (.ai) files into Flash is reasonably simple provided you understand the limitations of Flash compared to Illustrator. In this tutorial I will be working with CS4. 1 – Preparing your .ai file Preparation is extremely important when importing from Illustrator to Flash. Here are a few guidelines: Be wary of blend modes (ie Multiply, Overlay) sometimes it will import them, sometimes it won't. On my old computer which…

How to use the multiply layer style in Flash CS4

Flash supports blend modes in a different way to Illustrator or Photoshop. To use styles such as mulitply or overlay there are two options which both involve movieclips. In this tutorial I show the simple code to apply blend modes to shapes with Actionscript 3 and with the properties box. If you already know how to set up a movieclip skip to step 4. 1 – Create a Flash file…