Using External Image Media
You can create images for use in Flash within Flash itself, or, if you need to use bitmaps, or prefer to use other vector-based programs such as Macromedia’s Freehand or Adobe’s Illustrator to create your images.  This chapter examines importing external image media and integrating it into Flash. 
 
OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this section, you should be able to:
  1. Prepare bitmaps for Flash
  2. Import bitmaps into Flash
  3. Optimize bitmaps
  4. Edit bitmaps
  5. Convert bitmaps to vectors
  6. Import vector images