Import Photoshop Files

Import Photoshop Files
The best thing about Flash CS3? It integrates seamlessly with Photoshop. Flash now comes with an import wizard that allows you to import Photoshop's PSD files and Illustrator's AI files quickly and easily. All of the layers are kept in tact, and you can modify each layer in the import wizard to be brought in as a vector, a bitmap, or text. You can even choose to import the layers as Flash layers (the default) or as individual keyframes. With this, you could do an animation in Photoshop or Illustrator using the layers, then import it into individual keyframes so that you had an instant Flash animation. The importer gives Flash developers a lot of flexibility in exactly how you want those assets to behave and appear, so the workflow from Photoshop to Flash is near perfect. Screenshot here.

Flash CS3 focused heavily on making the entire Creative Suite work together well, and it definitely succeeds. Being able to take projects from Photoshop and use them in Flash, while keeping the fidelity of the assets, will be huge for design shops. Developers also win with things like the animation exporter and easily sinkable components. What's your favorite feature in the new version of Flash?

For more Flash CS3 goodness, check out Flash Magazine's Flash CS3 (p)review.

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