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Editing bitmaps in an external editor
If you have Fireworks 3 or later or another image-editing application installed on your system, you can launch the application from within Flash to edit an imported bitmap.
If you are editing a Fireworks PNG file imported as a flattened image, you can choose to edit the PNG source file for the bitmap, when available.
Note: You cannot edit bitmaps from Fireworks PNG files imported as editable objects in an external image editor.
To edit a bitmap with Fireworks 3 or later:
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In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap's icon. |
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In the bitmap's context menu, select Edit with Fireworks 3. |
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In the Edit Image dialog box, specify whether the PNG source file or the bitmap file is to be opened. |
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Perform the desired modifications to the file in Fireworks. |
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Choose File > Update. |
The file is automatically updated in Flash. |
To edit a bitmap with another external editing application:
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In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap's icon. |
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In the bitmap's context menu, select Edit With. |
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Choose an image-editing application to open the bitmap file, and click OK. |
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Perform the desired modifications to the file in the image-editing application. |
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Save the file in the image-editing application. |
The file is automatically updated in Flash. |
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Return to Flash to continue editing the document. |
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