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Editing bitmaps in an external editor

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.

If you have Fireworks 3 or later or another image-editing application installed on your system, you can start the application from within Flash to edit an imported bitmap.

To edit a bitmap with Fireworks 3 or later:

  1. In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap's icon.
  2. In the bitmap's context menu, select Edit with Fireworks 3.
  3. In the Edit Image dialog box, specify whether the PNG source file or the bitmap file is to be opened.
  4. Perform the desired modifications to the file in Fireworks.
  5. In Fireworks, select File > Update.
  6. Return to Flash.

    The file is automatically updated in Flash.

To edit a bitmap with another image-editing application:

  1. In the Library panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the bitmap's icon.
  2. In the bitmap's context menu, select Edit With.
  3. Select an image-editing application to open the bitmap file, and click OK.
  4. Perform the desired modifications to the file in the image-editing application.
  5. Save the file in the image-editing application.

    The file is automatically updated in Flash.

  6. Return to Flash to continue editing the document.
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