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Importing Adobe Illustrator, EPS, or PDF files

Flash can import Adobe Illustrator files in version 6 or later, EPS files in any version, and PDF files in version 1.4 or earlier.

Note: The PDF version number is different from the Adobe Acrobat number. Adobe Acrobat is a product used to author PDF files. PDF is the file format.

When you import an Illustrator file into Flash, you must ungroup all the Illustrator objects on all layers. Once all the objects are ungrouped, they can be manipulated like any other Flash object. You can also export Flash documents as Adobe Illustrator files. For information on exporting Illustrator files, see Adobe Illustrator.

You can choose from the following options when importing Adobe Illustrator, EPS, or PDF files:

To import an Adobe Illustrator, EPS, or PDF file:

  1. Select File > Import to Stage or Import to Library.
  2. In the Import dialog box, select Adobe Illustrator, EPS, or PDF from the Files of Type (Windows) or Show (Macintosh) pop-up menu.
  3. Navigate to a file and select it.
  4. Click Open.

    The Import Options dialog box appears.

  5. For Convert Pages, select one of the following:

    Screens (in screens mode) or Scenes (in scenes mode) converts each page to a screen or a scene.

    Keyframes converts each page to a keyframe.

  6. For Convert Layers, select one of the following:

    Layers converts each layer in the imported document to a layer in the Flash document.

    Keyframes converts each layer in the imported document to a keyframe in the Flash document.

    Flatten converts all layers in the imported document to a single flattened layer in the Flash document.

  7. For Which Pages to Import, select All to import all pages, or select From and enter a page range to import.
  8. For Options, select any of the following:

    Include Invisible Layers imports all layers (visible and hidden) from the imported document.

    Maintain Text Blocks imports text as editable text in Flash.

    Rasterize Everything converts all content in the imported document to bitmaps. Enter a value to set the resolution for the imported document. Selecting this option flattens all layers and disables the Maintain Text Blocks option.

  9. Click OK.
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