Comments on: Fireworks CS4 Symbols

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:36:07 +0000

i was able to make the button, however i could not make it work when i put it into dreamweaver. is there a step i am missing?

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:08:40 +0000

Does it work both ways? Can I import my Flash buttons into Fireworks?

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:31:34 +0000

I dont know if its right place to ask this, but id like to know how to bring frames-states with file from
fireworks to photoshop?

thank you

By: Tom Green

Tom Green — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:24:26 +0000

Depends on the button style, Tom. If you are looking for textures, beevels and so on then FW may be the choice.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:05:14 +0000

So I am assuming making a 3 state button in flash is hard and by doing it in fireworks it makes the job much easier.

By: Michel

Michel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:07:13 +0000

@Tom:

Hmmm, then this is a bug? Maybe this can be improved in a future version? Not losing the texture *and* the vectors editability, would be great in an import from Fireworks into Flash?

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By: Tom Green

Tom Green — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:14:56 +0000

The problem there Michael, is you will lose the texture. This is one aspect of the FW to Flash workflow that has always hacked me off.

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:48:36 +0000

Nice tutorial!

One question, though — what would have happened if, during import into Flash CS4, you have kept all vectors editable? You would lose the texture of the button, right?

I am asking just because I thought that it’s better to import a vector object into Flash (like this Fireworks button, in .png format) but then, keep the vectors intact?

Let me know if I’m asking a stupid question;-)

By: Barbara ONeal

Barbara ONeal — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:47:26 +0000

Very Kewl Tom.