Animation+-+Tips+&+Tricks

. **Animation - Tips & Tricks** . . . . to create an invisible background on an image that you want to use in Flash, you need to open the image in photoshop. Make sure the resolution is set at 300 pixels/inch, and set the background contents to "transparent", which are both settings you can change when you create a new photoshop file. Paste or import the image into photoshop. Then, use the magic wand tool or lasso tool to delete any unwanted background. Then, click "save as", and select the ".GIF" format option, and click "save". Lastly, import the GIF version of the image into flash.
 * Invisible Backgrounds:**

[|How To Create A Transparent Background]

ANOTHER WAY to create invisible backgrounds is to: -import image onto stage -select it with the Selection Tool -on the toolbar click **Modify -> Bitmap -> Trace Bitmap** -select image with Selection Tool and you should be able to select the white parts (or unnecessary background) and Delete - to regroup the components into ONE image, select components using Shift and the Group (Ctrl + G). . . . .If you have a Flash or animation question you want to share... please go to the top of the page and click on discussion to POST your question. You will then see your question in the discussion area for people to respond to. include component="comments" page="Animation - Tips & Tricks" limit="60"
 * -*** VERY IMPORTANT** - sometimes when you use this method it breaks apart all of the components of the image