# Fireworks -\> Flash = huge quality loss.. Is there a fix?

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**Category:** design\
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-flash-huge-quality-loss-is-there-a-fix/65168 "2004-09-23T16:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kedaeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kedaeus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kedaeus)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-flash-huge-quality-loss-is-there-a-fix/65168/1 "2004-09-23T16:45:31Z")

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Fireworks -\> Flash = huge quality loss…

I’ve noticed that when doing anything in fireworks/photoshop and importing it to flash - the quality of the image takes a huge leap back to the stone age…

Is there anything I can do to combat the loss of morale within the ranks of my pixels? (_chuckles_)

When ever I import something into Flash I always import the \*.png file. I’ve tried other methods (like saving the layers as bitmaps and importing them) but the quality is still sub-par.

-Kedaeus-

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-flash-huge-quality-loss-is-there-a-fix/65168/2 "2004-09-23T17:36:01Z")

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Hmm… well the programs treat colors differently, but I’ve never had a problem w/ image quality loss. If you’re just running the movie on the fly it always plays at 50% quality by default. Save out your .swf and set it to 100% quality and when you play it from there on out it will show at 100% quality.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-flash-huge-quality-loss-is-there-a-fix/65168/3 "2004-09-23T22:52:49Z")

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If you have the image on a fraction of a pixel (like its location was 123.45) then images will look weird.

Also, I think you can share the clipboards from Flash to Fireworks and back, so that could be another solution.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-flash-huge-quality-loss-is-there-a-fix/65168/4 "2004-09-23T23:38:05Z")

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also check your export settings for images (labelled as jpegs) if that is low then it will look crazy. What I normally do is leave my flash optimize around 95% and let FW do the major portion of optimizing.