How to get drop shadows form FireWorks to Flash?

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I am trying to export a nav that I did with drop shadows but it does not come up in flash??

I think because I the shadow has to be turn into a png, but what to have it vector??

Thanks guys

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im not a fireworks guy, but typically in photoshop when you add the layer style drop shadow, it gathers information from the layer underneath it, then projects the shadow onto that - so for example if i take the bottom layer out, i no longer have anything to shadow and when i save it, i get no shadow…the easiest way is to duplicate the top layer (for example the object you want to have the drop shadow)

now you have two layers of the same square for example…
take the bottom one, turn it completely black, and then blur it until it appears to be a soft shadow underneath… there are several ways to make that shadow effect.

i run into this with photoshop all the time, so hopefully the same method works for you in fireworks.

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export as a .png32. Turn off matte too. And that should do it. I usually export my shadows separately but you can do it as one object.

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Thanks guys!!!

DDD thanks for helping me out with these questions, and helping me with the croping!:wink: