# Importing Photoshop Desgined Interface within Flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 19, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657 "2003-04-19T02:16:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@marius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marius)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/1 "2003-04-19T02:16:17Z")
Hi fellows. Thanks for reading. I was hoping you guys could help me with pointing me to a tutorial or give a brief tip on importing your interface look within flash.
Is it better to use png or gif to keep transparency?
Now that I have an interface ready in a psd, where to go from here?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/2 "2003-04-19T02:18:17Z")
i use png… but not too sure if that is better than gif… 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/3 "2003-04-19T04:35:59Z")
I use .gifs. I dunno.
If you have your file as a .psd, you have to go back into photoshop and save it as a different format. I use File\>Save For Web so I can see different variations and sizes when PS optimizes the picture.
(-:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/4 "2003-04-19T07:21:49Z")
Just “Export for web (gif)” (check the bg color) and import it in to flash…
i use that often, only thing you must lookout for is the size (kb’s) of you images… cos flash (designers rule) cant be very big…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/5 "2003-04-19T09:09:36Z")
flash is vectors,
photoshop bitmap…
shouldn’t even start designing in PS
if it’s to be used in Flash,
except maybe to get an idea of the layout.
draw it in flash, keep the filesize down…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/6 "2003-04-19T17:24:12Z")
i use gif…try saving it as web then check transparency…gives me a fairly good output with a small file size…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/7 "2003-04-20T05:43:53Z")
Marius check this link out [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20840](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20840) same applies for flash mx.
::soulty::😏:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-photoshop-desgined-interface-within-flash/18657/8 "2003-04-20T07:40:03Z")
You are my guardian angel…
Much love my friend…