# Inporting swf files (newbie Q)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inporting-swf-files-newbie-q/5340
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**Created:** [September 8, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inporting-swf-files-newbie-q/5340 "2002-09-08T10:51:41Z")
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### Author: ![stig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@stig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stig)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inporting-swf-files-newbie-q/5340/1 "2002-09-08T10:51:41Z")

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Hi i am using swish to do text effects I then export has a swf file  
And then import the swf file into flash sometimes it is 450 frames long  
And takes a while to load is their a better way to import swf files  
Thanks stig  
(Athlon 2000+)

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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 8, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inporting-swf-files-newbie-q/5340/2 "2002-09-08T12:22:30Z")

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no!  
File-\>import is the only way!  
(And even if there was a second way of doing it what makes you think that way takes less time?) 🙂