# Photoshop and flash 5

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash-5/4496>\
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**Created:** [August 12, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash-5/4496 "2002-08-12T04:46:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![sonicboomie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sonicboomie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sonicboomie)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash-5/4496/1 "2002-08-12T04:46:53Z")

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I am brand new to flash, but an experienced user of photoshop. I am trying to lasso a head off of a body in photoshop, and import just the head into flash. Every time I import the head, a white rectangular border appears around it.

How do I import the head only, without this annoying border?!

PLEASE HELP!

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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:** [August 12, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash-5/4496/2 "2002-08-12T04:57:21Z")

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Export the image from photoshop as a .gif image with transparency!

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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:** [August 12, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash-5/4496/3 "2002-08-12T05:04:24Z")

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Sometimes Flash doesn’t read the .gif transparency. So what you want to do is save your image as a .png.

Flash supports the transparency of the .png file. This is definitely a great feature because with a .png file, the transparency doesn’t just have to be around the edges, it can also just be a faded part of the image.