# Photoshop and Flash **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429 "2002-10-07T11:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tsavo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tsavo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tsavo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429/1 "2002-10-07T11:49:25Z")
Hi. I was wondering if anyone knows how to import images made in photoshop, to flash and keep the filesize small, without getting a really ugly pic. I’ve tried once to import a single picture and the size of my movie increased way too much! I’ve found a site with a very cool interface, all made in photoshop. It loads pretty fast. I’m assuming its made with flash, but I have no idear how to import that kind of graphix and still have a decent size of your movie… tjeck out [http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/index01.htm](http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/index01.htm) pretty cool I think! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429/2 "2002-10-08T04:48:32Z")
a lot of this is trial and error. The compression that Flash does is good, but not great. I almost invariably “save for web” from Photoshop, to create either jpg’s or png’s of my images. Those I import into Flash. Start with the highest quality settings first working your way down to smaller and smaller file sizes until you have a good balance of file size and quality. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429/3 "2002-10-08T06:47:44Z")
[SIZE=1]there 2 specific places in flash to lower resolution, yet maintain image quality. The first place is the most obvious…the Publish Settings. You can specify the % of quality and compression you wish Flash to export the images themselves within the movie. The 2nd, and not all that obvious to some people, is in the Properties dialogue of the image from the Library. Import your image directly to the Library, and then right click on the bitmap image to bring up the Properties menu. Personally, I always use Save As… in photoshop, choose .jpg and always at 12 quality. I’d rather start with the utmost in image quality in Flash and go from there. This is where you can do what david suggests, and that is to start with the highest quality and work your way down to where it is acceptable. In that panel, you can keep the original file’s settings, for adjust them manually. I ALWAYS adjust them manually, because you will undoubtedly end up with screwy images like you’ve seen. There are quite a few options there, so play around with it to get the best result for what you are looking for. /unflux :goatee:[/SIZE] ---
**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:** [October 8, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429/4 "2002-10-08T06:57:53Z")
Well put, I tend to save at full quality in Photoshop also. That way you always have full quality and you can work that down in Flash to the desired point. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2002, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-and-flash/6429/5 "2002-10-08T09:46:18Z")
Yap, my way too…