Stupid question but i really need the help

i have photoshop as well as flash mx 2004, and i need to know how to put a photo image of me with out the background. I can easily cut myself out of the background in photoshop, but no matter what i do when i import the picture to flash mx, the is an imaginary box around what i cut out. i have tried so many things and ran out of stuff to do. do any of you know how to do this?