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Integrating with Photoshop

Integrating with Photoshop

Flash CS5 has excellent integration with Adobe Photoshop CS5. In this movie, we'll look at two ways to integrate with Photoshop. The first way is to edit a bitmap image that's in your Library directly from Photoshop. So I have this image on the Stage and let's say I wanted to make image black and white. Now one way to do that is to edit the image outside of Flash and then make that update. But with Flash CS5, I can go to the Library, right-click, and choose Edit with Adobe Photoshop CS5. Photoshop then opens and I can see the image here. So let's say I wanted to apply a color adjustment. So I'll go to Image > Adjustments, and then I'll find Black & White. I'll just keep the default settings and click OK. I've made the change, so I'll save the file and I'll jump right back over to Flash. In Flash, the image updates on the Stage and if I click in the Library the preview updates in the Library as well. Keep in mind that when you make an edit in this way, Photoshop saves over the original…

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