Anyone have a better method of importing pics w/transparent bckgrn?

[pixel8ed]

It's really frustrating that MX doesn't integrate well with Photoshop. Admittedly I'm spoiled by the Adobe suite. My current method is to erase the background of a photo in photoshop, then import it into Fireworks MX, save as a .PNG file, then import it into Flash. I'm currently working on a project that requires alot of these however and would like to find a faster way. Anyone have any ideas?

BTW- these are photo's, not drawings, so using transparent .GIF is not an option because the colorspace is not wide enough.

[CyanBlue]

Howdy... ;)

Um... Why don't you save it as transparent PNG from the Photoshop??? I don't understand why you have to use Fireworks as middle man...

[pixel8ed]

ooops, I have an old version of photoshop, maybee it's time to upgrade. any other suggestions?

[webguy]

upgrade is the best suggestion :)

I use .gif for transparency's. They work well for me unless the image is high in the color count.

webG

[senocular]

yeah PNGs are imperitive. And PNGs from Fireworks are by far the best method going into Flash.