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As we discussed during the production meeting for this assignment, you will base your
work on a scanned sketch. Animate can import a range of file formats, including JPG,
GIF, PNG, TIF, EPS, and native Illustrator and Photoshop files.

1. With corvette.fla open, choose File>Import>Import to Stage.
Four options are available when you choose the Import command: Note:
Press Command/
• Import to Stage simply brings an external image onto the current Stage.
Imported bitmap images are also added to the file Library panel; if you import a Control-R to import an
vector graphic that uses no symbols or embedded bitmaps, nothing is added to object to the Stage.
the Library.
• Import to Library automatically places graphics into the Animate Library panel.
• Open External Library is commonly used to incorporate graphics from one
project into another project.
• Import Video allows you to bring digital video into an Animate file.

Raster Images vs. Vector Art An example of the difference between a raster image and

There are two kinds of computer images. The first, known as
ANIMATE FOUNDATIONS Each pixel has a specific value, and that value determines image and the type (composed of vector objects) are crisp.
vector art is shown below. At 100% size, both the raster
a raster image or bitmap, is composed of simple pixels.
the color, intensity, and brightness of that pixel. The number
If you zoom in closely enough, however, the individual pixels
of pixels that make up a raster image is fixed at the time of
in the photograph start to show, and the image breaks
the scan or photograph. If you blow up (enlarge) a raster
down — but the type remains perfectly crisp and clear.
image, it becomes grainy and loses
quality; in fact, you can see the individual
pixels in an enlarged raster image.

Animate is a vector-based program.
in this image and the
photograph appear
Vector art is not based on pixels; At actual size, both the type
instead, it is based on mathematical perfectly crisp and clear.
values. Vector art is essentially a tiny
program that tells the printer or monitor
to “draw a line from Point A to Point B,
bending X degrees coming out of Point
A and entering Point B from an angle of
Z.” Although this might sound confusing,
you don’t have to write any complicated The detail on the tree
code to make vectors work properly; you breaks down if you look
can simply draw with the Animate tools closely enough.
and the vectors are created for you. The type object, which is a
vector object, remains clear
Although vector graphics often improve even when enlarged.
the quality of images in a movie, they
can also degrade playback performance
because they require greater processing
power to perform the necessary
mathematical calculations.

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