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Various layer blend modes in Fireworks 8 do not remain editable in Flash 8

Issue


Designers may find out that some blend modes created in Macromedia Fireworks 8 are automatically flattened on objects such as bitmaps and vectors upon import into Macromedia Flash 8.

Note: The basic install of Flash does not support Blend Modes. Blend Modes are only supported in Flash Professional.

Reason


Fireworks 8 introduced several new blend modes, which did not make it into Flash 8 Professional.

Solution


Flash 8 supports the blend modes specified below when copying and pasting objects from Fireworks to Flash or importing Fireworks PNG files with blend modes.

  • Add
  • Normal
  • Darken
  • Difference
  • Erase
  • Hard Light
  • Lighten
  • Multiply
  • Screen
  • Subtract
  • Overlay
  • Invert

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Products Affected:

fireworks
flash