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5 Click OK. The hero symbol appears in the Library.
6 Select the other cartoon character in the robot layer and convert it to a movie
clip symbol as well. Name it robot.
You now have two movie clip symbols in your Library and an instance of each
on the Stage as well.
importing Photoshop Files
You’ll import a Photoshop file for the background. The Photoshop file contains
two layers with a blending effect. A blending effect can create special color mixes
between different layers. You’ll see that Flash can import a Photoshop file with all
the layers intact and retain all the blending information as well.
1 Select the top layer in your Timeline.
2 From the top menu, choose File > Import > Import to Stage.
3 Select the background.psd file in the Lesson03/03Start folder.
4 Click Open.
5 In the Import to Stage dialog box, make sure all layers are selected. A check
mark should appear in the check box next to each layer.
6 Choose the flare layer in the left window.
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Lesson 3
Creating and editing symbols