Flash lets you import Illustrator AI files, and to a large extent preserves your artwork's editability and visual fidelity. The AI Importer also provides you with a great degree of control in determining how your Illustrator artwork is imported into Flash, letting you specify how to import specific objects into an AI file.

The Flash AI Importer provides the following key features:

• Preserves editability of the most commonly used Illustrator effects as Flash filters.

• Preserves editability of blend modes that Flash and Illustrator have in common.

• Preserves the fidelity and editability of gradient fills.

• Maintains the appearance of RGB (red, green, blue) colors.

• Imports Illustrator Symbols as Flash Symbols.

• Preserves the number and position of Bezier control points.

• Preserves the fidelity of clip masks.

• Preserves the fidelity of pattern strokes and fills.

• Preserves object transparency.

• Converts the AI file layers to individual Flash layers, keyframes, or a single Flash layer. You can also import the AI file as a single bitmap image, in which case Flash flattens (rasterizes) the file.

• Provides an improved copy-and-paste workflow between Illustrator and Flash. A copy-and-paste dialog box provides settings to apply to AI files being pasted onto the Flash stage.