Remember the following:

• If the format you selected requires more information, an Export dialog box appears.

• When you save a Flash image as a bitmap GIF, JPEG, PICT (Macintosh), or BMP (Windows) file, the image loses its vector information and is saved with pixel information only. You can edit images exported as bitmaps in image editors such as Adobe® Photoshop®, but you can no longer edit them in vector‑based drawing programs.

• When you export a Flash file in the SWF format, text is encoded as Unicode, providing support for international character sets, including double-byte fonts. Macromedia Flash Player 6 and later versions support Unicode encoding.

Flash content is exported as sequences, and images are exported as individual files. PNG is the only cross-platform bitmap format that supports transparency (as an alpha channel). Some non-bitmap export formats do not support alpha (transparency) effects or mask layers.

The following table lists the formats that you can export Flash content and images to: