True Image sizes visible only when zoomed in 1

[lebisol]

Hello everyone,
Compleate newbie to Flash here so pardon the ignorance.
Inherited a small flash file and trying to Import some new images into it ...a simple slide show concept.
Whenever I import an image it seems that its 'true size' is not inserted into a document but rather some resized version of it.
Ones the movie is exported image remains 'small'. Only after I manually zoom into the movie the image sharpness and size is revealed to what it should be before Flash...only now I can see a small percentage of the whole movie due to zoom.
Also original image is:
JPG 260 x 790 px
while in Flash it is imported as:
BMP 93.6 x 258.9 px

So to ask bluntly what is Flash doing to my images? Is there a setting that I am missing here? Again, my flash experince is equal to going through builtin tuts and lessons
Suddenly DW icon looks a lot better than FL
Thanks for your time!
All the best!

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[lebisol]

Ok, inseting an image from Library vs. just Importing seemed to resolve the size issue...now a another silly question is why all images are imported as bitmaps?
It's hard being a newbie while cramming.
Thanks for your attention to this thread.
All the best!

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They tryin' to track me down...

 

[kennethkawamoto]

> why all images are imported as bitmaps?

Because they are bitmaps (i.e. not vector images). Do not confuse "bitmap" and "BMP" file format. JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, TIFFs, PICTs, etc..., and also BMPs, they are all bitmaps (raster images).


Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[lebisol]

nicely put kennethkawamoto,
thanks for the info.
All the best!

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All around in my home town,
They tryin' to track me down...