Freehand & Illustrator....AHHHHH!!!!

[wndsrfgrl]

Okay. Here's the deal.
Everybody keeps saying use Illustrator or Freehand for vector graphics 'cause it's easier to import them. Well...
I just started using Freehand 8 (upgraded to 9), bought some books, read a LOT of tutorials and not one has helped me figure out how to JUST cut 'n past my objects into Flash. Every time I try to do that or save the file and import it the object turns out to be a big black or white box.

I've finally figured out how to import Illustrator 8.0.1 objects into Flash, but there were two things I can't figure out.
1. If I import the object with blue Fill into Flash it'll end up being 3 shades lighter.
2. I have to save the file in 7.0 version of Illustrator because if I save it as 8.0 then Flash imports just a black or white box.

What am I doing wrong? HELP!!!

[Pope de Flash]

For AI you should down load the flash writer plug in. You can get it off the Adobe site. This will export to a swf. You can do the same thing from Freehand. The only program that I have been able to cut and paste with is corel draw. Regards, Bill

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[wndsrfgrl]

Okay. Let me try and see if that works. Thanks for your input, Pope.

[wndsrfgrl]

Well, I downloaded the Flash Writer plug-in and talk about OOPPPS! Now every time I open Illustrator it gives me an error message that says, "Could not convert the clipboard; it has been emptied. The illustration contains an incomplete or garbled object description. Offending operator: ""
Context:
2."
I'm just trying to open the darn thing. What is going on?! Maybe I'll just use Freehand.