Bitmap crashing the effect

[Phyrezz]

Got a prob, which is:

I've edited the basic wildform template to create a new effect, not really done anything spectacular, (fade while tuning red), the prob is I've added a small bitmap (gif) of an explosion over the top for a "bomb" effect. It seems to be fine and appears in the menu but everytime I click the effect and SWFX attempts to show me a preview of how the effect will look, it crashes.

Anyone know of any bugs or glitches that happen when trying to use bitmaps in a effect or any other reason this might be happening?

any help appreciated

cheers

[Jonathan_B]

Hi.
What's your OS and computer specs?
What format are you importing?
Which program are you using and which version?
jb

[Phyrezz]

What's your OS and computer specs?

Mac OS X, 10.5 iMac G3

What format are you importing?

Gif files, 12 frames

Which program are you using and which version?

Using flash to import, vrs 5.2

cheers

[Jonathan_B]

It sounds like you are attempting an unsupported element.

[Phyrezz]

I thought it might be purely a problem wih the birmaps so I traced each frame at a low rate so that everything was vector but the problem persisted so it's obviously not just the bitmaps that cause the prob.

cheers