Importing images and adding sprites

Before you can use images as sprites, you must first import them into the image pool. You can use images with the following formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, MacPaint, Adobe Photoshop, PICT, PNG, QuickDraw GX (Mac OS only, requires the QuickDraw GX extension), QuickTime Image Format, SGI, Targa, and TIFF. When you first add a sprite track, GoLive automatically adds a default sprite object (called Sprite) and assigns it a default image (called Untitled Image 1) that contains a white color. You can either keep the default sprite object and default image, or delete them after adding your own sprite objects and importing your own images.

You can also import a Photoshop file and automatically create a sprite for each layer in the file at the same time. (See Importing Photoshop layers as sprites.)

To import images into the sprite track image pool:

1. Select the sprite track in the track list and display the Images tab of the Sprite Track Inspector.
2. If you are importing a Photoshop file and you want to import each layer as an individual image, select Import Multiple Layers. If this option is not selected, GoLive imports all of the layers as one composite image.

Note: Although the Images tab lets you import a Photoshop file and use the imported images with sprites, it doesn't automatically create sprites and set roll over behavior based on layer names. To do so, use the Sprites tab to import the Photoshop file. (See Importing Photoshop layers as sprites.)

3. Click Import, navigate to the folder containing the images, and then select the image(s). Click Add or Add All to add the image(s) to the list, and then click Done.
4. In the Compression Settings dialog box, select an image compressor and a color depth from the pop-up menus, and then click OK. (See Setting compression options.)

GoLive lists the images in the Images tab of the Sprite Track Inspector. You can select an image name and view the properties, and you can rename each image in the Name text box.

To add sprites to a sprite track and use images from the image pool:

1. Select the sprite track in the track list and click the arrow to the left of the track name to expand the track if the sprite objects below the track are not already displayed.
2. In the Add New Sprites text box, enter the number of sprites you want to add.

After you press the Enter key or click outside the Sprites tab, GoLive adds the number of sprite image(s) you specified in subtrack(s) below the sprite track, and assigns each sprite a name (Sprite 2, Sprite 3, and so on) and a keyframe. GoLive also assigns the first image listed in your image pool to each sprite you add, which is the default Untitled Image 1 unless you delete it. You can now assign an image from your own image pool. (See Setting sprite appearance and behaviors.)

3. To name a sprite, select it and then enter a name in the Title text box in the Sprite Object Inspector. Alternatively, you can double-click the sprite object name in the track list and enter a new name in the text box.

To delete images from the image pool:

1. Select the sprite track in the track list and display the Images tab of the Sprite Track Inspector.
2. Select the image in the list box you want to delete.

Note: You can't delete an image if it's assigned to a sprite or referenced in an action.

3. Click Delete and then click Yes.