transferring Painter image to flash

 I want to create backgrounds in painter to incorporate as a layer into 
flash mx.  Then, I want to create a character in painter, import this 
character into flash as an independent layer for animating it upon the 
background...think a pastoral scene, green grass, a blue sky, puffy clouds, 
with an animated bird flying across this field.  Can I start all of this in 
painter, then import into flash  successfully?  I cannot seem to create a 
character in painter independent of a canvas.  Flash does not seem to 
recognize a .rif file. 

In article <44cbf22e$1_3@cnews>, "small change"
<koohoolin@hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> Flash does not seem to 
> recognize a .rif file. 

You could try to save as a Photoshop file (psd) which will preserve 
layers, and which Flash may recognize. The riff file format is currently 
not documented for public consumption, so it's not surprising that Flash 
does not know what to do with it.
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