Illustrator layers as Flash layers, and they'll appear in the Timeline. You'll import the objects to the Stage so they appear next to the alien. First, set the preferences for the Illustrator import filter so that the symbols automatically import with a center registration point. 1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Mac OS). Click AI File Importer in the list on the left. 2. For Movie Clip Registration, select the center registration point, and then click OK to close the dialog box. [View full size image] 3. Choose File > Import > Import To Stage. 4. Select Assets.ai from the Lesson05/05Start folder, and click Open (Windows) or Import (Mac OS). 5. In the Import To Stage dialog box, select all the layers and symbols. The graphics on each layer are already movie clip symbols, denoted by the movie clip icon in the dialog box. 6. Select Flash Layers from the Convert Layers To menu. 7. Select Place Objects At Original Position. 8. Click OK. [View full size image] Flash imports the layers into the Timeline. It adds the symbols to the library, and places instances of them next to the Stage with the alien. Flash placed the instances in the same positions they occupied in the Illustrator file. They're next to the Stage, easy to select, but the Stage itself remains empty until you move objects onto it. Organizing the Timeline The layers appear in the Timeline in the order they were listed in Illustrator. You'll add layers for actions and sound, and move the Alien layer between two other layers. Then you'll extend the layers to have 150 frames. 1. Select the Cloud Morph layer, and then click the Insert Layer icon two times to create two new layers. 2. Name the first layer Actions, and the second layer Audio. 3. Move the Alien layer between the Title: Spaced and Spaceship layers. The layers in the Timeline should be in this order: * Actions * Audio * Cloud Morph * Title: O * Title: U * Title: T * Title: Spaced * Alien * Spaceship * Planets 4. Select frame 150 on the Actions layer, and then press Shift and select frame 150 on the Planets layer, so that frame 150 is selected on all the layers.