When I am using photoshop.... I am able to make portions of the image transparent. That way... when I put the image in a web page.... the background of that page shows through the transparent portions.

Here's my problem:

When I import those same images into flash... those transparent portions are no longer transparent but rather white.

Can someone tell me if there is a way of maintaining transparency or can I remove those portions that I want without making a mess of the image in the process?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

instead of gif's use png's they work alot better in flash,

backlightdesigns is right about png's being better, but transparant gifs ought to show transparent.
Are you sure it's the picture that's lost it's transparency, and not the movie itself that has to be set to transparent?