Opening Fireworks PNG-8s with alpha...

Hi all,

I have to do some work on some files I didn't create -- a couple hundred png files. They are 8-bit, indexed files, but when viewed on the web they have 256 levels of alpha transparency. When opened in Photoshop, they have only one level of alpha transparency :(



Turns out these are in some proprietary Fireworks format ... anyone have any ideas how I can get these into Photoshop without losing my alpha channel, hopefully without having to BUY Fireworks ... oh how I miss ImageReady ;)



Thanks in advance.
Opening Fireworks PNG-8s with alpha...
Photoshop doesn't work with continuous transparency in indexed color mode, only one transparent value is allowed. (ImageReady wouldn't do it, either)



You may need to use another application to convert them to a normal RGB image with transparency.
Opening Fireworks PNG-8s with alpha...
Thanks for the reply, Chris. I ended up downloading a trial of Fireworks and re-saving each file as a PSD.