importing image (question)

i have a question regarding making a photo the background. how do you do it?
a thank you.

easiest way is to import the photo to its own layer, the bottom layer of the movie.

make the photo the same resolution (or close) as your movie, e.g., if the flash movie is 640 x 480 pixels, make the image that size before importing it. save it as a tiff or photoshop (.psd) file.

then select the layer, go to File->Import->Import to Stage (apple-R), and find your image. Flash will throw it on the stage. you can then tweak it with the transform tool if necessary. and remember that the stage area will effectively crop the image if its larger.