Albacore, this is not about me creating new artwork, it's about what others have supplied to me.

If they wish to supply artwork as a PSD I am fine with that. I think that you have misunderstood how I use PS with flash - I am talking about moving assets from PS ( or AI! ) to Flash CS6, not using Photoshop to create flash output. All of the features you mention with AI export for flash is also possible when importing PSD content to flash.

At a secondary level, I want to become more familar with the PS and AI toolset, so knowing how the best way to find the size and position of layer content inside PS was important to me.

This isn't about converting me from using PS to AI or Xara.

You should already be aware that I've been using Xara for donkeys years!

I appreciate the heads up and under other circumstances I might well be following your advice.

Paul