Chapter 2. Drawing in Flash CS4
In This Chapter
Creating shapes and lines
Editing and selecting shapes
Tweaking and splicing shapes and lines
Transforming shapes and artwork
Creating and modifying text
Working with colors and gradients
Using the Paintbrush tool
Many great creations start with the most basic of shapes and build from there. In this chapter, you discover the secrets of drawing shapes and lines and working with colors in Flash.
Drawing Shapes and Lines
To get your creation started, become familiar with the Shape and Line tools on the Tools panel and use them as the starting point for everything from basic buttons to complex illustrations.
When you're ready to create more complex artwork beyond what the Shape and Line tools offer, the Pen and Pencil tools are standing by. These tools work very differently, and for that reason, should be chosen based on the kind of artwork you want to create.
The following sections show you how to get started creating basic shapes and lines.
Drawing basic shapes with the shape tools
Before you draw the shape, set some colors for your shape with the two swatches located at the bottom of the Tools panel. The Fill color swatch (indicated by the paint bucket icon) lets you set what color your shape will be filled with. The Stroke Color swatch (indicated by the ink bottle icon) controls the outline color.
Flash lets you choose colors from the Swatches panel. ...
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