Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Modifying Shapes: Bézier Tools

Modifying Simple Graphics

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Figure 4.55 Use the subselection tool

to modify the path of a line segment.

Modifying Shapes:

Bézier Tools

 e subselection tool lets you see and

manipulate the anchor points of a path. You

can reposition anchor points to change the

path and you can manipulate a point’s Bézier

handles to modify the slope and depth of

the curve. You can add and delete points

and convert existing curve points to corner

points, or vice versa, with the three anchor-

point tools or the pen tool. Flash has two

styles for displaying anchor points: hollow

(the default) and solid. To pick a style, from

the Flash ...