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

Editing Groups

Complex Graphics on a Single Layer

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Figure 5.15 The eyes and eyebrows are a selected

group (top). In group-editing mode (bottom), the

selected shapes are ready to edit; the other items on

the Stage are grayed out to indicate that you can’t

edit them.

Editing Groups

Although you can transform a group as a

whole (scale, rotate, and skew it), you can’t

directly edit the individual shapes within the

group the way you can edit an ungrouped

shape. To edit the shapes within a group, use

the Edit Selected command.

To edit the contents of a group:

1.

In the Tools panel, choose the selection

tool.

2.

On the Stage, select the group you want ...