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

Creating Patterns

Complex Graphics on a Single Layer

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Figure 5.23 The spray-brush tool is located in the

same submenu as the brush tool.

Creating Patterns

Flash CS4 introduces two tools for creating

patterns: the spray-brush and deco tools.  e

spray brush creates a random dot pattern as

you move the tool over the Stage.  e deco

tool  lls an area with a pattern. Once you  n-

ish  lling an area, Flash selects the elements

that make up the pattern and groups them.

In the following tasks, you use the tools to

create simple patterns in default merge-shapes.

 e tools can also create more-complex

patterns, and can use custom elements (see

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