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

Distributing Graphic Elements to Layers

Graphics on Multiple Layers

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Figure 6.24 Selecting elements on the Stage (top)

and choosing Modify > Timeline > Distribute to Layers

(middle) automatically cuts each element and pastes

it in place in a new layer. The new layers follow the

order in which you placed the elements on the Stage

originally. In this series of numbers, the numeral

1 was drawn fi rst, so it winds up at the top of the

section of new layers (bottom).

Distributing Graphic

Elements to Layers

As you draw elements for your movie, you

may not always remember to create a new

layer for each one. Using the Cut and Paste

in Place commands can ...