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

Working with Guide Layers

Chapter 6

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Figure 6.25 Choose Guide as the layer

type in the contextual menu for layers to

change a normal layer to a guide layer.

Figure 6.26 Select a layer (top) and defi ne it as a

guide layer. In the Timeline, Flash identifi es the guide

layer with a T-square icon; compare that with the icon

for the motion-guide layer (bottom).

Working with Guide Layers

Flash o ers two types of guide layers: guides

and motion guides. Plain old guides can

contain any kind of content—lines, shapes, or

symbols.  e contents of a regular guide layer

merely serve as a point of reference to help

you position items on the Stage. Flash doe ...