Shading 1: Line Trick

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THERE ARE ALWAYS several ways to achieve the same result in Flash. With all the various tools at our disposal, I am constantly finding different ways of using them to achieve various effects.

Cell shading is commonly referred to as “toon shading”. This style of shading is popular with comic book style artwork and classic Disney films. I have discovered four different ways to achieve cell style shading for you to choose from.

 

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1 Start with a basic shape that contains a fill and outline. This technique will work just as well ...

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