Teach Yourself Visually™ Flash® CS4 Professional

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Modify Instances

After you place an instance of a symbol on the Stage, you

can change its properties without affecting the original

symbol. For example, you can make your instance

transparent, apply color effects, or scale and transform it.

You can also change the type of symbol from which your instance inherits

properties. So, if you have a graphic symbol but want to use a blend mode,

you can change the Instance to a movie clip in the Properties inspector.

Modify

Instances

1 Click on an instance with the

Selection tool ( ) to select it.

2 Open the Properties inspector.

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3 Click the Style drop-down list

and select Alpha.

4 Drag the Alpha slider ...