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The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0
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The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0

by Kris Hadlock
July 2008
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
2h 35m
English
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Chapter 11. Drawing and Color

DYNAMICALLY DRAWING SHAPES, lines, and even graphs with the Drawing API is one of the benefits of using ActionScript. Add color and gradients to the list and there are no limits.

This chapter covers the major renovations that have occurred in the ActionScript Drawing API and new ways to apply color transformations.

Lines

Borders, graphs, and outlines are just a few of the graphics that can be drawn using lines. Lines are essentially the same in ActionScript 2 and 3, including joint and caps styles, a line scale mode, color, and size. However, while the lines are the same, the way they are created has been updated to a more object-oriented approach.

AS2: Lines

ActionScript 2 includes drawing in the MovieClip class. The ...

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