Chapter 9Libraries, Scenes, and Special Effects

Flash has a lot of strengths, and it’s time to delve into yet another.

Have you ever drawn something simple, like a tree, cloud, or animated puff of smoke? Sure! And then maybe you thought to yourself, “Gee, it’s almost a shame I can’t put this tree, cloud, or animated puff of smoke on a shelf somewhere. I’m bound to need this sort of thing again, and when I do, I’d like to pull it down from that shelf for my convenient use. It’d be a shame to animate the exact same thing all over again. What a shame I don’t have something along the lines of… a library!”

Lucky you!

That’s exactly what we’re going to ...

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