Lesson 10 - Flash Drawing, Images, and Text

• Stroke vs. Fill
• Tools / Modifiers
• Arrow Tool
• Stroke Properties
  • Style
  • Thickness
    • Hairline (Won't Scale)
  • Color
• Fill Properties
  • Style (Solid or Gradients)
  • Color
• Line Tool (Stroke)
• Lasso Tool (Selection)
• Pen Tool - Draws Paths (Stroke and Fill when closed)
  • Click to add points
  • Click and Drag to add curves
• Text Tool (Fill)
  • Fixed Text Block (Square)
  • Extending Text Block (Circle)
  • View -> Preview Mode -> Antialias Text
    • Shows incompatible fonts
• Oval Tool (Stroke and Fill)
  • Shift for Circle
• Rectangle Tool (Stroke and Fill)
  • Shift for Square
  • Corner Radius
  • PolyStar Tool
• Pencil Tool - Draw Lines / Shapes (Stroke)
  • Straighten Mode (Makes your drawing from straight lines)
  • Smooth Mode (Smooths your drawing)
  • Ink Mode (Does Nothing)
• Brush Tool - (Fill)
  • Fill Color
  • Smoothing
  • Brush Size
  • Brush Shape
  • Brush Mode
    • Paint Normal (draws on top of any lines/fills)
    • Paint Fills (covers fills, ignores lines)
    • Paint Behind (paints only blank areas)
    • Paint Selection (covers selected fills)
    • Paint Inside ("color inside the lines")
  • Lock Fill (gradient spans multiple objects over stage)
• Arrow Tool
  • Selection
    • Single Select
    • Multiple Select (shift-click)
    • Double Click to select all connected strokes
    • Marquee Select (shift select)
    • Lasso Tool (shift select)
      • Magic Wand
      • Magic Wand Settings
      • Polygon Mode
    • Edit -> Select All (apple-a)
    • Modify -> Group
      • Edit -> Edit Selected (or double click group)
      • Edit -> Edit All (or double click canvas)
      • Modify -> Arrange -> Bring Forward / Send Backward
      • Modify -> Arrange -> Bring to Front / Send to Back
      • Modify -> Break Apart (text too!)
  • Reshaping Segments
    • DO NOT select object
    • Drag / Option-Drag (new corner)
    • Smooth / Straighten
    • Brush Strokes (View -> Preview Mode -> Outlines)
    • Optimizing Curves (Modify -> Shape -> Optimize)
  • Rotate / Scale
    • Free Transform Tool
    • Modify -> Transform
  • Magnet (Grab center/point and Snap to Object)
• Moving Objects
  • Fill - just drag from inside (dragging edge causes reshape)
  • Stroke - click, then drag
  • Arrow keys (Shift arrow = 8px)
  • By default, Flash is only 2D (No overlapping objects)
    • Upon overlap, Same colored objects "join" automatically
    • Upon overlap, different colored objects "subtract" automatically
  • Use Layers/Groups for 3D overlapping
    • Only grouped objects stack
• Ink Bottle Tool (affects ungrouped lines)
• Paint Bucket Tool (affects fills)
• Fill Transform Tool
• Dropper Tool
• Eraser Tool
  • Faucet Modifier
• Using Bitmaps
  • File -> Import
  • Window -> Library
  • File -> Open as Library
  • Edit -> Paste
  • Modify -> Trace Bitmap