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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Creating and Editing Artwork
Modify shapes with the Envelope modifier
The Envelope modifier lets you warp and distort objects. An envelope is a bounding box that contains one or more
objects. Changes made to an envelope’s shape affect the shape of the objects in the envelope. You edit the shape of an
envelope by adjusting its points and tangent handles.
Note:
The Envelope modifier cannot modify symbols, bitmaps, video objects, sounds, gradients, object groups, or text. If
a multiple selection contains any of these items, only the shape objects are distorted. To modify text, first convert the
characters to shape objects.
1
Select a shape on the Stage.
2
Select Modify > Transform
> Envelope.
3
Drag the points and tangent handles to modify the envelope.
Scale objects
Scaling an object enlarges or reduces the object horizontally, vertically, or both.
1
Select a graphic object or objects on the Stage.
2
Select Modify > Transform
> Scale.
3
Do one of the following:
•
To scale the object both horizontally and vertically, drag one of the corner handles. Proportions are maintained as
you scale. Shift-drag to scale nonuniformly.
•
To scale the object either horizontally or vertically, drag a center handle.
4
To end the transformation, click outside the selected object or objects.
Note:
When you increase the size of a number of items, items near the edges of the bounding box might be moved off the
Stage. If this occurs, select View
> Pasteboard to see the elements that are beyond the edges of the Stage.
See also
“
About 9-slice scaling and movie clip symbols
” on page 166
“
Edit movie clip symbols with 9-slice scaling
” on page 167
Rotate and skew objects
Rotating an object turns it around its transformation point. The transformation point is aligned with the registration
point, which defaults to the center of the object, but you can move the point by dragging it.
Updated 5 March 2009
