MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH, Use Manual

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5. If a Wacom pressure-sensitive tablet is attached to your computer, you can select the
Pressure modifier, the Tilt modifier, or both, to modify brush strokes.
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Select the Pressure modifier to vary the width of your brush strokes by varying the
pressure on your stylus.
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Select the Tilt modifier to vary the angle of your brush strokes by varying the angle of
the stylus on the Wacom pressure-sensitive tablet.
6.
Drag on the Stage. Shift-drag to constrain brush strokes to horizontal and vertical
directions.
Reshaping lines and shape outlines
You can reshape lines and shape outlines created with the Pencil, Brush, Line, Oval, or
Rectangle tool by dragging with the Selection tool, or by optimizing their curves.
You can also use the Subselection tool to display points on lines and shape outlines and
modify the lines and outlines by adjusting the points. For information on adjusting anchor
points, see
“Using the Pen tool” on page 138 .
To display anchor points on a line or shape outline created with the Pencil,
Brush, Line, Oval, or Rectangle tools:
1. Select the Subselection tool.
2. Click the line or shape outline.
Reshaping using the Selection tool
To reshape a line or shape outline, you can drag any point on a line using the Selection tool.
The pointer changes to indicate what type of reshaping it can perform on the line or fill.