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Drawing
Drawing with the Pencil tool
To draw lines and shapes, you use the Pencil tool, in much the same way that you would use a
real pencil to draw. To apply smoothing or straightening to the lines and shapes as you draw,
you can select a drawing mode for the Pencil tool.
To draw with the Pencil tool:
1.
Select the Pencil tool.
2.
Select Window > Properties and select a stroke color, line weight, and style in the Property
inspector. See
“Using the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Property inspector”
on page 115
.
3.
Select a drawing mode under Options in the Tools panel:
■
Select Straighten to draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals,
circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes.
■
Select Smooth to draw smooth curved lines.
■
Select Ink to draw freehand lines with no modification applied.
Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively
4.
Click the Stage and drag to draw with the Pencil tool. Shift-drag to constrain lines to
vertical or horizontal directions.
Summary of Contents for FLASH 8-USING FLASH
Page 1: ...Using Flash...
Page 12: ...12 Contents...
Page 110: ...110 Using Symbols Instances and Library Assets...
Page 128: ...128 Working with Color Strokes and Fills...
Page 156: ...156 Drawing...
Page 190: ...190 Working with Text...
Page 224: ...224 Working with Graphic Objects...
Page 270: ...270 Creating Motion...
Page 310: ...310 Working with Video...
Page 362: ...362 Working with Screens Flash Professional Only...
Page 386: ...386 Creating Multilanguage Text...
Page 454: ...454 Data Integration Flash Professional Only...
Page 500: ...500 Publishing...
Page 534: ...534 Creating Accessible Content...