FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Multicolored bounding boxes
You can change the selection color of specific types of elements to identify each element easily. See “Get information
about instances on the Stage” on page 215.
Adobe Device Central
A new way to test content created with Adobe products on emulated mobile devices, Device Central lets you select
a target device from the beginning of the development process, and gives you a clear idea of what a device’s limita-
tions are. See “Developing applications for mobile devices” on page 431.
Active content detections
To eliminate the need to first activate Flash Player so that users can interact with Flash content, Flash publishes
HTML templates that you can use to embed Flash SWF files. Using these templates, embedded SWF files are
activated seamlessly without the need for an additional mouse click or other user activation. See “Publishing Flash
documents” on page 418.
9-slice onstage preview
Because 9-slice scaling now provides onstage preview, you can see changes and adjustments to 9-slice scaled movie
clips on stage. See “About 9-slice scaling and movie clip symbols” on page 222.
Filter copy and paste
You can now copy and paste graphic filter settings from one instance to another. See “Apply filters” on page 250.
Copy and paste motion
Copy and paste motion lets you copy a motion tween and paste (or apply) the frames, tween, and symbol information
to another object. When pasting the motion tween to another object, you can choose to paste all properties
associated with the motion tween, or choose specific properties to apply to the other object. See “Copy and paste a
motion tween” on page 232.
Copy motion as ActionScript 3.0
In addition to copying the properties of one motion tween and applying those properties to another object, you can
copy the properties that define a motion tween in the Timeline as ActionScript 3.0 and apply that motion to another
symbol, either in the Actions panel or in the source files (such as class files) for a Flash document that uses Action-
Script 3.0. See “Copy motion as ActionScript” on page 233.
Pen tool enhancements
The Pen tool has been improved.
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The Pen tool now behaves similarly to the Illustrator Pen tool to provide a more consistent user experience across
Adobe software
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The cubic-to-quadratic conversion is now more efficient, resulting in better accuracy and fewer points.
See “Drawing with the Pen tool” on page 172.
Adobe Photoshop import
You can now import Adobe Photoshop PSD files directly into Flash documents. Most Photoshop data types are
supported, and several import options are provided so that you can find the best balance of image fidelity and
editability within Flash. See “Import Photoshop PSD files” on page 149.