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Exercise 1 Basic Drawing Tools

In this exercise youll experiment with some of the basic drawing tools in Flash CS5. 1. Create a new flash document (ActionScript 3.0). Name it yourname_tools. 2. Using either the Properties Panel (Properties area size) or Modify>Document change the size to 800px x 600px and choose a background color. a. Start by selecting the first frame in your timeline. b. Use the pen tool to make a random shape. c. Name your layer pen. d. Once youve drawn your shape. Select your shape with the Select Arrow (double click to select whole shape), choose a fill color in the swatch panel and fill your shape using the paint bucket. 3. Create a new layer. Name this layer pencil. a. Select the pencil tool in the Tool Panel. Note that you can change the fill and stroke in the Properties Panel. b. Choose a stroke size, style, cap or join. 4. Create another new layer and name this one brush. a. Note that when working with the brush, your color is fill vs stroke. Choose a fill color and a brush style and size (bottom of tool palette). b. Create a stroke. Once youve made the stroke, select it with the Select Arrow and add a stroke around it using the Properties Panel. 5. Create another new layer and name this one deco. a. Under Drawing Effect choose one of the options and pick an advanced option for it. b. Choose an appropriate color and pattern size and width. 6. Create a layer and name it Primitive rect. a. Choose the "Rectangle Primitive "Tool and Draw a rectangle. b. Once youve drawn a rectangle, go to the Properties Panel and move the slider under the Rectangle Options to change the corner radius. Note it will change all 4 corners. c. To make a tab. Click on the lock to the left of the slider. You should now be able to individually adjust the corners. Set the bottom two corners to 0. 7. Create a layer and name it "Primitive oval". a. Select the " Oval Primitive " tool in the tools panel. b. Change the color and stroke. c. Draw an oval. Adjust the Oval Options and make it look like the letter "C".

8. Create a layer and name it type. a. Again with the first frame of the type layer chosen, choose the type tool T in the Tools Palette. b. Choose a font and font color. c. Adjust your font size with the hot text slides (light blue underlined text after size). Type anything youd like. d. In the Properties Panel, note that there is a Filters Option. In the lower left corner of Filters, choose add Filter. Add a Filter to your text. 9. Create a layer and name it gradient. a. Click the Object Drawing (at the bottom of the toolbar). b. Choose the oval tool. c. Open Window>Color. Choose Radial as your fill option and select the colors you want to use for your fill. d. Select the color of your gradient (paint bucket in upper left corner of color palette). e. Open Window>Swatches. Roll over the bottom row below the default swatches, a paint bucket will appear. Click to add YOUR custom gradient to the swatches panel. f. Draw a circle. It will fill with your created custom gradient. g. Double click on your circle to edit it. If you look at the top left corner of your flash file, you'll see "Scene 1" followed by "Drawing Object". You are in the drawing object's timeline. The shapes that you've already drawn should appear faded. h. You can also adjust the position of the gradient with the Gradient Transform (this is in the same area as Free Transform. Move your gradient highlight. i. When you're pleased with your gradient position, click on Scene 1 (in the upper left corner) to return to the main timeline. 10. Create a layer and name it combo. a. Draw an oval. b. Use the polygon tool (choose star) and draw a star. Size the star so that it will fit inside the oval. c. Place over the oval and delete the center. 11. Create a layer and name it Kuler. a. Go to Window>Extensions>Kuler. Choose a Kuler palette (or create your own custom palette in Kuler). b. Add it to your swatches library. (Choose icon (Add to Swatches Panel.) to the right of the "Save Theme" button to add your custom swatches to your swatches panel. c. Draw a shape and fill with color from your Kuler Swatches. Change the Alpha of that color. 12. Save your file and drop in Art Faculty>C.Galler>Drop Box.