THE FLASH DRAWING

TOOLS
LINE (N), OVAL (O) AND RECTANGLE (R)
TOOLS
THE LINE, OVAL, AND RECTANGLE TOOLS CAN BE USED TO
EASILY CREATE THESE BASIC GEOMETRIC SHAPES. THE OVAL
AND RECTANGLE TOOLS CREATE STROKED AND FILLED
SHAPES. THE RECTANGLE TOOL LETS YOU CREATE
RECTANGLES WITH SQUARE OR ROUNDED CORNERS.
TO DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE, OVAL, OR RECTANGLE

• SELECT THE LINE, OVAL, OR RECTANGLE TOOL

• ON THE WINDOWS MENU, CHOOSE THE PROPERTIES
COMMAND AND THEN SELECT STROKE AND FILL
ATTRIBUTES IN THE PROPERTY INSPECTOR
• FOR THE RECTANGLE TOOL, SPECIFY ROUNDED CORNERS
BY CLICKING THE ROUND RECTANGLE MODIFIER AND
ENTERING CORNER RADIUS VALUES. A VALUE OF ZERO
CREATES SQUARE CORNER.
• DRAG ON THE STAGE. IF YOU ARE USING THE RECTANGLE
TOOL, PRESS THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS WHILE
DRAGGING TO ADJUST THE RADIUS OF ROUNDED CORNERS
 FOR THE OVAL AND RECTANGLE TOOLS, SHIFT-DRAG TO
CONSTRAIN THE SHAPES TO CIRCLES AND SQUARES
 FOR THE LINE TOOL SHIFT-DRAG TO CONTRAIN LINE TO
MULTIPLES OF 45°
PEN TOOL (P)

IT IS USED TO DRAW PRECISE PATHS AS STRAIGHT LINES OR SMOOTH FLOWING

CURVES, AND STRAIGHT OR CURVED LINE SEGMENTS WHICH CAN BE ADJUSTED ON
ANGLES, LENGTH, AND SLOPES OF CURVED LINE SEGMENTS.
WHEN YOU DRAW WITH THE PEN TOOL, YOU CLICK TO CREATE ANCHOR POINTS
ON STRAIGHT LINE SEGMENTS, AND CLICK AND DRAG TO CREATE POINTS ON
CURVED LINE SGMENTS. YOU CAN ADJUST STRAIGHT AND CURVED LINE SEGMENTS
BY ADJUSTING POINTS ON THE LINE. YOU CAN CONVERT CURVES TO STRAIGHT
LINES AND VISE VERSA. YOU CAN ALSO DISPLAY POINTS ON THE LINES THAT YOU
CREATED WITH OTHER FLASH DRAWING TOOLS, SUCH AS PENCIL, BRUSH, LINE,
OVAL, OR RECTANGLE TOOLS,AND TO ADJUST LINES.
TO SET PEN TOOL PREFERENCES:
• ON THE EDIT MENU, CHOOSE THE PREFERENCES COMMAND AND CLICK THE
EDITING TAB.
• UNDER THE PEN TOOL, SET THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS;
 SELECT SHOW PEN PREVIEW TO PREVIEW LINE SEGMENTS AS YOU DRAW.
FLASH DISPLAYS A PREVIEW OF THE LINE SEGMENT AS YOU MOVE THE POINTER
AROUND THE STAGE, BEFORE YOU CLICK TO CREATE THE END POINT OF THE
LINE SEGMENT.
 SELECT SHOW SOLID POINTS TO SPECIFY THAT THE UNSELECTED ANCHOR
POINTS APPEAR AS SOLID POINTS AND THE SELECTED ANCHOR APPEAR AS
HOLLOW POINTS (THIS OPTION IS SELEC5TED BY DEFULT).
 SELECT SHOW PRECISE CURSORS TO SPECIFY THAT THE PEN TOOL POINTER
APPEARS AS A CROSS-HAIR POINTER, RATHER THAN THE DEFULT PEN TOOL
ICON, FOR MORE PRECISE PLACEMENT OF LINES.
• CLICK OK.
TO DRAW STRAIGHT LINE
• SELECT THE PEN TOOL
• ON THE WINDOW MENU, CHOOSE THE PROPERTIES COMMAMND AND THEN
SELECT STROKE COLOR AND FILL COLOR ATTRIBUTES IN THE PROPERTY
INSPECTOR.
• CLICK AGAIN WHERE YOU WANT THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE STRAIGHT LINE
TO END. SHIFT-CLICK TO CONSTRAIN LINES TO MULTIPLES OF 45°
• REPEAT THE PREVIOUS TWO STEPS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT
SEGMENTS.
• TO COMPLETE THE PATH AS OPEN OR CLOSED SHAPE, DO ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING
 TO COMPLETE AN OPEN PATH, DOUBLE-CLICK THE LAST POINT, CLICK THE PEN
TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, CONTROL-CLICK ANYWHERE AWAY FROM THE PATH.
 TO CLOSE A PATH, POSITION THE PEN TOOL OVER THE FIRST ANCHOR POINT.
A SMALL CIRCLE APPEARS NEXT TO THE PEN TIP WHEN IT IS POSITIONED
CORRECTLY. CLICK OR DRAG TO CLOSE THE PATH.
 TO COMPLETE THE SHAPE AS IS, CHOOSE DESELECT ALL FROM THE EDIT MENU
OR SELECT A DIFFERENT TOOLBOX
TO DRAW A CURVED PATH