Flash Drawing Tools
Flash drawing tools create vector graphics – mathematical equations that your computer translates and displays as drawn objects
Lines in Flash are called strokes
Shapes in Flash are called Fills
2 areas of the drawing toolbar
- the toolbar buttons
- their options
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Line Tool – Hot key N 
The Line tool draws straight lines
When a line intersects another line is slices it into two separate lines
Select the line tool
Click and drag a line on the stage
Hold down the shift key while dragging for a line drawn on one of 45 degree increments
Pencil Tool (Y) 
The pencil tool has 3 possible modes
Lets you draw freehand, straight or curved lines
- Straighten – performs shape recognition, which means that if you draw a rough square, circle, straight line, or curve. Flash will perfect the shape based on what it thinks you’re trying to draw
- Smooth- it smoothes jagged lines
- ink- does not modify your line
(The pointer becomes a pencil)
- Select your pencil mode (smooth)
- Draw on the stage by holding down the mouse and dragging, let go of the mouse to stop drawing
Shape recognition:
Lets you draw rough shapes
- from the toolbar select the pencil
- choose straighten from the pencil mode option that appears
- with stroke panel open choose line color, size and style
- select color from toolbar
- move cursor on stage and draw rough shape, square, rectangle, triangle
Oval Tool (O) 
Use to create ovals
Creating Ovals:
- Select Oval tool from toolbar
- On stroke panel select line color, size and style, choose fill type
- move cursor to stage
- click and drag
To draw perfect circles, turn on snapping or hold down shift key when dragging
Rectangle Tool (R)
Create rectangles
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Use the round rectangle radius button to round the corners of the rectangles you create
You can enter values from 0 to 999
Creating Rectangles:
- Select rectangle tool
- On stroke panel select line color, size and style, choose fill type
- move cursor to stage
- click and drag
To create perfect squares hold down shift key
Polygon Tool (R)
Create polygons or star shapes |
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Click and hold the rectangle tool and select the polygon tool
You can change the settings in the property inspector
You can create up to 32 sides
Click Options
Change the style to polygon or star
Adjust the number of sides
