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Entries Tagged as 'Drawing in Flash'

Flash: Painting with selections

July 30th, 2009 No Comments

Once you get the hang of it drawing in Flash can be a lot of fun.  Especially if you take advantage of the "Brush Mode" menu.    You will find the Brush Mode like this:

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Flash: Make a set of colour swatches from an image

July 8th, 2009 No Comments

A sure fire way to enrich your Flash work is to move away from the standard "Web Safe" colour palette that comes with Flash.  Here is a quick and easy way to create rich colour palettes from an image. Find an image with the range of colours you wish to use.  Like this wonderful image [...]

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Flash: Create your own colour gradient

July 8th, 2009 No Comments

You can create your own gradient with as many colours as you please using the Color Palette.  Open the Color Palette at Window > Color. Look for the Type drop down menu.  Choose either "linear" and "radial"  – the two kinds of gradient fills available in Flash.

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Some Basic Flash Drawing Tips

June 26th, 2009 No Comments

Turn off Snapping This one will save you many a head-ache.  You may already have discovered that you cannot move shapes exactly where you want them.  You can turn off this "snapping" behaviour at View > Snapping > Edit Snapping.  Uncheck all the check boxes. A Flash approach to Drawing When drawing with the flash [...]

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