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Dear
Friend,
Hello, & welcome back to FIREWIRE,
your friendly guide to the exciting world of web-design
& web-solutions! From this newsletter we are going
to start new Flash 5 Tutorial Series. Let’s begin
with basics of Flash Interface & Toolbar. |
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Flash 5 is software
that helps us to create animations with a high level of
Interactivity and with low file size. It also includes
greatly expanded capabilities for creating extra-ordinary
animations with actions packed scripts.
The main reason why Flash becomes so popular is that,
it uses Vector Graphics technology. Due to this technology,
it won't get pixilated even when the picture is zoomed
to highest level.
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ToolBar : The toolbar
has entire tools which are available in flash.
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TitleBar
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titlebar show the name of the file. |
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Status
Bar
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status bar posses the zoom percentage and shorcut to Info,
Character, Movie Explorer, Action and Instance panels.
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Timeline
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The
Timeline help us to control the animations.
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Stage
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This
is the place where we perform the animations.
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| ARROW
TOOL |
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tool is often used and most needed tool in flash.
It is used for selection, move and to edit the objects
and shapes. |
| MOVE
TOOL |
| Double
click the object, to select the entire object and
move the object wherever on the stage. |
| EDIT
TOOL |
| Place
the arrow tool near the edges of the shape (or)
objects, to edit the shapes and objects.
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Circular
shape edit |
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Rectangular
shape edit |
| SUBSELECT
TOOL |
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is used to edit the path, drag and to reshape the
objects and shapes.
Using
the tool, the starting and the end point can be
determined for a shape.
While
using the tool on a shape, you can see some anchor
points appearing on the edges. By clicking the
node, we can get Bezier points.
Adjustment
or alterations on the shape can be made by moving
the bezier point.
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| LINE
TOOL |
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Line
tool is used to draw straight lines, geometric
shapes and broken lines. Select the tool and draw
any shape. To create stronger lines or broken
lines, from the menu bar select the panels and
move to the stroke palette.
In
the palette, select the corresponding stroke style,
width, and the stroke color and we can also have
preview of the line. Now, the lines drawn are
entirely different from the previous line.
There
are different stroke styles available in the palette.
The maximum width for a stroke is ten. The color
of the line can be selected from the stroke color
swatch.
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