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This
tool help us to fill the color. It will fill the
enclosed areas. Fill color can be solid, gradient,
bitmap files. In paint bucket tool, there are
four gap sizes for filling. They are:
1.
Don't close gaps : Filling will not close
any kind of gap in the shape.
2.
Close small gaps : Used to fill the shapes
which have very small gaps.
3.
Close medium gaps : Used to fill gaps which
are medium in size.
4.
Close Large gaps : Used to close large
gaps which are present in shape and large gaps
will be filled by stroke color.
There
are two modifiers available in flash. Those are
available with paint bucket tool and brush tool.
The modifiers are:
| LOCK
FILL |
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If
lock fill is switched on, then the shapes
designed or filling of color is not possible.
To make changes and to fill color into shapes,
remove the lock.
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TRANSFORM FILL |
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To
move the light source (or) the center point
of a gradient and to compress or expand
the gradient, to increase or decrease the
gradient, the transform fill is used.
Select
the paint bucket tool, in the fill color
select the gradient and select do not close
gaps. Drop
the colors into the shape. The center or
light source of the gradient is movable.
Switch on the lock fill button and the center
point or light source becomes immovable.
Select
the transform fill button and select the
shape. The four points can edit the gradient.
Even
if lock fill is switched on, the center
of transform fill is movable. Compression
,expansion, increase and decrease the gradient
are possible.
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| DROPPER
TOOL |
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Dropper
tool is used to copy the color properties
of any object and help us to draw another
object with same fill and stroke color.
A
bitmap can also be used as fill color using
dropper tool. We can apply the color properties
of an object to another object , by using
the dropper tool.
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| ERASER
TOOL |
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Eraser
tools is used to remove the fill and stroke
color. Individual segments, filled areas
can be erased.
The
eraser tool can be customized to erase only
stroke, fill or individual segment.
There
are different erasing modes. They are:
1.
Erase Normal : It will erase all
the objects that are available on the stage.
2.
Erase Fills : This will erase only
the fill color or filled areas.
3.
Erase Lines : This will erase only
the stroke color and not the fill color.
4.
Erase Selected Fills : This will
erase the fill color of the selected area.
Selection can
be made with selection tools.
5.
Erase Inside: This will erase only
the fill color within a shape according
to the color property.
| Faucet |
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This
is the quick way to erase all the objects
or shapes on the stage. This will erase
both the stroke and the fill color on the
stage. Faucet deals with color frequency
and it will erase a particular color from
the object quickly. There are different
eraser shapes available shapes are like
rectangle, square, oval and so on. To erase
the object on the stage, select the faucet
and delete the entire shapes and objects
easily. If the fill color alone to be erased,
select corresponding eraser mode and shape
and erase the object or shape.
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| HAND
TOOL |
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Hand
tool is used to move the page or the stage.
It is mostly used when the object is zoomed.
To place the stage at the bottom of the
page or any other desired location, hand
tool can be used. The hand tool comes under
the view menu of the tool bar.
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| ZOOM
TOOL |
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Zoom
tool is used for magnification of objects
or shapes. The magnification depends upon
the movie size and the resolution of the
monitor. To zoom a specific area, draw a
rectangular selection with the zoom tool
itself and zoom in the area. To
zoom in or out, switch between the enlarge
and reduce modes of zoom tool.
Draw any shape on the stage and to edit
a particular area, select the area with
rectangular selection of zoom tool and use
corresponding mode to do correction.
As
discussed before , the zoomed objects can
be moved using the Hand Tool and importantly
it is used to view a particular portion
of the zoomed object.
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In Flash ,there are three types of color.
They are Web, Hexadecimal and Color Wheel.
Web colors are 216 colors. Hexadecimal will
use hex values for the colors and From the
color wheel we can select our desired color.
We use these three types of colors in Stroke
and Fill Palette. We also use colors in Gradient
which a mixture of all colors. Using Mixer
Palette , we can know about the properties
of the color. In the color section of toolbar,
we have fill color, stroke color, default
color, no color and swap color. |
| FILL
COLOR |
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Dropper
tool is used to copy the color properties
of any object and help us to draw another
object with same fill and stroke color.
A
bitmap can also be used as fill color using
dropper tool. We can apply the color properties
of an object to another object , by using
the dropper tool.
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| STROKE
COLOR |
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color is used for border lines. Pencil tool,
line tool, ink bottle uses this stroke color
tool. |
| DEFAULT
COLOR |
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color is the default color for stroke and
fills colors. Black is default for stroke
color and white is default color for fill
color. |
| NO
COLOR |
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| While
using oval or rectangular tool or pen tool,
we can avoid the fill or stroke color, by
selecting no color icon. No color will omit
the color of fill or stroke. |
| SWAP
COLOR |
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| This
is used to swap the colors between the fill
and stroke color. The colors in fill and stroke
will be interchanged on clicking this icon.
In
Options window ,options are available, if
the selected tool has any modes, different
size, shapes and other properties.
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