Using the Polystar Tool. Working in much the same way as the Oval and Rectangle tools, the new Polystar tool allows you to easily create complex vector shapes. You have to have basic knowledge in FLASH MX to do this. As you know movie clips work independently. To select the Polystar tool. Polystar tool in Flash CC Hi. Flash MX 2004 Flash 8 Flash CS3 Flash CS4 Flash CS5 Flash CS5.5 Flash CS6 I would stick with CS6 or later and call it a day.
Using the Polystar Tool Working in much the same way as the Oval and Rectangle tools, the newPolystar tool allows you to easily create complex vector shapes. You can usethis tool to create polygons and stars with up to 32 sides. Choose betweencreating a polygon or a star. Both styles have characteristics that can beadjusted in the Property Inspector before you draw the shape.
Both the polygonand star style can have up to 32 sides, with the star style having an additionalstar point size that can be set. Experiment with several options to get the kindof shape you want. Draw a Polygon or Star Shape • Click and hold the Rectangle tool in the Toolbar, and then point toPolystar Tool. The pointer becomes a crosshair that you can drag anywhere on theStage. • Click Options in the Property Inspector.
Macromedia Flash 8 free tutorial. Drawing and Working with Color (I) Unit 4. Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 Windows 7. Drawing and Working with Color (I) Drawing in Flash 8 Design passes through many phases when designing web page or an animation. After the phase of 'What do I want to create and how is it going to look', normally, the phase of graphic design comes up. Realize what your imagination has produced on the paper (in this case on the paper of Flash).
It isn't desirable to mislead us, Flash isn't a program of graphic design, but its power in this field is almost as great as these programs. We are going to see how use every drawing tool effectively. The Tools Bar contains all necesary Tools for the drawing. Let's see which of them are the most important and how they are used: Selection (arrow) Tool: It is the most used tool among all. Its main use is to select objects, it allows selecting the borders of the objects, the fillings (with only one click), the borders (with double click), zones on our choice. Moreover, its adequate use can save time of our work. Line Tool: It allows creating straight lines in a quick way.
The lines are created as in any program of drawing. Click and drag to show up a straight line until the desired end point. Once created, the line can be modified just by placing the cursor near the line: above of the extremes for dragging them, and in any other part near the straight line to curve it. Text Tool: It creates a text in the place where we click. Its properties will be shown in the next theme. Oval Tool: The Oval Tool enables drawing circles or ellipses in a fast and simple way. To practice the handling this Tool, we recommend to do the To practice the handling this Tool, we recommend to do the Rectangle Tool: Its handling is identical to the Oval Tool, they only differ in the objects they create.
Pencil Tool: It allows drawing lines, after being drawn you will be able to edit its shape as you like. The color applied by this Tool can be modified from the Color Mixer Panel or from the subpanel Colors that is in the Tool Bar. Brush Tool: Its functionality is equivalent to the pencil, but its stroke is much more thicker. It is usually useed for fills. We can modify its thickness and stroke shape.
Paint Bucket Tool: It lets you apply fillings to the created objects. Many other programs of drawing don't allow to apply fillings if a border doesn’t limit the zone, it does. The color applied by this Tool can be modified from the Colors Mixer Panel or from the subpanel Colors that are in the Tool Bar.
Eraser Tool: It works like the Brush Tool. Nevertheless its function is to erase everything what 'it draws'. Advanced Tools.