Flash 7
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- Timeline
- Used to control and coordinate the frames and layers that makeup a flash document. Used to control the timing of the animation.
- Frame
- Represents a unit of time
- Playhead
- A marker that indicates which frame is currently selected on the timeline
- Scrubbing
- Playing the animation manually by dragging the playhead back and forth through the frames with your mouse during development.
- Toolbar
- Contains the tools that let you draw, paint, select, and modify Flash graphics.
- Selection tool
- shortcut: V - selects objects in document window
- Subselection tool
- Shortcut: A - Modifies specific anchor points in a line or curve`
- Line
- Shortcut: N - Draws straight lines (strokes) of varying lengths, widths, and colors
- Lasso
- Shortcut: L - Selects objects or a group of objects
- Pen
- Shortcut: P - Draws lines or curves by creating anchor points that connect them; clicking will draw points for straight lines; clicking and dragging will draw points for smooth, curved lines
- Text
- Shortcut: T - Creates and edits text
- Oval
- Shortcut: O - Draws ovals of different sizes and colors
- Rectangle
- Shortcut: R - Draws rectangles of different sizes and colors
- View Area
- Includes Hand Tool and Zoom Tool
- Hand Tool
- Converts po\inter to a hand that can be dragged to move the view of the stage. Especially usesful when you want to see a different area of a document that has been magnified.
- Zoom tool
- Changes the view of the Stage by reducing or enlarging it.
- Colors area
- includes options to specify the colors for strokes and fills
- Strokes
- refe to the lines that make up a Flash graphics
- Fills
- refer to the areas enclosed by the lines
- Stroke color control
- used to set the stroke color
- Fill color control
- used to set the fill color
- Color pop-up window
- another way to select a stroke or fill color
- Options area
- displays tool modifiers which change the way a specific way a tool functions
- Click Control then Rewind
- Makes Frame 1 the of the document the current frame
- Click sselection tool, then click on object in work area to select it. What is the light blue line around the object which indicates it has been selected called?
- Selection marquee
- How do you display a list of all available panels?
- Click Window, then point to one of three panel groups, Design Panels, Development Panels, or Other Panels. Groups with check mark next to them are currently displayed.
- Panel set
- Group of several panels together.
- Property Inspector
- Provides easy access to most common attributes of currently selected tool or object.
- What is one easy way to view the stage to display all of its current contents including objects in the work area?
- click on the View menu and then Magnification and then show all.
- What does the Show Frame command do?
- It changes the magnification level so that the entire stage is visible.