Open The Starter Document; Apply A Linear Gradient - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Tutorials Manual

Close the completed FLA file
To close the document, select File > Close.
If you prefer to keep the finished file open as a reference while working
with the starter file, be careful not to edit it or save any changes to it.

Open the starter document

Now that you have seen the completed file, it is time to create your own
Flash document. To get started, you'll open a starter file that contains a few
graphics to which you will apply gradients.
1.
In Flash, select File > Open.
2.
Navigate to the following directory:
In Windows: Hard Disk\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash
8\Samples and Tutorials\Tutorial Assets\Creating Graphics\
On the Macintosh: Hard Disk/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/
Samples and Tutorials/Tutorial Assets/Creating Graphics/
3.
Open the gradients_start.fla file.

Apply a linear gradient

In this section you will add a linear gradient to the background.
1. Click the Selection tool in the Tools panel.
2.
Select the gray box in the layer named Background.
3.
Select Window > Color Mixer to display the Color Mixer panel.
4.
In the Color Mixer's Type pop-up menu, select Linear.
Apply a linear gradient 181