Chapter 6: Basic Tasks: Work With Layers - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Tutorials Manual

CHAPTER 6
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Basic Tasks: Work with
Layers
In Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, layers
are analogous to transparent sheets of acetate stacked on top of each other.
In the areas of a layer that don't contain content, you can see through to
content in the layers below. Layers assist you in organizing content in your
document. For example, you can keep background art on one layer and
navigational buttons on another. Additionally, you can create and edit
objects on one layer without affecting objects on another layer.
You can print this tutorial by downloading a PDF version of it from the
Macromedia Flash Documentation page at www.macromedia.com/go/
fl_documentation.
In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:
Select a layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Hide and show layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lock a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Add and name a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Change the order of layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Organize layers in a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Add a mask layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Add a guide layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Delete a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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