Modifying Color Palettes - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

To use a locked bitmap fill:
1. Select the bitmap you want to use.
2.
Select Bitmap from the Type pop-up menu in the Color Mixer before selecting the Brush
or Paint Bucket tool.
3. Select the Brush or Paint Bucket tool.
4.
Click the Lock Fill modifier.
5.
First paint the areas where you want to place the center of the fill, and then move to other
areas.

Modifying color palettes

Each Flash file contains its own color palette, stored in the Flash document. Flash displays a
file's palette as swatches in the Fill Color and Stroke Color controls and in the Color Swatches
panel. The default color palette is the web-safe palette of 216 colors. You can add colors to the
current color palette using the Color Mixer. See
in the Color Mixer" on page
To import, export, and modify a file's color palette, you use the Color Swatches panel. You can
duplicate colors, remove colors from the palette, change the default palette, reload the web-
safe palette if you have replaced it, or sort the palette according to hue.
You can import and export both solid and gradient color palettes between Flash files, as well
as between Flash and other applications, such as Macromedia Fireworks and Adobe
Photoshop.
Duplicating and removing colors
You can duplicate colors in the palette, delete individual colors, or clear all colors from the
palette.
To duplicate a color or delete a color:
1. If the Color Swatches panel is not visible, select Window > Color Swatches.
2.
Click the color that you want to duplicate or delete.
3.
Select Duplicate Swatch or Delete Swatch from the pop-up menu in the upper right corner.
To clear all colors from the color palette:
In the Color Swatches panel, select Clear Colors from the pop-up menu in the upper right
corner.
All colors are removed from the palette except black and white.
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