Drawing Polygons And Stars; Using The Pen Tool - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

Drawing polygons and stars

Using the PolyStar tool you can draw polygons or stars. You can choose the number of sides of the
polygon or the number of points on the star, from 3 to 32. You can also choose the depth of the
star points.
To draw a polygon or star:
Click and hold the mouse button on the Rectangle tool and drag to select the PolyStar tool from
1.
the pop-up menu.
Select Window > Properties to view the Property inspector.
2.
Select stroke and fill attributes in the Property inspector. See
3.
Color controls in the Property inspector" on page
Click the Options button in the Property inspector.
4.
In the Tool Settings dialog box, do the following:
5.
For Style, select Polygon or Star.
For Number of Sides, enter a number between 3 and 32.
For Star Point Size, enter a number between 0 and 1 to specify the depth of the star points.
A number closer to 0 creates deeper points (like needles). If you are drawing a polygon, leave
this setting unchanged. (It does not affect the polygon shape.)
Click OK to close the Tool Settings dialog box.
6.
Drag on the Stage.
7.

Using the Pen tool

To draw precise paths as straight lines or smooth, flowing curves, you can use the Pen tool. You
can create straight or curved line segments and adjust the angle and length of straight segments
and the slope of curved segments.
When you draw with the Pen tool, you click to create points on straight line segments, and click
and drag to create points on curved line segments. You can adjust straight and curved line
segments by adjusting points on the line. You can convert curves to straight lines and the reverse.
You can also display points on lines that you create with other Flash drawing tools, such as the
Pencil, Brush, Line, Oval, or Rectangle tools, to adjust those lines. See
outlines" on page
Setting Pen tool preferences
You can specify preferences for the appearance of the Pen tool pointer, for previewing line
segments as you draw, or for the appearance of selected anchor points. Selected line segments
and anchor points are displayed using the outline color of the layer on which the lines and
points appear.
90 Chapter 5: Drawing
97.
"Using the Stroke Color and Fill
76.
"Reshaping lines and shape