Adobe Flash CS3: The Professional Portfolio- P11:Now you can easily create web-ready images and animations within the familiar Adobe environment. With the recent acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe has added Flash to its suite of creative products, thus solidifying its position as the world's leading developer of graphic and visual communications tools. The Against The Clock Portfolio Series Flash title ensures that you'll learn everything you need to complete any job that requires Flash skills | 9. Finally try the Straighten option and draw the tip of the cone. Inspect the results. 1 0. Use whichever drawing method you prefer to create a final version. We found the Smooth option worked best but you might prefer one of the other options. 1 1. Choose the Smooth option and then try drawing the top and bottom lines that make up the cone. You ll find that working at close range to your artwork is almost always the most effective method. There will be times however especially when you use the Pencil tool that being a bit farther away from the artwork yields better results. When you re zoomed out the lines you draw are shorter and require less mouse or tablet stylus movement resulting in less jigs and jags. 1 2. Use the Subselection tool to adjust the lines until you re satisfied. Remember lines behave one way when you use the Selection tool to edit them and a completely different way when you use the Subselection tool which you use to fine-tune the anchor points that make up each stroke . Note Interestingly more ofien than not using the Straighten option works best for drawing circles with the Pencil tool. Using the Smooth option results in bumpy less-than-perfect circles because this option is more sensitive to slight mouse movements although not nearly as sensitive as the Ink option . Drawing Preferences FLASH FOUNDATIONS You can control a number of drawing options using the Drawing pane of the Preferences dialog box. On Macintosh Preferences are accessed In the Flash menu on Windows Preferences are accessed in the Edit menu. Each time you click with the Pen tool you add an anchor point successive anchor points are connected by lines. If the Show Pen Preview option is checked a preview line follows the cursor to show the line that will be created when you add a new anchor point. When the Show Solid Points check box is active selecting an anchor point with the Subselection tool shows the selected point as solid Instead of hollow. You can change the Pen tool to
