Adobe Flash CS3: The Professional Portfolio- P14: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 | Use th Brush Tool The Brush tool acts exactly as you might expect it simulates a paint brush and you use it to color objects draw shapes and add color to existing objects. You can exert considerable control over how the Brush tool behaves You can use it to paint inside a specific object paint behind an object paint outside an object or as it normally behaves paint directly over an existing object. 1. With open lock all layers except the Side Fins layer. 2- Display all but the Side Fins and Rocket Sketch layers in Outline mode. You need to see the sketch as you develop the shadows but keeping the Rocket Sketch layer locked ensures that you don t accidentally move the sketch. Since the sketch is a bitmap image selecting Outline view for the layer makes the sketch disappear. Click here to display the layers in Outline mode. Using Outline View Outline mode is one of the choices available in the layers area of the Timeline. As is the case with the Visibility and Lock icons you can turn on Outline mode for a single layer or for a layer folder which affects all layers in the folder . izi O É Q o Outline mode allows you to view objects without their fills. When the Outline icon is solid that Outline view is currently disabled. Each outline reflects the color associated with its specific layer. Outline mode allows you to see the underlying sketch without hiding the layers where you are drawing. 52 Project 1 Rocket Ship Artwork 3. Select the Side Fins layer and then click the Selection tool anywhere on the Stage to deselect the objects on the layer. 4. Select the Brush tool in the Tools panel and set its fill to light gray CCCCCC . 5. Using the Options pop-up menu at the bottom of the Tools panel choose Paint Behind as the Brush tool s option. 6. Paint the shadow that appears on the sketch. While you re painting the shadow it appears to be on top of and obscuring the fin shape but when you release the mouse button the shadow assumes its proper place behind
