Adobe Flash CS3: The Professional Portfolio- P15: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 | Step S Using Gradients The drawing you created so far is an example of flat art. In many cases however you need far more latitude when coloring and most importantly shading objects. Most shading is accomplished using blends of two or more colors usually referred to as gradients or blends. Blends add depth sometimes called dimensionality to otherwise flat artwork. Blends come in several different types. The two most common types of gradient are linear blends and radial blends. Note Applv r Standard Grrdknt to Sclcctcd Objccts Flash includes several gradients both linear and radial in the Swatches panel. You can apply those gradients to an object by choosing them in the Fill Color Swatches panel when an object is selected. The terms gradient and blend are used interchangeably. Flash documentation uses both gradient and blend both terms mean a smooth transition from one color to another. With the object selected click the Fill button in the Tools panel and choose one of the gradient swatches from the pop-up Color Swatch panel. Built-in gradient swatches You can also apply a gradient fill by selecting the Paint Bucket tool in the Tools panel choosing a gradient swatch as the fill color and then clicking the objects that you want to fill with the gradient. Finally you can select an object on the Stage and choose Linear or Radial from the Type menu of the Color panel the object will be filled with a gradient of the last-used colors. Choose Linear or Radial in the Type menu to apply a gradient fill to a selected object. Note You cant choose a gradient swatch when changing the overall background color of a movie only solid colors are available. Project 1 Rocket Ship Artwork 1. Open from the WIP Rocket folder. Make sure you open the correct file you don t want to modify the flat-art version that you saved in the previous exercise. 2. Unlock all the layers except the Deep Space layer. 3. Select the Tail Fins layer. 4. Select the Paint Bucket tool from the
