Adobe flash chuyên nghiệp p 8

Using the Deco tool Flower Brush Now you’ll create flower patterns to decorate the borders of the banner ad.. 1 Choose Insert > Timeline > Layer, and name the new layer dark brown wave..

5 Copy and paste the group to create multiple bubbles just over the coffee cup

Use the Transform tool to scale the bubbles to different sizes

Using the Deco tool Decorated Brush

Now you’ll explore the Deco tool’s Decorated Brush, which creates decorated

borders and complex line patterns

1 In the toolbar, select the Deco tool ( )

2 In the Properties inspector, choose the Decorated Brush option

3 In the Advanced Options, select Dashed Line Choose a dark brown color

for the Pattern color and leave Pattern size and Pattern width at their default

values

4 On the Stage, draw several curvy lines above the coffee cup

The Decorated Brush creates dashed lines giving your coffee cup a little more life!

Using the Deco tool Flower Brush

Now you’ll create flower patterns to decorate the borders of the banner ad

1 In the toolbar, select the Deco tool ( )

2 In the Properties inspector, choose the Flower Brush option

3 In the Advanced Options, select Garden flower Select the Branch option and leave the colors and sizes at their default values

 Note: The Line

and Pencil tools can

also create dashed

lines and different

line patterns, but they

can’t make repeated

complex patterns

like the Deco tool

can In the Properties

inspector, click the Edit

Stroke Style button to

customize the stroke for

dashed lines.

4 Draw a swooping branch of flowers across the lower portion of the Stage

The flowers, leaves, fruits, and branches are generated repeatedly as you move

your brush over the Stage

5 Select all the flowers, leaves, fruits and branches Choose Modify > Group

The flower decorations are combined into a single group so you can move or

modify them as a unit

creating curves

You’ve used the Selection tool to pull and push on the edges of shapes to intuitively

make curves For more precise control, you can use the Pen tool ( )

Using the pen tool

Now you’ll create a soothing, wave-like background graphic

1 Choose Insert > Timeline > Layer, and name the new layer dark brown wave.

2 Drag the layer to the bottom of the layer stack

3 Lock all the other layers

7 Click on another part of the Stage to indicate the next anchor point in your shape When you want to create a smooth curve, click and drag with the Pen tool

A handle appears from the anchor point, indicating the curvature of the line

8 Continue clicking and dragging to build the outline of the wave Make the width

of the wave wider than the Stage

9 Close your shape by clicking on the first anchor point Don’t worry about making all the curves perfect It takes practice to get used to the Pen tool You’ll also have a chance to refine your curves in the next part of the lesson

10 Select the Paint Bucket tool

11 Set the Fill color to a dark brown

12 Click inside the outline you just created to fill it with color and delete the stroke

Editing curves with the selection and subselection tools

Your first try at creating smooth waves probably won’t be very good Use the

Selection tool or the Subselection tool to refine your curves

1 Choose the Selection tool

2 Hover over a line segment and look at the curve that appears near your cursor

This indicates that you can edit the curve If a corner appears near your cursor,

this indicates that you can edit the vertex

3 Drag the curve to edit its shape

4 In the Tools panel, select the Subselection tool ( )

5 Click on the outline of the shape

6 Drag the anchor points to new locations or move the handles to refine the

overall shape

Deleting or adding anchor points

Use the hidden tools under the Pen tool to delete or add anchor points as needed

1 Click and hold on the Pen tool to access the hidden tools under it

creating transparencies

Next, you’ll create a second wave to overlap the first wave You’ll make the sec-ond wave slightly transparent to create more overall depth Transparency can be applied to either the stroke or the fill Transparency is measured as a percentage and is referred to as alpha An alpha of 100% indicates that a color is totally opaque, whereas an alpha of 0% indicates that a color is totally transparent

Modifying the alpha value of a fill

1 Select the shape in the dark brown wave layer

2 Choose Edit > Copy

3 Choose Insert > Timeline > Layer and name the new layer light brown wave.

4 Choose Edit > Paste in Place (Ctrl/Command+Shift+V)

The Paste in Place command puts the copied item in the exact same position from where it was copied

5 Choose the Selection tool and move the pasted shape slightly to the left or to the right so the crests of the waves are somewhat offset

6 Select the fill of the shape in the light brown wave layer

7 In the Color panel (Window > Color), set the fill color to a slightly different

brown hue (CC6666), and then change the Alpha value to 50%.

 Note: You can

also change the

transparency of a shape

from the Properties

inspector by clicking

the Fill Color icon and

changing the Alpha

value in the pop-up

The color swatch at the bottom of the Color panel previews your newly selected

color Transparencies are indicated by the gray pattern that appears behind the

color swatch

Matching the color of an existing object

If you want to match a color exactly, you can use the Eyedropper tool ( ) to

sample a fill or a stroke After you click on a shape with the Eyedropper tool, Flash

automatically provides you with the Paint Bucket tool or the Ink Bottle tool with

the selected color and associated properties that you can apply to another object

1 In the Tools panel, choose the Eyedropper tool

2 Click on the fill of the shape in the dark brown wave layer

Your tool automatically changes to the Paint Bucket with the sampled fill color

3 Click on the shape in the light brown wave layer

creating and Editing text

Finally, let’s add text to complete this illustration Flash has two text options, Classic Text and a new feature called Text Layout Framework (TLF) Text You’ll learn more about TLF Text in Lesson 7 For this project, you’ll use the simpler Classic Text option

When you create text on the Stage and publish your project, Flash automatically includes all the necessary fonts to display the text correctly That means you don’t have to worry about your audience having the required fonts to see the text as you intended it

Using the text tool

1 Select the top layer

2 Choose Insert > Timeline > Layer and name the new layer text.

3 Choose the Text tool ( )

4 In the Properties inspector, select Classic Text and choose Static Text

5 Under the Character options, choose a font, style, size, and color

6 Under the Paragraph options, you have additional choices for formatting the text such as justification or spacing

7 Click on the Stage and begin typing Enter Garden Court Cafe Taste the Difference Alternately, you can click and drag out a text box to define the

maximum width of your text

8 Exit the Text tool by choosing the Selection tool

review Questions

1 What are the three drawing modes in Flash, and how do they differ?

2 How can you draw a perfect circle using the Oval tool?

3 When would you use each of the selection tools in Flash?

4 What does the Align panel do?

review answers

1 The three drawing modes are merge drawing mode, object drawing mode, and

primitive drawing mode

• In merge drawing mode, shapes drawn on the Stage merge to become a single

shape

• In object drawing mode, each object is distinct and remains separate, even when it

overlaps another object

• In primitive drawing mode, you can modify the angles, radius, or corner radius of

an object

2 To draw a perfect circle, hold down the Shift key as you drag the Oval tool on the

Stage

3 Flash includes three selection tools: the Selection tool, the Subselection tool, and the

Lasso tool

• Use the Selection tool to select an entire shape or object

• Use the Subselection tool to select a specific point or line in an object

• Use the Lasso tool to draw a freeform selection area

4 The Align panel aligns any number of selected elements horizontally or vertically and

can distribute elements evenly

editing SymbolS

lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Import Illustrator and Photoshop artwork

• Create new symbols

• Edit symbols

• Understand the difference between symbol types

• Understand the difference between symbols and instances

• Use rulers and guides to position objects on the Stage

• Adjust transparency and color

• Apply blending effects

• Apply special effects with filters

• Position objects in 3D space

This lesson will take about an hour and a half to complete If needed, delete the previous lesson folder from your hard drive and copy the Lesson03 folder onto it