PE9_ Modifying Objects in Flash

The key to modifying objects is to remember the SELECT tool and to understand the difference between object drawing and merge drawing. For this Web 2.0 tool, I've got to practice, practice, practice.

PE8_The Deco Tool is My Kind of Tool!

Pretty Impressive Huh?

So I’m thinking as I go along with these Lynda.com tutorials is, “when will I get to something easy?  Something that’s not related to merge and object drawing, toggling, toolbars and setting document properties?  Something I won’t forget?  And then in chapter 2 in the very last section, I got what I asked for. 

It’s called the Deco tool and it must be heaven sent.  This tool creates some of the most complex-looking, yet beautiful artwork with the click of the mouse.   And even more fantastic is that it’s EASY.  In no time, I created an awesome downtown scene, if I may say so myself.  Of course, I tried to throw in my prior knowledge with the shapes, but that didn’t quite go as I had planned.  All in all though, the Deco tool is the tool for me.

PE7_My Introduction to Flash CS5

I am an artist, but I’ll have to admit that I am not a VISUAL one.  My craft is words.  So when I braved into the world of Flash (CS5), I had not idea what I was getting into.  Thankfully, I have an entire month to play and experiment before Flash becomes reality.  The screenshot below is very basic because that is my Flash level – BASIC!  In Lynda.com, I am starting at the beginning.  In chapter 1 I learned about the basics:

File types (fla or swf)

The difference between “the stage,” the “timeline,” and the “pasteboard.”

There are a lot of technical terms like vectors and bitmaps that I’ll have to get used to.  But what I was able to accomplish after about many minutes of watching, pausing and note taking are the images you see below:

I'm still in basic mode with I added some flair, or at least I think I did.

Basic lines, circles, and other shapes.