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Flash Questions 01


1. What are the shortcuts for:
Showing the entire stage: apple 2
Showing the entire object: apple 3
zoom in tool: apple +
zoom out tool: apple -
Panning the stage: spacebar
Showing outlines: Apple, option, shift, o

2. What is the difference between the selection tool (black arrow) and the sub selection tool (white arrow)?
Selection tool selects all shape and makes curves, subselection select points in a shape to manipulate de handle points.

3. Name the six drawing tools?
1. Line
2. Pen
3. Oval
4. Rectangle
5. Polystar
6. Pencil

4. To use guides what must be turned on? Rulers and
Show guides

5. What is one unique thing about fill elements in Flash as compared to other tools?
You can separate the fill from the stroke.

6. What is the difference between a stroke created with the brush tool and a thick line created by the line tool?
A thick line is just made of two points while the stroke line is created by an outer line where the points can be modified.

7. How do you control what the brush tool paints over? What are the 5 options and what do they do.
It can be control using the brush mode option.

1. Paint normal
2. Paint fill
3. Paint behind
4. Paint inside
5. Paint selection

8. What is the difference between the paint bucket and the ink bottle?
Paint bucket is for the fill color
Ink bottle is for the stroke color

9. What does the lock fill do?
Makes the same gradient go over two or more shapes.

10. What is does the smoothing setting do for the brush tool.
Makes a line curve and smoother

11. How can you tell if the eye dropper is going to sample a fill or a line?
In a fill sample there’s a small paintbrush next to the eye dropper.
In a line sample there’s a small pencil next to the eye dropper.

12. How do you draw an oval from the center?
holding option

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Flash Questions 01


1. What are the shortcuts for:
Showing the entire stage: apple 2
Showing the entire object: apple 3
zoom in tool: apple +
zoom out tool: apple -
Panning the stage: spacebar
Showing outlines: Apple, option, shift, o

2. What is the difference between the selection tool (black arrow) and the sub selection tool (white arrow)?
Selection tool selects all shape and makes curves, subselection select points in a shape to manipulate de handle points.

3. Name the six drawing tools?
1. Line
2. Pen
3. Oval
4. Rectangle
5. Polystar
6. Pencil

4. To use guides what must be turned on? Rulers and
Show guides

5. What is one unique thing about fill elements in Flash as compared to other tools?
You can separate the fill from the stroke.

6. What is the difference between a stroke created with the brush tool and a thick line created by the line tool?
A thick line is just made of two points while the stroke line is created by an outer line where the points can be modified.

7. How do you control what the brush tool paints over? What are the 5 options and what do they do.
It can be control using the brush mode option.

1. Paint normal
2. Paint fill
3. Paint behind
4. Paint inside
5. Paint selection

8. What is the difference between the paint bucket and the ink bottle?
Paint bucket is for the fill color
Ink bottle is for the stroke color

9. What does the lock fill do?
Makes the same gradient go over two or more shapes.

10. What is does the smoothing setting do for the brush tool.
Makes a line curve and smoother

11. How can you tell if the eye dropper is going to sample a fill or a line?
In a fill sample there’s a small paintbrush next to the eye dropper.
In a line sample there’s a small pencil next to the eye dropper.

12. How do you draw an oval from the center?
holding option