ARTech FLASH User Interface Drawing Tools Study Guide 8 th Grade Technology | Wakefield Middle School
When creating a new FLASH DOCUMENT
PROJECT FILE: (.fla ) The master project file format. Referred to “project file” and/or “production file”.fla stand for FLA sh MOVIE FILE: (.swf ) The movie file format. Referred to “published file” and/or “optimized file”.swf stand for S mall W eb F ile File Types
FLASH - USER INTERFACE Tools Stage Work Area Edit Bar Timeline Panels Property Inspector
Toolbar Selection (V) Line (N) Pen (P) Pencil (Y) Free Transform (Q) Ink Bottle (S) Eyedropper (I) Hand (H) Subselect (A) Lasso (L) Text (T) Shape (R, O) Brush (B) Paint Bucket (K) Eraser (E) Zoom (M) Stroke Color Fill Color Black & White Swap Color No Color Tool Options
LINES: Are created with the Pencil, Pen and Line tools STROKES: Are the outlines that are created using the Shape tools ( Rectangles and Ovals ) FILLS: Are created using the Brush and Paint Bucket tools LINES and STROKES are independent of any FILLS FILLS can be created without or with STROKES around them
TIMELINE: LAYERS:FRAMES: Layers represent the depth of the objects in your movie Frames represent how they change over time Controls and displays all of the static and moving elements of your Flash projects PLAYHEAD: Indicates which frame in the timeline is currently displayed on the stage