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This document provides instructions for basic functions in Adobe Flash such as making and saving documents, adding graphics like shapes and text, and creating animations through frame-by-frame editing, motion tweens, and shape tweens. Key points covered include how to change background colors, add lines, circles, rectangles, and fill colors, select and modify objects, and make animations across multiple layers and frames.

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Flash Web

This document provides instructions for basic functions in Adobe Flash such as making and saving documents, adding graphics like shapes and text, and creating animations through frame-by-frame editing, motion tweens, and shape tweens. Key points covered include how to change background colors, add lines, circles, rectangles, and fill colors, select and modify objects, and make animations across multiple layers and frames.

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stix1776
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© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Basics

Making a New Flash Document


Saving Document
Exporting the Document as a .SWF File
Graphics
Changing the Background Color
Making a line
Circle
Rectangle
Fill Color
Pencil & Pen
Selecting, Moving and Deleting Objects
Making Text
Changing the Shapes of Objects
Animation
Making a new frame
Making Layers
Frame by Frame Animation
Making Motion Tween
Making a Shape Tween

Making a New Flash Document

Click on File then New


Then click on Flash Document, then click OK.

Saving your Flash Document

Click on File then Save As…, then name your document


Exporting your Document as a .SWF File

Click on File, then Export -> Export Movie

Changing the Background Color


Use the Selection Tool and click on the background, then select the Background Color
button on the bottom.

Making a line

Click on the line tool to draw a line. You can select the color, size or style of the line on
the bottom of the page.

Circle
Line color

Fill Color

Select the circle tool, then click and drag to draw you’re line. You can change the color
inside and outside of the circle by selecting the Line Color and Fill Color options.

Rectangle

Line color

Fill Color
Select the rectangle tool, and click and drag the rectangle just like the circle. You can
change the outside and inside color by selecting the Line Color and Fill Color options.

Fill Color

To fill color inside of a shape, click the Paint Bucket Tool and select the color from the
Fill Color option, then click inside of a shape to paint.

Pencil and Pen


To make a pencil or pen shape, click the pencil or pen tool, the change the color with
Line Color or Fill Color (respectively). You can change the shape with the tool on the
bottom right.

Selecting, Moving and Deleting Objects


To select it’s object (to change its color), to move an object or to delete an object, click
on the Selection Tool on the top, then click on the shape that you want to select. Double-
click on something if you want to select the whole object.

Making Text

Click on the Text Tool to make text on the screen. You can change the font style, size or
color on the bottom.

Changing the Shapes of Objects


Click on the Selection Tool (or hold CTRL), and click and drag on the object that you
want to change.

Making a New Frame


Right-click on an empty layer and select Insert Keyframe (click Insert Black Keyframe
for a frame without any of your old work)

Making a Motion Tween

Select an entire object, then click Modify ->Group.


Insert a new keyframe.

Move the object.


Click on a frame in the middle and select Motion Tween.

Making Shape Tween

Start with a basic object


Insert Keyframe of Black Keyframe (up to you)

Make a new object

Select any frame in the middle and then select Shape Tween on the bottom.
Frame by Frame Animation

Start with a basic shape that you can animate

Make a new Keyframe by right-clicking on a black frame and click Insert Keyframe
Move your object (repeat until you like the animation that you have)

Making Layers
If you need to animate multiple parts of the same object, you should use layers so that the
parts don’t work against each other. Click on the New Layer button to create a new
layer.

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