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How to Duplicate colors in the flash palette and delete individual colors, or clear all colors from the flash palette. To duplicate or delete a color you need to  select Window > Swatches, now click the color to duplicate or delete, and select Duplicate Swatch or Delete Swatch from the panel menu. When duplicating a swatch, [...]

You can specify the stroke and fill color of graphic objects and shapes using either the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Tools panel, or the Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in the Property inspector. The Stroke Color and Fill Color section of the Tools panel contains controls for activating the Stroke [...]

The following code will allow you to create a Bubble Effect in Flash CS4/AS3. To get the script to work correctly you need to have a movieClip in your library with the class name “bubble_class” This AS3 class  will create the bubble effect. package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.Event; import flash.display.Stage; class bubbles { private [...]

A gradient is a multicolor fill in which one color gradually changes into another color. Flash lets you apply up to 15 color transitions to a gradient. Creating a gradient is a good way to create a smooth color gradation across one or more objects. You can save a gradient as a swatch to make [...]

You can create any color using the Flash Color panel. If an object is selected on the Stage, the color modifications you make in the Color panel are applied to the selection. You can select colors in RGB or HSB , or you can expand the panel to use hexadecimal mode. You can also specify [...]

Each Flash file contains its own color palettes, stored in the Flash document. Flash displays a file’s palette as swatches in the Fill Color and Stroke Color controls and in the Swatches panel. The default color palette is the web-safe palette of 216 colors . To add colors to the current color palette , use [...]

The Color panel lets you modify the color palette of a FLA and change the color of strokes and fills, including the following: Import, export, delete, and otherwise modify the color palette for a FLA file by using the Swatches panel. Select colors in hexadecimal mode. Create multicolor gradients. Use gradients to produce a wide [...]

You use the Project panel (Window > Other Panels > Project) to create and manage projects. The panel displays the contents of a Flash project in a collapsible tree structure. The panel title bar displays the project name. If certain types of project files are missing (not in the specified location), a dialog specifying which items are [...]

Templates are FLA files that are preconfigured with content that you can customize for your own purposes. There are several different templates available. About templates Flash templates provide you with easy-to-use starting points for common projects. There are several templates for advertising projects included with Flash. Advertising templates Advertising templates facilitate the creation of standard [...]

There are several ways to create scrolling text in Flash: Make dynamic or input text fields scrollable by using menu commands or the text field handle. This does not add a scrollbar to the text field, but instead allows the user to scroll the text with the arrow keys (for text fields also set to [...]

If you work with a document that contains fonts that aren’t installed on your system, Flash uses the fonts available on your system. You can select which fonts are substituted for the missing fonts, or you can let Flash substitute missing fonts with the Flash System Default Font. When a font is substituted, the text [...]

Select text or a text field: Use the Text tool  to select text in a text field. To link all the text in a text field, use the Selection tool  to select a text field. In the Link text field in the Options section of the Property inspector (Window > Properties), enter the URL to which [...]

Select Text > Check Spelling to view the Check Spelling dialog box.The box in the upper-left corner identifies words not found in the selected dictionaries, and also identifies the type of element that contains the text (such as a text field or frame label). Do one of the following: Click Add To Personal to add the [...]

Text is horizontal by default. However, static text can also be aligned vertically. You can use most common word-processing techniques to edit text in Flash. Use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands to move text in a Flash file as well as between Flash and other applications. Add text to the Stage Select the Text [...]

There are three types of text fields: static, dynamic, and input. All text fields support Unicode. Static text fields display text that doesn’t change characters dynamically. Dynamic text fields display dynamically updating text, such as stock quotes or weather reports. Input text fields allow users to enter text in forms or surveys. You can create [...]