Flash Lectures 1 & 2

Tools
Solid arrow - Click on solid arrow when you're finished. It also moves things around.
White arrow - use to drag, like handles on shapes
Free Transformation (box with dot inside) - change size & free rotate
Lasso -
Line -
Text -
Pen - creates multiple anchor points
Circle
Square
Pencil
Ink Bottle
Paint Bucket
Eraser
Eye Dropper

Movement:
Click on frame one.
You need to convert it into a symbol instead of bitmap
Modify -> convert to symbol -> graphic
(You can't erase a symbol.)

Click on a later frame on the timeline.
Insert -> Timeline -> Keyframe

Properties -> Tween -> Motion

Control -> Test Movie

To undo your conversion to symbol,
Modify -> Break Apart

Change Shape:
Properties -> Tween -> Shape
(You will have to delete the first shape when you are on your key frame.)

Homework:
Export -> Export Image -> save as .swf