Drawing objects in Flash

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When I draw to the stage using the line tool or pencil tool,
I am unable to fill the item with a solid color or gradient color.
You must be able to do it as most tutorials say "draw the object
using the line tool and fill it using the paint bucket"
What am I doing wrong??????
Brian M

Hi...You should tuch every line...then you can do..

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This happens mostly with drawing objects, and to a lesser degree with shapes. When resizing drawing objects in Flash CS6 with pixel snapping turned on, one would expect the dimensions of the shape to snap to even pixel numbers. For the most part it does, but too frequently the position and size values begin to drift into fractions of pixels.
If you create a rectangle as a drawing object, no stroke, it will snap to pixels properly. Drag it around and it always lands on whole pixel values. Now try resizing it using the free transform tool, or even by clicking and dragging the position and size values in the properties panel. Width and height values will mostly stick to whole pixels, but too often it will slip into fractions of pixels, bizarrely offsetting the x and y values as well. If you resize a drawing object and this error occurs, it does not help to try and move it to snap it back onto whole pixels, because it will snap to whatever fraction of a pixel it's currently stuck in, thereby forcing the user to manually edit the object's x and y coordinates.
This is a problem in my workflow as I'm constantly having to keep an eye on the properties panel and manually editing the numbers when shapes stray into 2.85 pixels or some such when I want it at 3. I find myself frequently just entering the numbers I want, which defeats the purpose of pixel snapping in the first place.

This happens mostly with drawing objects, and to a lesser degree with shapes. When resizing drawing objects in Flash CS6 with pixel snapping turned on, one would expect the dimensions of the shape to snap to even pixel numbers. For the most part it does, but too frequently the position and size values begin to drift into fractions of pixels.
If you create a rectangle as a drawing object, no stroke, it will snap to pixels properly. Drag it around and it always lands on whole pixel values. Now try resizing it using the free transform tool, or even by clicking and dragging the position and size values in the properties panel. Width and height values will mostly stick to whole pixels, but too often it will slip into fractions of pixels, bizarrely offsetting the x and y values as well. If you resize a drawing object and this error occurs, it does not help to try and move it to snap it back onto whole pixels, because it will snap to whatever fraction of a pixel it's currently stuck in, thereby forcing the user to manually edit the object's x and y coordinates.
This is a problem in my workflow as I'm constantly having to keep an eye on the properties panel and manually editing the numbers when shapes stray into 2.85 pixels or some such when I want it at 3. I find myself frequently just entering the numbers I want, which defeats the purpose of pixel snapping in the first place.

Drawing object

Just recently i started using flash again after a couple of
weeks on vacation. To my surprise it now has a nasty habit of
turning every line drawn into an objekt called
Drawing Object. How do I tyrn this function off? I just want
it to be a "plain old shape"
Thanx
/Finn, Sweden

it's all in the help docs (F1) but for now, just turn it off
in the toolbox (sub-selection of most
of the drawing tools).
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Skivling wrote:
> Just recently i started using flash again after a couple
of weeks on vacation.
> To my surprise it now has a nasty habit of turning every
line drawn into an
> objekt called
Drawing Object. How do I tyrn this function off? I just
> want it to be a "plain old shape"
>
> Thanx
> /Finn, Sweden
>

Drawing object looses roundness when enlarged.

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in my movie I have a round drawing object, which i wish to view enlarged (about 2000% of original size) . while editing it looks fine and round but after publishing all theroundness is lost and instead i get visible angles.
i attach 2 images to visualize, one from the editing stage and the other after publishing.
is there any way i can get around that strange effect? i created the image from some text i "broke apart" to a drawing object.
thanks.

Hey.
thank for your help again.
i am not using Bitmap text actually and my JPEG publish quality is set to BEST.
actually, this even becomes more weird!!
I tried copying just that specific draw element into a fresh flash movie. a new file.
I enlarged the draw element and published the movie- it came out very round and smooth.
then, I converted the draw element to a movieclip and applied a simple tween animation to "blow it up" (like i need to have in my original project).
Published again and there you go! rigidness is back!
so i guess its either converting to movie clip or the tween animation that does it. but why?
i havent got a clue anymore...

Is it possible to use 3D objects in Flash CS4 for animation?

Hi,
Is it possible to use 3D objects created in 3D Max, Blendor, iClone etc. to perform animation to make Flash Movie more realistic? Can I make nice animations like in iClone 4 Software?
If it is possible to use 3D Objects in Flash, please provide a sample Tutorial Link if you have any.
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Here are some links to 3d tutorils which u might find useful
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/3d_animation.html
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/lrvid4059_fl.html
http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs4/intro_3d_flashcs4_pg1.htm

Copy Multi-Layered Drawing-Object and keep the same Layers

Good evening
We often have to clone a Drawing-Object and the clone should use the same Layers. We expected that we can just select the Objects on the related Layers, Drag and keep a key (e.g. Ctrl) and Drop the copy
An example:
The original Object has an rectangle and a text on two layers:
Layer 1: Rectangle (Original)
Layer 2: Text (Original)
After cloning, we should have:
Layer 1: Rectangle (Original) Rectangle (Copy)
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Thanks a lot for all ideas in advance,
kind regards,
Thomas

Thank you for your fast answer!, unfortunately it does not work as expected: after the Copy-Operation I always have more Layers than before. To use my example again:
The original Object has an rectangle and a text on two layers:
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Layer 2: Text (Original)
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I always get:
Layer 1: Rectangle (Original)
Layer 2: Text (Original)
Layer 3: Rectangle (Copy)
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Thomas

Horrible drawing performance in Flash CS5.5 compared to CS3 on Mac

I have decided (again) to try and move on to a later version of Flash. I was on CS3 for a very long time, and so far did not have any reason to upgrade mainly because the new versions are just terrible. But I never give up. So I was told that Flash CS5.5 is the most OK to upgrade to, and with some extensions I can get it running almost like CS3. So I setup the app, the shortcuts, the extensions, the workspace, it takes like half a day, and then I discover, that I literally cannot draw on the damn thing with my Wacom pen. Because the performance is just cr***p !!! Drawing tools in Flash are so bad anyway, but now it is even worse. When I draw a curved line Flash CS5.5 just cannot process it and creates many corners with straight lines. It is obviously seen when drawing fast lines - look at the attached pictures how CS5.5 performs much much worse than CS3 (I have reduced Smoothing to 0 to get a clear idea of what's happening). What is the matter here? It isn't even funny! We buy all those new technologies for thousands of dollars to discover, that I can draw better with a mouse on Windows Paint from year1990?!
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ActionListener&MouseListener add to Drawing Object in JApplet

hi,guys
When I am doing my JApplet, I wanna add the ActionListener and MouseListener to the Drawing Object...
Like this:
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SD

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Where is the location of Shared Objects for Flash Player 11 in Vista?

Thanks for your reply.
I can find those directories as you have suggested but with directory roaming
AppData\Roaming\Adobe.....
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I just upgraded to CP 5. Need help with drawing objects.

I am trying to put a simple drawing object around a word. Like a square. I can't figure out how to not have any fill, just the outline of the box. Any suggestions? I was able to do this in CP 4.

Hi there
Personally, I'd use a Highlight Box to accomplish this. But that's just me.
Here are the steps for a square drawing object. I'll assume you have already inserted the object and placed it and all you want are instructions for dealing with the fill.
Look inside the properties inspector at the Fill & Stroke section. Click the Fill color and configure Alpha to 0%.
Cheers... Rick
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Creating 3ds max 3D objects for Flash?

Hi team,
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i would really like to make a 3D interactive object for a Google sites website, is there any way that you can point me towards to do this?
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Cheers
sub

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http://flare3d.com/
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I draw two ovals on stage, and I double click on one of the
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stage, or will
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How to tween drawing object?

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Gosh, you guys are working hard to help.
I followed all three steps (which is what I have been doing), but when I let go of the left mouse button, the cursor and thin outline of the rectangle disappear. Nothing shows. Blank stage.
I also tried setting the view to full. No difference.
As for pasting code into the run box...all that shows on your post are funny symbols that I can't make sense of.
I have tried all the tools...pen, pencil, paint brush, text, all with the same results.
I have checked the drawing preferences and everything is set to normal.
I am going to reinstall tomorrow, unless someone comes up with a solution.
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Drawing objects in Flash

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