Flash design tips

To create precise vector graphics in Flash, it’s all about learning to use and control the tools.

The drawing tools in Macromedia Flash MS 2004 allow you to create precision vector graphics. Vector graphics are line-based graphics. In the world of mathematics, a vector is a line that has a defined starting point, a designated direction, and a specified distance. With vector graphics, vectors control the manner in which curved and straight lines are shaped between specific points. The picture is made up of these lines as well as the colors of areas enclosed by the lines.

Because of how they are created, vector graphics can be resized easily without reducing image quality. A vector graphic appears much smoother and more precise than a raster (or bitmap) image, which is made up of pixels (dots). Vector graphics also download faster than comparable raster images.

Tools

Flash offers several drawing tools for drawing vector graphics. The Tools palette should be open by default, but if you can’t see it along the left side of the Flash window, select Tools from the Window menu to activate it. (Don’t confuse the Toolbars submenu with the Tools command; they are two separate entries on the Window menu.)

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