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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Arthur C Clarke.........Flash 8 QuickSkills

Basic Flash Video Tutorial QuickSkills

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The Flash Environment

Showing the grid
Showing the ruler
Showing guides

Viewing panels
Show/Hide timeline
Show/Hide panels
Show/Hide tools
Showing selected panels
Show properties panel I
Show align panel I
Show color panel I
Showing the library panel I

Flash Environment II

Zooming II (numerical)
Zooming II (zoom to fit window)
Zooming III (main menu)
Changing grid size
Changing grid color
Changing ruler units
Changing guide color
Clear guides
Lock guides
Using guides to draw shapes
Using guides to position objects

Snapping
Snap to grid (main menu)
Snap to object (main menu)
Snap to guide (main menu)
Edit Snapping

Flash Tools

The Selection tool
Moving objects
How to select and object on stage
How to deselect and object on stage
How to select multiple objects
Move the end point of a curve
Move points on a polygon
Reshape a curve
Reshape an oval
Reshape a polygon
Turn a line into a curve
Add anchor point to an oval
Add an anchor point to a rectangle

The Subselection tool
Editing shapes
Moving objects
Moving the end points of a curve
Moving points on a curve
Delete points on a curve
Reshaping a curve using the bezier handles
Reshape an oval using bezier handles
Convert corner point to curve points

The Free Transform tool
Scale a shape
Resizing and object
Vertically Resizing an object
Horizontally resizing an object
Vertical flip
Horizontal flip
Vertical skew
Horizontal skew
Rotating an object
Distorting a rectangle (vector graphic)
Distorting a bitmap (bitmap graphic)

The Gradient transform tool
Change Linear gradient position
Change linear gradient orientation
Change linear linear overflow
Change radial gradient center
Change radial gradient orientation
Change radial gradient overflow
Change radial gradient shape

The Line tool
Drawing lines
Drawing lines with different properties
Change line color
Change the line alpha value
Change line height
Change line style
Changing line xy position
Changing line width and height
Creating simple shapes with the line tool

The lasso tool
Selecting objects with the lasso

The Pen tool
Drawing with the pen tool
Add new anchor point
Add new anchor point to an oval
Convert curve point to a corner point
Convert a curve point to a corner point in an oval
Delete an anchor point
Delete an anchor point in an oval
Delete and anchor point in a rectangle

The Text tool
Inserting text with the text tool
Editing text

Changing text size
Changing text color
Changing alignment
Changing text indentation
Changing line spacing
Changing font
Changing text style (bold)

Converting text to ant-alias for readability
Changing the letter spacing

Changing orientation of text
Converting text to superscript
Using text auto-kern
Hyperlinking text (properties)
Making text selectable in a swf

The Oval tool
Drawing ovals
Drawing a perfect circle
Changing the color fill
Removing the color fill
Changing the fill alpha setting
Changing the stroke color
Removing the stroke
Changing the stroke alpha setting
Changing the stroke style
Changing the stroke height

The Rectangle tool
Drawing a rectangle
Drawing rectangles II
Creating a prefect square
Creating the perfect square II
Creating rectangles with rounded corners
Changing rectangle fill color
Changing rectangle stroke color
Changing rectangle stroke style
Changing rectangle stroke height

Polygon Tool
Creating a six sided polygon
Creating a six pointed star
Changing the point size of a star

The Pencil tool
Drawing with the pencil tool
Setting the pencil color
Setting the pencil style

Smoothing lines
Straightening lines
Smoothing shapes (shape recognition)

The Brush tool
Using the brush tool
Changing the brush color
Changing the brush shape
Setting the brush mode
Creating a bitmap fill
Creating a pattern fill
Creating a gradient fill

The Ink tool
Creating a stroke outline
Changing the color of a line/stroke

The Paint Bucket tool
Filling a shape
Changing a fill color
Editing a radial gradient fill
Using the paint bucket fill options
Setting the fill across multiple shapes

The Sample tool
Taking a sample color from a bitmap

The Eraser tool
Erasing pixels in a bitmap

The Grab tool
Using the grab tool

The Zoom tool
Using the zoom tool

Working with Images

How to import an image onto the stage
How to import images into the library

Drag an image onto the stage
Rasterizing an image
Converting an image to a "graphic" Resizing a "graphic" instance II
Compressing an image file
Editing an image with fireworks

Manipulating Objects

Grouping objects
Ungrouping objects
Drawing objects (auto grouping)
Creating a graphic
Creating a movie clip
Converting to a graphic symbol
Converting to a movie clip symbol
Converting a bitmap to a graphic
Converting a symbol back to a shape

Create multiple instances of a graphic
Edit the common image file of multiple graphic instances

Working With Frames &
Keyframes I (Timeline)
Insert frames
Remove frames

Insert a keyframe
Insert blank keyframe
Clear a keyframe
Convert to keyframe
Convert to blank keyframe

Cut and paste frames
Copy and paste keyframe
Select all frames in a timeline
Drag frames
Drag keyframes
Drag frames and keyframes
Drag frames and Keyframes to another
layer

Onion skin all frames
Onion skin selected frames

Edit multiple selected frames
Edit all frames

Working with Layers I (timeline)

Create new layer
Rename a layer
Re-ordering layers
Delete layer
Lock a layer from editing
Hide a layer

Working with Text II (Menu Bar)

Entering symbol font text
Changing font II
Changing text size II
Changing text style II
Creating Superscript text II

Changing alignment II
Changing the letter spacing II

Changing spell check settings to include text fields
Checking text spelling
Changing spell check language settings

Breaking apart text

Transforming Objects (Menu Bar)

Bitmap free transform
Bitmap free transform rotation
Rotate bitmap 90 degrees cw
Rotate bitmap 90