Resizing Objects Flash Worksheet

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Resizing Objects

Scale
The scale tool shrinks or enlarges an object. All the angles and the ratios between sides remain consistent when a shape is scaled. This helps ensure that there is no distortion of images as the area is changed.

How to Rescale objects (Tools menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to rescale.

Step II	In the Tools menu choose the "Free Transform Tool"

Step IV	Hold down the "Shift" key then holding the left mouse button drag a corner handle to rescale.

How to Rescale objects (Main menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to rescale.

Step II	In the main menu go to "Modify > Scale"

Step IV	Holding the left mouse button drag a corner handle to rescale.

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Resizing- Free Transform
When an object is resized its dimensions are changed. In flash this type of transformation modifies opposite side of a rectangle at the same time ensuring that it remains a regular quadrilateral. The effect of this tool is to stretch or squash an object. This is what makes the "Free Transform" tool fundamentally different from the distortion and skew tools.

How to Resize objects (Main menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to rescale.

Step II	In the main menu go to "Modify > Transform >Free Transform"

Step III	Holding the left mouse button drag a handle to resize.

How to Resize objects (Tools menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to rescale.

Step II	In the Tools menu choose the "Free Transform Tool"

Step III	Holding the left mouse button drag a handle to resize.

Skewing
Skewing allows you to change the angle between sides without changing the lengths of the sides.

How to Skew objects (Main menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to skew.

Step II	In the main menu go to "Modify >Transform > Rotate and Skew"

Step III	Hover the mouse over a section of the perimeter line between handles. When the skew sign appears hold down the left mouse button and drag to skew the object.

How to Skew objects (Tools menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to skew.

Step II	In the Tools menu choose the "Free Transform Tool"

Step III	Hover the mouse over a section of the perimeter line between handles. When the skew sign appears hold down the left mouse button and drag to skew the object.

Distortion
Distortion allows you to directly adjust the ratio of the sides of the object as well as the angles between the sides. The number of corners and therefore the number of sides can be reduced by opening a corner angle to 180 degrees.

How to Distort objects (Main menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to distort.

Step II	In the main menu go to "Modify >Transform > Distort"

Step III	Holding the left mouse button drag a handle to resize.

How to Distort objects (Tools menu):

Step I	Select the object or objects you intend to distort.

Step II	In the Tools menu choose the "Free Transform Tool"

Step III	Hover the mouse over a handle. When the cursor turns white hold down the left mouse button and drag to distort the object.