Take our free Flash CS4 tutorial. Our online Flash CS4 tutorial covers creating
graphics, working with layers, and adding motion, sound, and text to
your Flash CS4 movie.
In this tutorial I take you step-by-step through the process
of creating this Flash CS4 Professional movie. You will learn how to create
graphics, work with layers, and add motion, sound, and text to your movie.
To begin, open Flash CS4 Professional. The window shown here appears:
Click Flash File (ActionScript 3.0). The window shown here appears:
Note: The window shown is the default layout and is named Essentials. If your window has a different layout, click the down-arrow to the right of Help on the Menu bar and then select Essentials.
On the far right edge of the window, you see the Tools panel, which contains the tools you use to create or modify drawings
and text. You select a tool by clicking it. If there are multiple tools in a single well, click the visible tool a second time and a popup menu appears. You can then choose the tool you want. Wells with multiple tools have a small triangle in the bottom-right corner.
Tool modifiers for the
selected tool are shown at the bottom of the Tools panel. You use modifiers to set
tool options.
When you hover your mouse pointer over a tool or display a tool menu, you will see that each tool has a letter associated with it. You can choose a tool by pressing the letter. For example, when you hover your mouse pointer over the Selection tool , you see "Selection Tool (V)." Pressing "v" activates the Selection tool.
The Property inspector and the Library panels appear to the left of the Tools panel. You use the Property inspector to set object and tool properties. You store objects in the Library.
The Timeline appears in the bottom portion of the window.
You use the Timeline to lay out the sequence of your movie.
The Stage is in the center of the window. You create
your movie on the Stage.
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, you see "Selection Tool (V)." Pressing "v" activates the Selection tool.
