Chapter 5. Flash MX 2004 Tools

Flash MX 2004 is, at its heart, a vector animation tool. Granted, it does a lot more than that, and more and more often it's being used by clever designers and programmers to create robust interfaces and applications. Since Flash has a robust set of drawing tools, nearly all your graphic assets can be produced within Flash itself.

In this chapter, we will review the tools in Flash; what they are and what they do. We'll detail the tools that draw, select, and transform the assets that you make to create a compelling and well-designed interface.

Selection Tools

The main selection tool in Flash is the black arrow, ...

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