Comparing movie clips and graphic symbols

There are three different types of symbols in Flash.…Let’s take a look at two of them that are similar to each other, Movie Clips and…Graphic Symbols. We’ll discuss why you would use each one.…Let’s start with a new blank FLA document and examine the Movie Clip symbol first.…I’m going to draw a star, so I’m going to grab my Polystar tool, and now in the…Property Inspector, under Tool Settings, choose Options.…Under the drop down, I'm going to choose Star and I'll make it have five sides, or…points. I'll give it a black stroke and a yellow…fill and draw the star on the stage. Now, to convert it to a symbol, I'm going…to select a shape with my Arrow tool, right-click and choose Convert to Symbol.…

I'm going to give my symbol a name that makes sense.…So, how about Star. And make sure the drop down is set to…Movie Clip. And click OK.…Now, when I open the Library, we see the Star Movie Clip appearing there.…If I select the Movie Clip symbol on the Stage and open the Property Inspector.…Yep, it tells me it's a Movie Clip, and it's an instance of star.…