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Using the 3D tools - Flash Professional Tutorial
From the course: Flash Professional CS5 Essential Training
Using the 3D tools
The 3D tools in Flash enable you to manipulate artwork in 3D space. Now, this doesn't actually make the artwork three-dimensional. It just gives you a three-dimensional effect, kind of like if you were moving a piece of paper around in 3D space. So it doesn't have actual three-dimensions. So let's take a look at this bridge on the Stage. If I select it, you will see that it's a group, and you don't need to have a group, you can actually start with a Shade if you would like. But I have my grouped bridge here, and then in order to manipulate an object in 3D space, you need to convert it to a movie clip. That's something called a symbol. And we will talk about symbols and movie clips in another movie. So to convert this to a symbol, you can go to Modify > Convert to Symbol. Notice that the keyboard shortcut is F8. So for the Type, I am going to choose Movie Clip, and that's all I am going to do for now, and I will click OK. And now I have this movie clip symbol, and when I change it to a…
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Selecting lines and fills3m 57s
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Modifying lines and fills2m 16s
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Using the Pen tool5m 25s
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Using the Brush tool5m 52s
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Optimizing shapes for enhanced performance1m 15s
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Using the Eraser tool1m 54s
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Working with groups2m 39s
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Using the Eyedropper tool1m 20s
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Changing fill and stroke colors with the Paint Bucket and Ink Bottle tools3m 30s
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Using the Color panel2m 50s
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Using the Color Swatches panel1m 51s
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Creating gradients2m 19s
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Using the Gradient Transform tool2m 4s
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Using the Free Transform tool3m 27s
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Aligning objects with the Align panel3m 57s
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Using the 3D tools4m 11s
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Using rulers and guides2m 11s
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