- Introduction
- Changing Drawing Settings
- Drawing with the Line Tool
- Drawing with the Pencil Tool
- Drawing Shapes with the Rectangle and Oval Tools
- Using the Polystar Tool
- Selecting Strokes with the Arrow Tool
- Selecting Strokes and Fills with the Arrow Tool
- Making Selections with the Lasso Tool
- Zooming In and Out with the Magnifying Glass
- Moving Around with the Hand Tool
- Displaying Rulers
- Using Grids and Guides
- Modifying Grid and Guide Settings
- Using Snap Align
- Changing Stroke and Fill Colors
- Creating Custom Colors
- Editing Strokes with the Ink Bottle
- Editing Fills with the Paint Bucket
- Editing Strokes and Fills with the Eyedropper
- Creating Gradients
- Using the Fill Lock
- Using Paint Brush Modes
- Drawing with the Pen Tool
- Drawing Curves with the Pen Tool
- Modifying Shapes with the Arrow Tool
- Modifying Shapes with the Sub-Selection Tool
- Using the Free Transform Tool
- Using Transform Options for Shapes
- Cutting and Pasting Graphics Between Layers
- Working with Graphics on Different Layers
- Distributing Graphics to Layers
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Changing Stroke and Fill Colors
Artwork created in Flash can have strokes and fills. Strokes and fills behave differently and are edited in different ways. A stroke is an outline. It describes the edges of a shape or it can be a simple line. You can create strokes with the Line tool or the Pencil tool. A fill is a solid shape, often contained or surrounded by a stroke. It is the surface area of a shape and can be a color, gradient, texture, or bitmap. Fills can be created with the Paintbrush tool and the Paint Bucket tool. The Oval, Rectangle, and Pen tool can create shapes with either a stroke or a fill, or both. You can edit the characteristics of strokes and fills, such as color, in several ways. If the shape is selected on the Stage, a color change to a stroke or fill can be made in any of the color palettes. Because Flash uses vectors to describe shapes, you can change their properties as much as you want without any loss in quality. It is important to grasp the concept behind them because they are the basis for drawing in Flash.
Change the Stroke Color
Click the Arrow tool in the Toolbar.
Select the stroke of the shape by double-clicking it.
Click the Stroke color box in the Toolbar.
Select a new color from the palette.
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3.33Did You Know?
You can change the stroke color in three other places. Stroke color boxes are also located in the Property Inspector, the Color Mixer panel, and the Swatches panel. In all cases, select the stroke you want to change and choose a new color from any of the palettes.
You can change the line width and style of a stroke or set the stroke color to None in the Property Inspector. Click the stroke you want to change to select it, and then select any of the options in the Property Inspector. Setting the stroke color to None removes the stroke from the shape.
Change the Fill Color
Click the Arrow tool in the Toolbar.
The pointer becomes an arrow.
Click the fill of the shape to select it.
This is the area inside the stroke.
Click the Fill color box in the Toolbar.
Select a new color from the palette.
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3.34Did You Know?
You can change the fill color in three other places. Fill color boxes are also located in the Property Inspector, the Color Mixer, and the Swatches panel. Just select the fill and choose a new color from one of the palettes by clicking on a new color box.
See Also
See "Editing Fills with the Paint Bucket" on page 103 for information on changing the fill color.