LESSON OBJECTIVES: To understand the different flash work spaces. To understand the stage. Understand the menu. To learn the use of tools. To understand the history. To know the keyboard shortcuts in flash. To know the library Understand the timeline. learn how to add, rename, hide, show, move and remove layers. Understand the placing of layers. learn how to organize the layers in folders. learn what is frame learn how to add, move and remove key frame.

1. Explore the interface
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2. Lesson objectives:
• To understand the different flash workspaces.
• To understand the stage.
• Understand the menu.
• To learn the use of tools.
• To understand the history.
• To know the keyboard shortcuts in flash.
• To know the library
• Understand the timeline.
• learn how to add, rename, hide, show, move and remove layers.
• Understand the placing of layers.
• learn how to organize the layers in folders.
• learn what is frame
• learn how to add, move and remove key frame.
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3. Workspace
The space that we work on, and it contains the stage, tool bar, time line and panels.
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4. • There are several examples of workspaces style that you can use, when you
change your workspace, the element and its places will change.
• To setup a workspace Go to the top of the screen and choose Essentials.
The default workspace is Essentials
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You will see the different workspaces like:
• Classic: The toolbar at the left, the time line at the top, the panels at the
right and the stage at the bottom, like the last version of Adobe Flash.

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• Designer: which helps you design and work more quickly.

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• Developer: which is made for creating programs and writing
codes.

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• Debug: helps you debug your applications.

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To get familiar with flash, you
should understand the interface
and its elements.

10. Stage
All the work you will be done and displayed on the stage
Stage:

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Tool bar
Adobe flash provides
different tools that
make it easy to use
the program
Selection tool
Sub selection tool
Free transform tool
3D rotation tool
Lasso tool
Pen tool
Drawing tools
Text tool
Line tool

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Brush tools
Pencil tool
Deco tool
Bone tools
Paint tools
Eyedropper tool
Eraser tool
Hand tool
Zoom tool
Stroke color
Fill color
Black & white
Swap colors

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Library:
The store of all the
materials you use, either its
an image, sound or video.
In next lesson you will
learn how to import
images into the library.

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Timeline:
We use the timeline to organize and control the flash
contents (images, videos and sounds)
It contains two components:
• Layers
• frames

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Layers:
The flash system depends on the layers and each layer could
have one or more objects.

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Working with layers:
Add layer Delete layer
Add folder
We use folders to organize and gather the layers
in case we have many layers
Lock layer
Locking and hiding layers
making it safe to work.
when you work on a layer
lock or hide the rest of the
layers to prevent it from
being changed or edited.
Hide layer

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The upper layer covers on the underneath layer, in image (1), the layer 1
which contains a circle is above layer 2 which contain a rectangle, so we see
the circle cover the half of the rectangle, and the opposite in image (2).
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To rename a layer double
click on it and write the
name
To move the layer just drag
it.

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Frames:
Frame is the actual time that we display the content on.
Frame
number
The content of layer 1 will be displayed in the first frame, then layer 2
then layer 3.

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A key frame is timing of the object and how long will the
object be displayed
In other words, it determines when does it start and when
does it end.
Key frame:

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To insert a key frame, right click on the frame and choose
insert key frame.
* To move the key frame drag it.
* To delete the key frame just press
delete from your keyboard.

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Here, the circle will be
displayed from frame 1 to
frame 20
the rectangle will be displayed
from frame 1 to frame 25
And the oval will be displayed
from frame 1 to frame 30.

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History
To see the history off all actions you’ve done, go to Window → other
panels → history Or press ctrl + F10.

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Keyboard shortcuts
To see all the keyboard shortcuts go to edit → keyboard shortcuts.