Flash Movie

Create your own Flash movie. Take our Flash 5 tutorial to learn how. Our Flash tutorial covers creating graphics, working with layers, and adding motion, sound, and text to your Flash movie.

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Add Grass

Click on the Building layer name to make the Building layer the active layer.
Click anywhere outside the Stage to deselect the buildings.
Select the Rectangle tool.
Select Hairline from the drop-down menu in the Stroke panel. If the panel is not open, choose Windows > Panels > Stroke from the menu.
Select black in the Stroke color box.
Select bright green in the Fill color box.
Draw a rectangle below the buildings.

Add a Road

Select gray in the Fill color box.
Draw a second rectangle below the green rectangle.

Add a Title Area

Select purple as the fill color.
Draw the last rectangle, as shown

Add Trees

Now you will add two trees to your movie.

Create a Trees Layers

Create a new layer and name it Trees.

Make sure Building is the active layer. (You click on the layer name to make a layer active.)
Choose Insert > Layer from the menu. A new layer will appear at the top of the Timeline.
Choose Modify > Layer from the menu. The Layer Properties dialog box will open.
Type Trees in the Name field.
Click on OK.

Get a Tree

Take a tree from the Library.

Move to the Library. If the Library panel is not open, choose Window > Library from the menu.
Click in the icon next to Tree and drag a tree onto the Stage.

Resize the Tree

Select the Arrow tool.
Select the Scale Modifier.
Drag the handles until the tree is the appropriate size.
Place the tree on the Stage in front of a building.
Repeat the process and place another tree on the Stage.


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