Re: FLASH: pen tool

[unique]

> Hi Unique,

>  I come from an illustration and design background and used Illustrator

> and Freehand extensively for a long time. When I first started using

> Flash, I used FH for a lot of my artwork. After a while, I found I was

> using Flash 85% of the time. The transition from the traditional  bezier

> way to draw and Flash's way was a bit bumpy, but now I find I really

> prefer Flash. After all, it's not as if bezier drawing is the natural

> way to draw. It is a learned skill (and not an easy one to learn as

> witnessed by all the step by step tutorials on how to do it). 

>  Once I stared thinking in Flash, Flash became easier for most things.

> The only times I use FH or Illustrator now is when I need to create

> something Flash does not do easily. For example: type on a path,

> envelope distortions of type, some frame by frame animations (blends on

> a path released to layers and exported as a swf), that kind of thing.

>  Hope this helps.

>

> Dorian


Well, I'm just still a Flash way-newbie, but how the heck do you draw *any

curve* **precisely** the way you want it to be in Flash? Do you attempt to

do it by using parts of circles or what? Perhaps your graphics needs don't

require precisely drawn and positioned curves, but mine certainly does. I'm

curious how you get around this.


Thanks,


Ken


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>

> unique wrote:

>>

[Sarah Lamont wrote:]

>> >

>> >> hey, as of right now I am using Flash 2 while waiting for my Flash 4 to

come

>> >> in. I was just wondering if Flash 4 has a bezier pen tool, and if it

doesn't

>> >> why the heck not? I have found that Flash is relatively easy to use, and

the

>> >> only thing majorly lacking in my opinion is the pen tool. I think it is

>> >> difficult to create and alter graphics with the arrow tool the way you are

>> >> supposed to. Is there an easier way to make detailed graphics for flash

>> >> other than, say, copying and pasting them from Freehand? Is this

completely

>> >> stupid to do? Should I just get better at the tools in Flash? Anyone have

an

>> >> opinion or advice?

>>

>> I went to one of Macromedia's free 1/2-day seminars recently. "Fast Mickey"

>> was one of the presenters. He advised us that he does *almost all of* his

>> Flash work in FreeHand. (You've done the Flash tutorial in the FreeHand

>> manual, right?) This choice of software on his part may or may not have

>> anything to do with his nickname ...

>>

>> HTH,

>>

>> Ken Sherwood


<snip>


Ken Sherwood


kensherwood.com

http://www.kensherwood.com


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