Re: FLASH: pen tool

[alex]

You draw the curve in illustrator or freehand and cut and paste.

command tab (mac quick key to jump programs) has never been more useful.


i am lazy about bezier curves and much prefer the flash drawing tool, and if i need

something precise, i do it somewhere else.


unique wrote:


> > 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

>

> -----

>

> >

> > 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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