Re: FLASH: Here is me two cents regarding, hit areas for buttons

[Marc Hoffman]

At 02:22 PM 5/7/99 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi Robi,

>

>> I take button making one step further then what John mentions below by

>> after deleting the border, I make the fill a symbol entitled "hit".

>> Then I reuse this hit symbol for all my buttons be resizing the symbol

>> appropriately.  It pays of in file size if there are a significant

>> number of buttons with basically the same hit shape.

>This is a good tip with one small note. If the hit area is a simple

>rectangle it is cheaper just to drw a new rectangle, but this is a good

>idea for most any other shape that is more complex including simple

>ovals and circles.


While we're on the topic, my method is to draw a rectangle around the

active area (using onion skinning to see where I'm covering).  Then with

the arrow tool I pull the corners where I need them, pull the sides into

whatever curves I need, and add points (ctrl-drag) if necessary.  Fill it

in and delete the outline.  Quick and simple.  So, John, if I use only four

vertices and some curves, is that cheaper than reusing a symbol?



Marc Hoffman

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