FLASH Drawing - Part VI

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Jul 10, 2001

Brush Tool

Brush Tool is used in a similar way like we used real brush to paint on the walls. You have seen that all graphic applications have same tool but flash provides a lot of flexibility in using this tool with the help of its modifiers. Brush Tool has four modifiers namely Brush Mode, Brush Size, Brush Shape and Lock Fill.

Brush Mode

There are five options in the Brush Mode that effect the working of the Brush Tool.

Paint Normal

Brush in this mode goes on painting everything on its way. Draw a colored circle. Choose a different fill color from that of the fill of circle. Select Paint Normal and start painting on the circle. You will see both outline and fill portion of the circle has been painted.

Paint Fills

Brush in this mode only paints the fill of object. Select Paint Fills and start painting on the circle. You will see only fill portion of the circle has been painted, the outline color will remain the same.

Paint Behind

Brush in this mode only paints behind the object. Select Paint Behind and start painting on the circle. You will see paint appears only behind the object, the outline and fill color will remain the same.

Paint Selection

Brush in this mode only paints the selected area. Select a certain area of circle with the help of Arrow Tool. Select Paint Selection and start painting on the circle. You will see paint appears only on the selected area.

Paint Inside

Brush in this mode only paints the inner portion of circle. If it paints on the inner portion then what is the difference between Paint Inside and Paint Fill? In Paint Side we have to place our mouse pointer inside the circle otherwise it will not paint the inner portion.

Brush Size

The second modifier of Brush Tool is its size. Click on the pull down menu. Here you will find ten different sizes of brush. The sizes define how much area is to be painted.

Brush Shape

There are nine different shapes of brush in pull down menu. These shapes define the way in which picture is painted. The last three shapes can be used for writing Arabic or Urdu scripts.

Lock Fill

The last modifier is the Lock Fill. It is difficult to define this modifier in words so lets take an experiment. Before we start with experiment it is necessary to have a talk on Linear and Radial Gradients.