Panels

What will you learn

• Tools
• Timeline
• Properties
• Align
• Color Mixer
• Color Swatch
• Info
• Scene
• Transform
• Actions
• Movie Explorer
• Library
• Common Library

Tools

• Tools panel is used to draw and edit graphics on the stage

Timeline

• Timeline shows the layers and sequences of an animation

Properties

• Properties Panel changes as different options are chosen from the Tools Panel
  

Align

• Align is used places several objects in an organised fashion
  

Color Mixer

• Color Mixer is used to create a gradient color that is used to fill an object.
• The gradient can be solid, linear, radial or a bitmap
  
• After creating a gradient you can Add to Swatch so that the gradient can be used again
  Click the icon in the Color Mixer Panel
  Select Add Swatch and the color will be added to a list of colors in the Color Swatch Panel
  

Color Swatch

• Shows a list of pre-defined colors

Info

• Shows the information about the color and position ( in terms of x and y) when the mouse moves over any object.
  

Scene

• Shows the list of scenes the flash file has
  
• Scenes can be duplicated by the icon
• New scenes can be added by the icon

Transform

• Transform Panel can rotate, enlarge or skew an object with numerical values.
  It has the same function as the Free Transform Tool which transforms an object without any numerical values.
  

Actions

• Actions Panel contains all the action script codes added to a frame, button or a movie clip

Movie Explorer

• Movie Explorer shows information about the flash files
• It has organised list of texts, buttons, movie clips, graphics, scenes, actions , sounds, layers and videos.

Library

• Library has a list of all the items that the flash file needs and all the items imported to the flash file.
  

• Movie Clip
• Bitmap
• Symbol
• Sound
• Video
• Buttons
• Folder

Common Library

• Common library has a storage of buttons and sounds which can be used.

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