You can also specify the dimensions of the rectangle in advance. Select the Rectangle tool, press Alt (Windows)/Option (Mac), and click the Stage. The Rectangle Settings dialog box opens, but this time it includes Width and Height text boxes that you can use to get exactly the size rectangle that you want. When you click OK, the rectangle appears immediately. You can then move it to the location that you want. If you want to create a rectangle with no fill, choose the Rectangle tool, open the Fill Color box, and click the box with the diagonal line in the upper-right corner of the Color palette. To create a rectangle with a fill but no outline, choose the Rectangle tool, click the Stroke Color tool, and choose the box with the diagonal line at the top of the palette. Be an egg To draw an oval, choose the Oval tool from the Tools panel. Click the Stage at one corner of the oval and drag to the opposite corner. (Ovals don t really have corners, but you get the idea after you try one or two.) Then release the mouse button. To create a perfect circle, press and hold Shift while you drag. After you click the Oval tool, you can change the line color, type, and weight in the same way as we describe in the Setting the stroke type section, earlier in this chapter, for the Pencil tool. You can set the colors as we describe in the preceding section on drawing rectangles. You can specify the exact width and height of the oval. Select the Oval tool, press Alt (Windows)/Option (Mac), and click on the Stage. The Oval Settings dialog box opens. Use the Width and Height text boxes to specify the size that you want, and click OK to create the oval. Mixing and Matching Shapes After you create shapes on the Stage, you need to understand what happens when two objects touch. It s a little weird, but you soon see how flexible the Flash drawing tools are. Two basic rules exist about objects that touch. On the other hand, Flash 8 has a new object-drawing model that lets you keep your objects whole. We discuss both scenarios in the following sections. (If you re trying to follow the next two sections and the objects you draw have blue boundaries around them, you re using the object-drawing model. To turn the object-drawing model on and off, click the Object Drawing button in the Options section of the Tools panel.) 54 Part II: 1,000 Pictures and 1,000 Words
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