Flash Tools

Flash Tools

The Pencil Tool

You use the Pencil tool to draw freehand shapes. You need to draw a tree trunk and a treetop to create a tree.

Create the Tree Trunk

Choose View > Grid from the menu. Deselect Snap to Grid.
Select the Pencil tool.

Click on the Stroke color box and select brown as the stroke color.
Click on the Fill color box and select brown as the fill color.
On the Modifier panel, select the Smooth option. This option rounds the corners of your drawing.

Draw the tree.

Select the Paint Bucket tool. You use the Paint Bucket tool to fill enclosed areas with color.

Click inside the trunk to fill the trunk with color.

Note: If your tree trunk does not fill with color, you might have gaps. To close the gaps, click on the Gap Size modifier and choose Close Large Gaps.

Turn the tree into a symbol.

Select the Arrow tool.
Use the Arrow tool to create a rectangle around the tree. This selects the tree.
Choose Modify > Group from the menu to make the treetop and the tree trunk a single object.
Choose Insert > Convert to Symbol from the menu. The Symbol Properties box will open.
Type Tree in the Name field.
Select Graphic as the Behavior type.
Click on OK. The tree should appear in the Library.
Press the Delete key to remove the tree from the Stage.

Create a moon using the oval tool. Convert it to a symbol and delete it from the stage.