Flash offers lots of tools and helps you express your creative ideas on digital canvas. The main working area of Flash is called ‘stage” and at the left side of stage, you can see the designing tools. Using those tools, you can draw objects, add Flash web animation effects and create Flash movie files. Here is a simple step by step process for a basic Flash design.
1. Open Flash and go to the “Flash document” option under “create new” tab. A blank stage and an animation timeframe will appear on screen.
2. Look at the “tools” panel and select “brush tool” to draw an object. You can select the paint color from the “color” box. Select any suitable paintbrush style from the brush head menu.
3. Using the paintbrush you can draw a line or a smiley or any other graphics on the stage area. The key frame on the timeline remains a blank circle till the stage is empty. As soon as you draw an image, the first key frame’s circle changes into black, denoting something is drawn on the stage.
4. If you want to add a new layer, click on the “new layer” icon. Now go the “file” menu and click on “import”. This option allows you to bring any image on the stage from hard disc. Click on “import to stage” and find an image that you want to import for Flash design. When the image appears on stage, you can drag it to any place for customized design.
5. The text adding process is pretty simple. Click on the “new layer” icon and then select “A” tool (text tool) from the tools palette. It will open a text property pane at the bottom of your screen. Select the font style, size and text orientation from the text property pane. Click on the stage and type the text content.
6. To change the background color of stage area, click on the black arrow at the top of the tools column. After that, you should click on the “background” box and change the background color.
7. Once the design is complete, go to the “file” menu, click on “save as”, give a name for the file and hit the “save” button. Your job is done.
These are only the basic Flash designing guidelines. If you want to explore the possibilities of Flash, then join a designing college and start learning Flash.










