April 11th, 2009 | 
Author: Flash, a modern interactive platform, boasts a powerful animation and design authoring tool, a dynamic object-oriented scripting engine and advanced audio/video playback features. The software integrates features for authoring colorful design in flash. With just simple basic tools, an expert flash designer can create awesome designs for websites.
The pencil tool in flash is one of the fundamental tools for drawing any free form vector object. A designer can draw artistic strokes on the stage the same way one would draw on a paper. An artist can draw free style lines, curves or scribble his own style of artwork. The pencil tool is the most important part of flash animation design. The designer draws eye-catching illustration with the pencil tool and applies contrasting colors before animating it. The tool also has some enhancement options. These include:
Straighten option: The straighten option lets designers convert squiggles into interconnected straight lines. This gives a bit of a “jagged” look. A flash designer can easily straighten free form lines into straight lines using this tool.
Smooth option: When a designer draws something with the pencil tool, the draft looks quite “pixilated” or “wrinkled”. The smooth option softens the “wrinkly” curves and flows of the artwork.
Features of Pencil Tool in Flash:
The pencil tool is a user-friendly way to create free form illustrations
The lines drawn through a pencil are very exact.
Lines can be edited quite easily. Each section can be edited, thus making it easier to correct your mistakes.
The pencil tool has several line types.
However, there are no pressure options available, unlike the ones available for brush tools
Some Graphic designers use graphics tablet for drawing illustrations with pencil tool. The mouse limits users to sketch with freedom.
Flash has many uses that range from web designing, animation and flash game development. With an array of tools and effects, flash development has been taken to a completely new level.
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Article Source: Pencil Tool in Flash: Sketch Great Designs
