Macromedia MAX 2005 - Anaheim, CA What’s New In Flash 8
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Building the 8-Ball with Gradients
As you examine the finished version of an application you'll create, you will also look at the Flash
workspace.
In this section, you will complete the following tasks:
• Open the authoring document
• Review the completed FLA file
• Close the completed FLA file
Open the authoring document
It's helpful to analyze the completed authoring document, which is a FLA file, to see how the author
designed the illustration and understand what you are going to create.
On most computers, you will find the Gradients tutorial folder in the following locations:
• In Windows: Unit_4 folder/Gradients/gradients_finish.fla
Double-click the file to open it in Flash. You now see the completed tutorial file in the Flash authoring
environment.
Review the completed FLA file
In the completed FLA file, you will see the combined effects of several gradients. The illustration
looks like this:
