Drawing patterns with the decorative drawing tool, Apply the symmetry brush effect – Adobe Flash Professional CC 2014 v.13.0 User Manual
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(Deprecated with Flash Professional CC) Drawing patterns with the
Decorative drawing tool
Apply the Symmetry Brush effect
Apply the Grid Fill effect
Apply the Vine Fill effect
Apply the Particle System effect
Apply the 3D Brush effect
Apply the Building Brush effect
Apply the Decorated Brush effect
Apply the Fire Animation effect
Apply the Flame Brush effect
Apply the Flower Brush effect
Apply the Lightning Brush effect
Apply the Smoke Animation effect
Apply the Tree Brush effect
The Decorative drawing tool lets you create complex, geometric shapes and patterns. The Decorative drawing tools use algorithmic calculations—
known as procedural drawing.
Videos and tutorials
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Jonathan Duran has provided an in-depth article entitled Using the Deco tool and Spray Brush for creating complex, geometric patterns in
Flash at
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Apply the Symmetry Brush effect
Use the Symmetry Brush effect to arrange symbols symmetrically around a central point. When you draw the symbols on the Stage, a set of
handles appears. Use the handles to control the symmetry by increasing the number of symbols, adding symmetries, or editing and modifying the
effect.
Use the Symmetry Brush effect to create circular user interface elements (such as an analog clock face or dial gauge) and swirl patterns. The
default symbol for the Symmetry Brush effect is a black rectangle shape with no stroke that is 25 x 25 pixels.
1. Select the Deco Drawing tool, and select Symmetry Brush from the Drawing Effect menu in the Property inspector.
2. In the Deco Drawing tool Property inspector, select a fill color to use for the default rectangle shape. Or, click Edit to select a custom symbol
from the library.
You can use any movie clip or graphic symbol in the library with the Symmetry Brush effect. These symbol-based particles give you a great
deal of creative control over artwork you create.
3. The Symmetry Brush advanced options appear in the Property inspector when you select Symmetry Brush from the Drawing Effect pop-up
menu in the Property inspector.
Rotate Around Rotates the shapes in the symmetry around a fixed point that you designate. The default reference point is the center point
of the symmetry. To rotate the object around its center point, drag in a circular motion.
Reflect Across Line Flips the shapes an equal distance apart across an invisible line that you specify.
Reflect Around Point Places two shapes an equal distance apart around a fixed point that you specify.
Grid Translation Creates a grid using the shapes in the Symmetry effect you are drawing. Each click of the Deco Drawing tool on the Stage
creates a grid of shapes. Adjust the height and width of the shapes using the x and y coordinates defined by the Symmetry Brush handles.
Test Collisions Prevents shapes in the Symmetry effect you are drawing from colliding with one another, regardless of how you increase
the number of instances within the Symmetry effect. Deselect this option to overlap the shapes in the Symmetry effect.
4. Click the Stage where you want the Symmetry Brush artwork to appear.
5. Use the Symmetry Brush handles to adjust the size of the symmetry and the number of symbol instances.
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