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Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 Classroom in a Book: Preparing a Design Document

Contents

  1. Choose your design application
  2. Use a single artboard with multiple layers
  3. Group complex objects
  4. Flatten artwork with filters and effects
  5. Name everything
  6. Embed images in the design document
  7. Manage fonts when sharing files
  8. Set component properties in Flash catalyst
  9. Create sample artwork for a list of images or text
  10. Hide, show, and lock layers
  11. Exporting an FXg file from adobe Fireworks

Article Description

The way you approach the design and organization of your artwork has a significant impact on the structure of the project in Flash Catalyst and the underlying code. This excerpt from Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 Classroom in a Book will help protect the integrity of your design and minimize re-working or re-structuring assets after bringing them into Flash Catalyst.

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Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Classroom in a Book

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Hide, show, and lock layers

Hide, show, and lock layers

When you import a layered design document into Flash Catalyst, the layer structure is preserved. This includes which layers are locked or hidden. You can save yourself a few steps by locking layers that you don’t need to edit, such as background or border graphics. You can also hide layers that are hidden in their initial state, such as the over and down states for an interactive button.

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