Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 168)

FLASH CS3
User Guide
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When you select a shape created using the Object Drawing model, Flash surrounds the shape with a rectangular
bounding box. Use the Pointer tool to move the object by clicking the bounding box and dragging the shape to
position it on the Stage.
Note: Set preferences for contact sensitivity when selecting shapes created using the Object Drawing model.
Shapes created with the Object Drawing model remain as separate objects the you can individually manipulate.
About overlapping shapes
When you use the Pencil, Pen, Line, Oval, Rectangle, or Brush tool to draw a line across another line or painted
shape, the overlapping lines are divided into segments at the intersection points. To select, move, and reshape each
segment individually, use the Selection tool.
A fill; the fill with a line drawn through it; and the three line segments created by segmentation
When you paint on top of shapes and lines, the portion underneath is replaced by whatever is on top. Paint of the
same color merges together. Paint of different colors remains distinct. To create masks, cutouts, and other negative
images, use these features. For example, the following cutout is made by moving the ungrouped kite image onto the
green shape, deselecting the kite, and then moving the filled portions of the kite away from the green shape.