Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 263)

FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Brightness Adjusts the brightness of an image.
Saturation Adjusts the intensity of a color.
Hue Adjusts the shade of a color.
4 To reset all of the color adjustments to 0 and return the object to its original state, click Reset.
See also
“Change the color and transparency of an instance” on page 214
About blend modes
Blend modes in Flash
Blend modes let you create composite images. Compositing is the process of varying the transparency or color inter-
action of two or more overlapping objects. Blending lets you create unique effects by blending the colors in
overlapping movie clips.
A blending mode contains the following elements:
Blend color The color applied to the blend mode.
Opacity The degree of transparency applied to the blend mode.
Base color The color of pixels underneath the blend color.
Result color The result of the blend’s effect on the base color.
Blend modes depend on both the color of the object you’re applying the blend to and the underlying color. Adobe®
recommends that you experiment with the different blend modes to achieve the desired effect.
Normal Applies color normally, with no interaction with the base colors.
Layer Lets you stack movie clips on top of each other without affecting their color.
Darken Replaces only the areas that are lighter than the blend color. Areas darker than the blend color don’t change.
Multiply Multiplies the base color by the blend color, resulting in darker colors.
Lighten Replaces only pixels that are darker than the blend color. Areas lighter than the blend color don’t change.
Screen Multiplies the inverse of the blend color by the base color, resulting in a bleaching effect.
Overlay Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the base colors.
Hard Light Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the blend mode color. The effect is similar to shining a
spot light on the object.
Difference Subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color, depending on
which has the greater brightness value. The effect is similar to a color negative.
Add Commonly used to create an animated lightening dissolve effect between two images.
Subtract Commonly used to create an animated darkening dissolve effect between two images.
Invert Inverts the base color.
Alpha Applies an alpha mask.