How to Draw Flash shapes

There are some basic shape tools in Flash including Line segment tool, rectangle tool, ovals tool, polygons tool, pencil tool, brush tool.

1. Launch Adobe Flash Professional CS4.
2. Go File->New to create a new flash file.
   
3. Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool
   Select the Line tool.
   Select Window -> Properties and select stroke attributes. You can set stroke properties, such as color, size, style, scale, etc. Note: You cannot set fill propeties for the Line tool.
   
   Click the Object Drawing button in the Options section of the Tools panel to select either Merge or Object Drawing mode. When the Object Drawing button is depressed, the Line tool is in Object Drawing mode.
   Position the pointer where the line is to begin, and drag to where the line is to end. To constrain the angle of the line to multiples of 45°, Shift-drag.
4. Draw rectangles and ovals
   The Oval and Rectangle tools let you create these basic geometric shapes, and apply strokes, fills, and specify rounded corners. In addition to the Merge and Object drawing modes, the Oval and Rectangle tools also provide the Primitive Object drawing mode.
   Draw rectangle primitives
   select the Rectangle Primitive tool, click and hold the mouse button on the Rectangle tool, and select the Rectangle Primitive tool from the pop-up menu.
   Drag with the Rectangle Primitive tool on the Stage to create a rectangle primitive. Note: To change the corner radius while dragging with the Rectangle primitive tool, press the Up Arrow key or Down Arrow key. When the corners achieve the desired roundness, release the key.
   You can use the controls in the Property inspector to modify the shape or specify fill and stroke colors.
   
   
   Draw oval primitives
   Click and hold the mouse button on the Rectangle tool, and select the Oval Primitive tool.
   Drag the Primitive Oval tool on the Stage to create an oval primitive. To constrain the shape to a circle, Shift-drag.
   With the oval primitive selected on the Stage, you can use the controls found in the Property inspector to modify the shape or specify fill and stroke colors.
   
   
   Draw ovals and rectangles
   Select the Rectangle tool or Oval tool, click and hold the mouse button on the Rectangle tool and drag.
   Drag the Rectangle or Oval tool on the Stage to create a rectangle or oval.
   For the Rectangle tool, specify rounded corners by clicking the Round Rectangle modifier and entering a corner radius value. A value of zero creates square corners.
   Drag on the Stage. If you are using the Rectangle tool, press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys while dragging to adjust the radius of rounded corners.
   For the Oval and Rectangle tools, Shift-drag to constrain the shapes to circles and squares.
   To specify a specific size of oval or rectangle, select the Oval or Rectangle tool and press the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh). Then click the Stage to display the Oval And Rectangle Settings dialog box.
   With the oval or rectangle selected on the Stage, you can use the controls found in the Property inspector to modify the shape or specify fill and stroke colors.
   
5. Draw polygons and stars
   Select the PolyStar tool by clicking and holding the mouse button on the Rectangle tool and selecting from the pop-up menu that appears.
   Select Window -> Properties and select fill and stroke attributes.
   
   Click "Options" and set the values as follows:
   
   Style:select Polygon or Star.
   Number Of Sides: enter a number from 3 through 32.
   Star Point Size:enter a number from 0 through 1 to specify the depth of the star points.
   Click OK.
   Drag on the Stage.
6. Draw with the Pencil tool
   Select the Pencil tool.
   Select Window -> Properties and select a stroke color, line weight, and style.
   
   Select a drawing mode under Options in the Tools panel(Lines drawn with Straighten, Smooth, and Ink mode, respectively):
   
   To draw straight lines and convert approximations of triangles, ovals, circles, rectangles, and squares into these common geometric shapes, select Straighten .
   To draw smooth curved lines, select Smooth .
   To draw freehand lines with no modification applied, select Ink.
   To draw with the Pencil tool, Shift-drag to constrain lines to vertical or horizontal directions, click the Stage, and drag.
7. Paint with the Brush tool
   Select the Brush tool .
   Select Window -> Properties and select a fill color.
   Click the Brush Mode modifier and select a painting mode:
   
   Paint Normal:Paints over lines and fills on the same layer.
   Paint Fills:Paints fills and empty areas, leaving lines unaffected.
   Paint Behind:Paints in blank areas of the Stage on the same layer, leaving lines and fills unaffected.
   Paint Selection:Applies a new fill to the selection when you select a fill in the Fill Color control or the Fill box of the Property inspector, the same as selecting a filled area and applying a new fill.
   Paint Inside:Paints the fill in which you start a brush stroke and never paints lines.
   Select a brush size and brush shape from the Brush tool modifiers.
   
   Drag on the Stage. To constrain brush strokes to horizontal and vertical directions, Shift-drag.