Drawing overview

The drawing tools in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 let you create and modify shapes for the artwork in your documents. For an interactive introduction to drawing in Flash, select Help > How Do I > Basic Flash > Draw in Flash.

Before you draw and paint in Flash, it is important to understand how Flash creates artwork, how drawing tools work, and how drawing, painting, and modifying shapes can affect other shapes on the same layer.