Flash glossary: Deco tool
You can turn any symbol into an instant design tool with the Deco tool in Adobe Flash Professional. Whether creating patterns that can then be applied using the Brush or Fill tools, or creating kaleidoscope-like effects using single or multiple symbols with the Deco Symmetry tool, Deco provides a new way to design with symbols:
- Use the Deco Drawing tool to apply an effect to a selected object on the Stage. Choose the effects from the Property inspector after you select the Deco Drawing tool.
- Use the Symmetry effect to arrange symbols symmetrically around a central point. When you draw the symbols on the Stage, a set of handles appears. Use the handles to control the symmetry by increasing the number of symbols, adding symmetries, or editing and modifying the effect.
- Use the Symmetry effect to create circular user interface elements (such as an analog clock face or dial gauge) and swirl patterns. The default symbol for the Symmetry effect is a black rectangle shape with no stroke that is 25 × 25 pixels.
To access the Deco tool, select it in the Tools panel.
For more information, see Drawing patterns with the Decorative drawing tools in the Flash documentation. Also see Creating graphic effects using the new Deco scripts in Flash.
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