There are two main tools used to draw in Macromedia Flash: the Pencil tool and the Brush tool. This lesson will teach you all the need to know basics for both. Please create a new Flash file so you can follow along with this lesson.
Flash Pencil Tool
The first tool we will be looking at is the Flash Pencil tool, which is located on the Tools window. Left click the pencil tool or press the associated hot-key (y) to active the pencil tool.Select a black stroke color from the Colors Window and ignore the fill color, as the pencil only uses the Stroke color.
Flash Pencil Options
This is where the functionality of many Flash tools are defined. The pencil tool is no exception and has two options that you should get to know. The first option is object drawing, which allows you to draw lines and shapes on the Stage that will remain independent from the rest of your existing items.In old versions of Flash you could draw two shapes on the same layer, and if they overlapped they would not look the same when separated. Object drawing corrects this situation when enabled.
Pencil Correction Options
The neat thing about Flash is that it automatically smoothes your line drawings after you release the left mouse button. Next to the object drawing option is an icon that looks like part of some stairs. This is where you can choose between three different types of drawing aides:Straighten - Straightens out your drawings as much as possible, and converts hand drawn ovals, rectangles and polygons into computer drawn ovals, rectangles and polygons.(....)