User Guide

Local Navigation

• Getting started
  • Create a new project
  • Project window and workspace
  • Toolbox
    • Display the toolbox
    • Specifying colors on the toolbox
  • Change a canvas property
    • Crop the canvas
  • Configure the rulers and alignment tools
    • Change the spacing or color of the grid lines
    • Change the origin of the grid system
    • Add guides to the workspace
  • Undo and repeat operations
    • Specify the number of operations to undo and redo
• Change preferences
  • Change the start preferences
  • Change the gamma preferences
  • Change the ToolTip preferences
  • Set theme button preferences
  • Change the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator preferences
  • Change transparency preferences
  • Change tool properties
• Creating objects
  • Create a line
  • Create a rectangle or square
  • Create a rounded rectangle or rounded square
  • Create an ellipse or circle
  • Create a freehand path
  • Create an elliptical arc
  • Create a polygon or polyline
  • Create a Bézier curve
  • Creating text
    • Create a simple text object
    • Create text on a curve
    • Edit text
    • Convert text to Bézier curves
  • Creating user input fields
    • Create a text entry field
    • Create a drop-down list
  • Defining the viewable screen area
    • Create a view box
    • Change an existing view box
    • Preserving the aspect ratio of the view box
    • Preserve the aspect ratio in the view box
    • Create a Zoom effect
    • Create a Pan effect
  • Creating buttons
    • Create a button
    • Convert an object to a button
  • Creating animation objects
    • Create an animation object
    • Convert a scene to an animated object
  • Working with objects
    • Select an object
    • Select multiple objects
    • Move a selected object on the workspace
    • Resize a selected object using the bounding box
    • Rotate a selected object
    • Duplicate an object
  • Adjusting path segments
    • Move anchor points on a path
    • Change the shape of a curve
    • Add anchor points to a shape
    • Remove anchor points from a shape
  • View object properties
    • Options in the Inspector
  • Specifying shape properties
    • Smooth a shape’s edges
    • Change the roundness of a rounded rectangle object
    • Change the shape properties of an elliptical arc
  • Specify text object properties
    • Text properties in the Inspector
  • Specifying stroke and fill properties
    • Specify the stroke or fill color
    • Remove the stroke or fill color of an object
    • Specify the stroke style attributes
    • Specify a pattern fill
  • Working with bitmap objects
    • Change a bitmap image
    • Specify how an object blends with background objects
    • Add one or more filters to a bitmap image
    • Apply one or more effects to a bitmap image
    • Blending rasterized images
    • Using bitmap image effects
  • Changing transformation properties
    • Set the position coordinates for an object
    • Scale an object
    • Skew an object
    • Rotate an object
    • Make an object visible or invisible for the current frame
    • Specify the opacity level of an object
  • Managing objects
    • View the Objects panel.
    • Select an object
    • Rename an object
    • Move an object forward or back on the workspace
    • Lock the position of an object
    • Unlock the position of an object
    • Group objects
    • Ungroup objects
  • Converting groups to switchgroup animations
    • Convert a group of objects to a switchgroup
    • Change the switchgroup settings
  • Convert an object to a bitmap image
    • Convert an object to a button
    • Convert a scene to an animated object
  • Using catalogs
    • View the Catalog panel
    • Add a color to the Catalog
    • Add an object to the Catalog
    • Add a pattern to the Catalog
    • Open a catalog
    • Create a new catalog
    • Edit an existing custom catalog
    • Delete a custom catalog
    • Add a Catalog item to a project
    • Delete an item from the Catalog
  • Using layers
    • View the Layers panel
    • Create a layer
    • Duplicate a layer
    • Delete a layer
    • View or hide layers
    • Rename a layer
    • Reorder layers
    • Rasterize one or more layers into a single bitmap image
    • Merge layers together
    • Delete objects in a layer
• Creating animated content
  • Key frame animation
  • Non-linear animation
  • View animation properties
  • Editing animations
    • Using the key frame editor to manage key frames
    • Configuring animation between key frames
    • Edit an animation using the Animation wizard
  • Working with animation frames
    • Select a single frame
    • Select a range of frames
    • Add a frame
    • Delete a frame
    • Copy frames
    • Working with property keys and animation handles
      • Select keys or handles
    • Creating keys
    • Moving a property key or object handle
      • Move a layer handle
      • Move an object handle
    • Changing property keys
  • Editing animation behavior between frames
    • Motion behavior properties
    • Path behavior properties
    • Specify path and motion behavior
    • Using the tweening editor toolbar
      • View and select a segment between frames
      • Begin and end values
• Making content interactive
  • Creating events that trigger actions
    • Create a button event
    • Create a hotkey event
    • Create a timeline event
    • Create a relative event
  • Creating actions
    • Create an action to play an animation
    • Create an action to stop an animation
    • Create an action to play a sound
    • Create an action to hide an animation component
    • Create an action to show an animation component
    • Create an action to load a scene
    • Create an action to submit a form
    • Create an action to reset a form
    • Create an action to start an application
    • Change interactive content
    • Change the focus order of the buttons
• Exporting and testing content
  • Preview content using the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator
  • Exporting content
    • Export to an SVG file
    • Export to a PMB file
    • Export to a PME file
    • Export to a GIF or PNG file
    • Export to an animated GIF file
• Importing Flash content
  • Converting Flash files
  • Converting shapes and shape properties
    • Converting basic vector shapes
    • Converting color transforms in vector shapes
  • Converting animation
    • Converting affine transforms
    • Converting movie clip timelines
    • Converting visibility and position animation
  • Converting embedded images
  • Converting static text with device fonts
  • Converting simple buttons and frame actions
• Provide feedback
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