Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Importing Graphics - Modifying a Bitmap Fill - Change the Center Point

1. Create a shape on the Stage with a bitmap fill.

2. Click the Gradient Transform tool on the Tools panel.

The pointer changes to an arrow with a small gradient box in the right-hand corner.

3. Click the shape to select it.

A bounding box appears on the tile.

4. Position the pointer over the white circle in the center of the bounding box.

The cursor becomes a Move icon.

5. Click and drag the center point to a new position.


The tile accommodates to the new position of the center point.

1. Create a shape on the Stage with a bitmap fill.

2. Click the Gradient Transform tool on the Tools panel.

The pointer changes to an arrow with a small gradient box in the right-hand corner.

3. Position the pointer over the shape, and then select it.

A bounding box appears on the tile.

4. Do one of the following:

• Bottom-left-corner square. Drag this to resize the fill proportionally.
  
  
• Left-center square. Drag this to resize width of fill.
  
  
• Bottom-center square. Drag this to resize height of fill.
  
  
• Top-right-corner circle. Drag this to rotate fill.
  
  
• Top-center circle. Drag this to skew fill horizontally.
  
  
• Right-center circle. Drag this to skew fill vertically.