Tutorial - Adding a Stroke to text in Flash

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Flash, irritatingly enough, does not come with a specific stroke tool, but I have found a few ways to get around this and simulate a stroke effect with the following methods

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• stroke
• text
• cs3
• type
• line
• adobe
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[Zuabi1]

Thanks, I used the 2nd method but I like the 1st one and I think it's useful .



[xhmaah]

I am normally a Photoshop user but for a reason I am trying to use Flash, and I use stroke effect very often. Thanks a lot for this tutorial. You helped me a lot.

[miguelknight23]

Thanks. Didn't really know where to pull this effect. thanks for the helpful tutorial

[o1r2l3a4n5d6o7]

thanks, very helpfull

[umniatbrhoom]

thanks for help me

[ChadBx1971]

Thank You I wasted 2 hours trying to add a stroke until watching this

[Berendz0r]

Helpful? YES!

[chrislozeau]

Thanks!

[FeelingVeryLucky]

Thanks so much for this! You saved me a lot of effort and time. :D

[slackdave]

Thanks just what I needed. This will save me hours!!