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DimenErno
DimenErno
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January 4, 2019
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What is pencil tool of Adobe Flash in Animate?

  • January 4, 2019
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I learned animating through Adobe Flash and recently moved onto Adobe Animate. I thought that Animate's pencil tool will be same as the Flash's one. So I tried shading a character by pencil tool but apparently it just colors everything inside the stroke. I wanted to color only the crescent part of the drawing. What am I supposed to do? (Sorry about such a noob question...but I just can't find it on the internet)

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Correct answer _keyframer

The Pencil tool is essentially the same in that it draws strokes. That's all it does. When you say "shading" what do you mean exactly? I hear "shading" and I think of a gradual change in tone which is not what the Pencil does or ever did. it simply draws strokes that are a solid color.

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_keyframerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 8, 2019

The Pencil tool is essentially the same in that it draws strokes. That's all it does. When you say "shading" what do you mean exactly? I hear "shading" and I think of a gradual change in tone which is not what the Pencil does or ever did. it simply draws strokes that are a solid color.

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