Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Importing Graphics - Editing a Bitmap with the Magic Wand

1. Select a bitmap on the Stage.

2. Click the Modify menu, and then click Break Apart.

3. Click on the Stage to deselect the broken bitmap.

4. Click the Lasso tool on the Tools panel.

5. Click the Magic Wand Mode button in the Options section of the Tools panel.

The pointer becomes a small magic wand.

6. Position the pointer over regions of the image you want to select.

The color region you clicked on is selected. Subsequent clicks on other regions are added to the selection.

1. Click the Lasso tool on the Tools panel.

2. Click the Magic Wand Properties button on the Tools panel.

3. Enter a color threshold between 0 and 200.

This number defines how close adjacent colors have to be to the selected color before they are added to the selection. A higher number selects a broader number of colors.

4. Click the Smoothing popup, and then select from the following options: Pixels, Rough, Normal, and Smooth.

This sets the smoothness of the edges of the selection.

5. Click OK.