Using Imported Artwork > Breaking apart a bitmap

Breaking apart a bitmap separates the pixels in the image into discrete areas that can be selected and modified separately. When you break apart a bitmap, you can modify the bitmap with the Flash drawing and painting tools. You can also paint with the bitmap as a fill.

Using the Lasso tool with the Magic Wand modifier, you can change the fill of selected areas of a bitmap that has been broken apart.

After you paint an area with a bitmap, you can use the Paint Bucket tool to rotate, skew, or scale the bitmap image. See Using the Paint Bucket tool.

To break apart a bitmap:

1	Select a bitmap in the current scene.
2	Choose Modify > Break Apart.

To paint with a bitmap's image:

1	Break apart the bitmap, as described above.
2	Select the Eyedropper tool and then click the bitmap.
	The Eyedropper tool sets the bitmap to be the current fill and changes the active tool to the Paint Bucket.
3	Paint with the Brush or Paint Bucket tool.

To change the fill of selected areas of a broken-apart bitmap:

1	Select a broken-apart bitmap in the scene.
2	Select the Lasso tool and click the Magic Wand modifier.
3	Click the Magic Wand Settings modifier and set the following options:
	For Threshold, enter a value between 1 and 200 to define how closely the color of adjacent pixels must match to be included in the selection. A higher number includes a broader range of colors. If you enter 0, only pixels of the exact same color as the first pixel you click are selected.
	For Smoothing, select an option from the pop-up menu to define how much the edges of the bitmap will be smoothed.
4	Click the bitmap to select an area. Continue clicking to add to the selection.
5	Select a fill that you want to use to fill the selected areas in the bitmap. See Specifying stroke and fill attributes.
6	Select the Paint Bucket tool and click anywhere on the selected areas to add the new fill.