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understanding the timeline
The Timeline is located below the Stage. Like films, Flash documents measure time
in frames. As the movie plays, the playhead, shown as a red vertical line, advances
through the frames in the Timeline. You can change the content on the Stage for
different frames. To display a frame’s content on the Stage, move the playhead to
that frame in the Timeline.
At the bottom of the Timeline, Flash indicates the selected frame number, the cur-
rent frame rate (how many frames play per second), and the time that has elapsed
so far in the movie.
Current frame
Frame rate
Elapsed time (seconds)
The Timeline also contains layers, which help you organize the artwork in your
document. At the moment, your project only has one layer, which is called Layer 1.
Think of layers as multiple film strips stacked on top of each other. Each layer can
contain a different image that appears on the Stage, and you can draw and edit
objects on one layer without affecting objects on another layer. The layers are
stacked in the order in which they overlap each other, so that objects on the bottom
layer in the Timeline are on the bottom of the stack on the Stage. You can hide,
lock, or show the contents of layers as outlines by clicking the dots in the layer
under the layer option icons.
Show/Hide Layer Lock/Unlock Layer
Layer name
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Lesson 1
Getting Acquainted
Show Layer as Outlines