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Crich70
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Is there such a thing as a low cost or freeware program that can make flash games like CS4 does?

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manny6574
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What, I don't understand, flash is vector!

rjbman
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Yes, Flash is vector. GIMP is raster though...sorry if I wrote that in the wrong order.

Erasmus_Darwin
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But you have to go to a separate program to design the graphics, yes, and the graphics are raster-based rather than vector-based.


While it's easier to just use raster-based graphics when you're using FlashDevelop, you can do vector-based graphics with some effort. These ways include:
- Import a SWF (created by someone else in Flash or another tool) and use those vector-based graphics within FlashDevelop.
- Import an SVG (created by a vector-based drawing program; Inkscape is a popular free option).
- Create the vector graphics via code. AS3 provides the appropriate methods to create vector-based drawings. However, since you're doing everything via code and numbers, this generally works best for simple geometric stuff.
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