To choose a scene background, click on the Scene tab at the Project properties tab. Make sure you have at least one scene in your project. This tab shows you the currently selected scene background and transition settings. Each scene can have a different background and transition settings.
There are eight different background type you can choose:
| • | Transparent. The background will see through when you import the published SWF file into another movie in a Flash authoring tools such as Macromedia Flash. |
| • | Single color. |
| • | Gradient. There are 6 different gradient mode such as: Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal 1, Diagonal 2, Radial and Radial Side. Up to 8 gradient color key may be used. |
| • | Image (Stretched). The background image will be stretched to fill the entire movie area. |
| • | Image (Clip). The background image will show in its original dimension. If it is bigger than the movie area, it will be cropped. |
| • | Image (Fit). The background image will be resized (keeping the aspect ratio), to fill the entire movie area. |
| • | Image (Tiled). The background image will be used as a pattern to fill the entire movie area. Make sure the background image you use is smaller than the movie area otherwise you will not see it tiled. |
| • | Stylish. Stylish background is a professionally designed background (static/animated) you can select from a built-in library. You can customize this background by changing colors. Note that stylish background is grouped into three different category: Portrait, Landscape and Square. When you click Type combo to select a stylish background, an appropriate category will be opened depending on your movie dimension. If you movie dimension is square, the Square category will be opened. You can always choose a different category by clicking on the category combo in the Stylish background library window. However it is advised to choose the category which matches the closest to your movie dimension otherwise the background might look too distorted. |
More detailed on each background type settings can be found in User Interface - Scene tab section.