or below it-to prevent moving the entire base. 6. Click the Fill Color icon in the Tools panel, and select white or type #FFFFFF in the Color Picker. 7. Click the Scene 1 icon to return to the main scene. Using the Lasso Tool To make the drink more believable, you'll curve or slope the top of the liquid in the glass. The Lasso tool is an ideal tool for this job because you can use it to make an irregular selection. 1. Select the Lasso tool ( ). Make sure the Polygon Mode icon ( ) is not selected. Note When the Polygon Mode icon is selected, the Lasso tool is constrained to draw polygons. 2. Draw a closed shape around the top of the glass fill. Overlap the ends, and then release the mouse. 3. Click the Color Fill icon in the Tools panel, and select white in the Color Picker. The water bitmap is replaced with a solid white fill in the selected area. 4. To ensure the glass is displayed during the entire animation, select frame 35 in the Glass layer in the Timeline, and choose Insert > Timeline > Frame. Flash extends frame 1 to frames 2 through 35. The drink itself is complete! All that's left to do is to add bubbles and fizz. Drawing Ovals The Oval tool is similar to the Rectangle tool, except, of course, it draws ovals. You'll use the Oval tool to draw a bubble in the drinking glass. So that you can easily animate the bubble later, you'll create it on a new layer. 1. Lock the Glass layer, so that you don't accidentally change it while you're working with the bubble. 2. Choose Insert > Timeline > Layer to add a layer for the bubble. 3. Name the layer Bubble. [View full size image] 4. Select the Oval tool ( ), which is grouped with the Rectangle tool. 5. Hold down the Shift key and draw a circle inside the glass. When you press the Shift key, the Oval tool draws a perfect circle. 6. Drag the Selection tool around the entire circle to select both the fill and the stroke. 7. In the Property inspector, set the Stroke color to No Color ( ) and the Fill color to white (#FFFFFF). [View full size image] 8. Select the Free Transform tool ( ) to resize the bubble. 9. Hold down the Shift key to retain the bubble's proportions, and drag a corner handle inward to make the bubble smaller. The resized circle should be about 8