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Ask the Magic 8-Ball: Using Flash to Create a Magic 8-Ball Application

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The last thing you’ll need to draw on-stage is that little….doohickey (yes, that is a technical term) that floats up from the bottom of the 8-Ball when you shake it to show the message printed on one side. Since we’re not working in 3D, only pretending to, you just need to draw a triangle – the Pen Tool or the Line Tool work well for that.
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