# Cutting and Breaking Apart

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cutting-and-breaking-apart/19407
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 27, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cutting-and-breaking-apart/19407 "2003-04-27T21:35:35Z")
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### Author: ![Bullet\_Shells](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Bullet\_Shells](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bullet_Shells)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cutting-and-breaking-apart/19407/1 "2003-04-27T21:35:35Z")

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Ok Ok ok i know everything in flash ok not everything but mostly every.any way i need to know how to cut and paste things in flash like with adobe you can use the freehand and cut things out.So that leave me to ask how can i go about doing the same in flash?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cutting-and-breaking-apart/19407/2 "2003-04-29T19:23:01Z")

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You can use the lasso or the line tool.

If its a bitmap you have to Modify\>BreakApart first.

You can use the line tool to make lines in your graphics to separate the elements.