# Improving workflow with the drawing API

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/improving-workflow-with-the-drawing-api/299926>\
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**Created:** [November 12, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/improving-workflow-with-the-drawing-api/299926 "2009-11-12T19:25:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![gilpster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@gilpster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gilpster)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/improving-workflow-with-the-drawing-api/299926/1 "2009-11-12T19:25:30Z")

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Hi everyone, this is my first post. I’ve used this forum for a long time as a library though.

I’m used to the drawing tools within CS3/CS4, but i tend to draw from with AS3 using the drawing API, this is because I tend to want to programmatically animate the drawing parameters.

Is there some solution whereby you can use the drawing tools within flash CS3/4 but then ‘capture’ the drawing information so you could then draw the same line/curve/ shape from within AS3?

So a pentool could then give a code output like:

lineStyle(…)  
moveTo(…)  
lineTo(…)  
curveTo(…)

There must be an easy way…

kenneth