Image Types:

• Vectors

• Bitmaps

Tools

• Selection and Subselection

• Free Transform

• Drawing

• Pencil

• Brush

• Fill

• Eraser

• Pen (Bezier curves)

Color Modes

• RGB - Red, Green, Blue

• HSB - Hue, Saturation, Brightness
  

Popular Bitmap Images:

• GIF

• JPG

• PNG

• BMP

• PICT - Mac equivalent of a  BMP on Windows.
  

• PSD - Photoshop Document
  

• PDF

Editing an image in Photoshop:

• Resize

• Crop

• Canvas Size

• Erasing

• Transparency

• Filters

Tracing bitmaps

Modify, Bitmap, Tracebitmap

Optimizing them:

Select the image you traced and then:

Modify, Shape, Optimize. Set strength to max (100).

Symbols in Flash:

• Graphic Symbol

• Button Symbol

• Movie Clip Symbol