User Guide

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3 To determine how a gradient shifts between colors, select an option from the Method
pop-up menu:
If you select Dither as the Type option, the following choices are available:
Best Colors ignores the order of the colors in the palette. Instead, it uses only colors that create
a continuous blend from foreground to background colors and blends them with a dithered
pattern. Dithering is a technique that creates color from two or more colors of pixels
interspersed together.
Adjacent Colors uses all colors between the foreground and background colors and blends
them with a dithered pattern.
Two Colors uses only the foreground and background colors and blends them with a
dithered pattern.
One Color uses only the foreground color and fades it with a dithered pattern.
Standard Colors ignores all colors between the foreground and background colors and adds
several blended colors with a dithered pattern to create the gradient.
Multi Colors ignores all the colors between the foreground and background colors and adds
several blended colors with a randomized dithered pattern to create a smooth gradient.
If you select Pattern as the Type option, the following options are available:
Best Colors ignores the order of the colors in the palette and uses only colors that create a
continuous blend of the foreground and background colors.
Best Colors Transparent ignores the order of the colors in the palette and uses only colors that
create a continuous blend of the foreground and background colors. White pixels in patterns
created with this method are transparent.
Adjacent Colors uses all the colors in the palette between the foreground and background
colors for the gradient.
Adjacent Colors Transparent uses all the colors in the palette between the foreground and
background colors for the gradient. White pixels in patterns that are created with this method
are transparent.
4 To determine the way the gradient fills an area in the Paint window, select one of the following
options from the Direction pop-up menu:
Top to Bottom puts the foreground color at the top and the destination color at the bottom.
Bottom to Top puts the foreground color at the bottom and the destination color at the top.
Left to Right puts the foreground color on the left and the destination color on the right.
Right to Left puts the foreground color on the right and the destination color on the left.
Directional lets you determine the direction of the gradient. You set the direction of the
gradient in the Paint window with the paint tool used to fill the area.
Shape Burst creates a gradient that starts at the edge of the area and moves toward the center.
The foreground color begins at the edge and the destination color appears in the center. This
option works only on the Macintosh.
Sun Burst begins with the foreground color at the edge of the area and moves in concentric
circles to the destination color at the center.