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• without a selected object, sets the current fill type which will then be used for
newly drawn objects.
FILL TILING is used when applying bitmap and fractal fills. The options are described
later in bitmap fills. Fill tiling changes the repetition of the fill effect. The options are:
• Simple-the fill is used only once, regardless of the size of the object.
• Repeating/repeating tile-repeats the effect so that it fills the entire object.
• Repeating tile inverted-only available on fractal and bitmap fills. This is similar to
repeating tile, but every other tile is inverted.
A repeating elliptical fill inside an ellipse shape
Fill tiling options are not available for
conical. All other fill types can be made
to repeat. This can produce some
useful effects.
FILL EFFECT is used for all fill types, except 3 and 4-color fills. It controls how the fill
colors fade from the start color to the end color:
•
FADE: Fades between the two colors in a linear fashion
•
RAINBOW: Blends along the shortest edge of the HSV color wheel. For example, a
blend from yellow to cyan runs yellow-green-cyan.
This option has no effect when the two colors are black, white or gray.
• ALT RAINBOW: Similar to rainbow except the blend is along the longest edge of the
color wheel. For example, yellow to cyan runs yellow-red-magenta-blue-cyan.
BITMAP NAME displays a pop-down menu showing thumbnails of all the bitmaps in
the
BITMAP GALLERY and is an easy way to select the required bitmap for a bitmap fill.
FILL PROFILE-you can change the rate of the color transition between the start and end
of fills. This applies to all fill types except flat, three color, four color and bitmap
(unless it's a contone colored bitmap).
To change the profile of a fill:
1. Select the filled object.
2. On the FILL Tool InfoBar click PROFILE. This opens the PROFILE dialog box.
3. You either select a predefined profile from the dropdown list or drag the sliders
to create a custom profile. The top option in the dropdown list (the straight
line) creates a linear transition between the start and end of the fill.