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The Fill Tool
In this chapter
Creating a graduated color fill
Fill types
Fill Tool InfoBar
Flat fills
Linear fills
Circular fills
Elliptical fills
Conical fills
Diamond fills
Three-color fills
Four-color fills
Bitmap fills
Fractal fills
Multi-stage color graduations
The Fill Gallery
Creating a graduated color fill
The process of creating a different fill is almost identical for all the fill
types:
1.
Select the object or objects to which you want to apply the fill.
2.
Select the Fill Tool ("F5")
3.
Select the fill type from the dropdown menu
4.
Click-drag across the object to create the fill. Or, drag one of the fill handles to adjust the fill size
and position
Xara Web Designer 7 Premium provides a smooth interactive live preview of the fill as you drag. This
provides a number of advantages over traditional dialog-based Fill Tools. Not only does it require a lot
fewer clicks, it's faster, and allows you to get the required start and end positions right first time.
As you drag a fill arrow is created indicating the
direction of the fill. Fill handles can be selected and
dragged to adjust the position and angle of the fill.
Coloring fills
Select one of the fill handles and click a color on the Color line or bring up the Color editor
and choose a new color. You can press "Tab" to alternate between the fill handles.
Changing selection
In the Fill Tool just clicking on an object will select it, and so it's not necessary to always go into the
Selector
Tool to select other objects.
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