Operation Manual

96 Fills, Lines, Colours, and Transparency
3. Pick a thumbnail from either the Document Palette or from
another palette shown in the Palettes drop-down list (drag from the
thumbnail onto the object as an alternative).
A Tinting option in the Colour tab’s drop-down list allows a percentage
of shade/tint to be applied to your colour.
To apply a gradient, Vector, bitmap, or plasma fill to
one or more objects:
As for applying a solid colour fill with the Swatch tab but:
• Instead of using a solid colour palette, pick a relevant category
from the
Gradient, Vector or Bitmap
galleries, and pick your required thumbnail from the displayed
presets (drag from the thumbnail onto the deselected object as an
alternative).
For solid, gradient or plasma fills, you can then edit colour(s) and
shade/tint (lightness). For gradient and plasma fills, the fill path
(coverage) can also be edited (see Working with gradient fills on p. 102).
To apply no fill:
Set an empty interior for objects by using the:
• Colour tab: Click
None in the bottom-left corner of the
Line/Fill Swatch, which represents either None (an empty interior
for objects with line/fill properties) or Original (for pictures only,
to reset the object to its original colours).
- or -
• Swatch tab: Choose the first swatch,
None, from any gallery.