Datasheet

Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 159
The editing of gradient fills is a complex operation and is covered in greater
detail in the online Help.
Working with bitmap and plasma fills
A bitmap fill uses a named bitmap—often a
material, pattern, or background image.
DrawPlus supplies an impressive selection of
preset bitmap fills on the Swatch tab, and you can
import your own.
A plasma fill, sometimes called a fractal fill, is a
bitmapped pattern with dark and light regions,
useful for simulating cloud or shadow effects.
Again, the Swatch tab hosts a selection of these
fills.
Once you've applied either type of fill to an object using the Swatch tab (see
Setting fill properties on p. 143), you can adjust the fill's tint with the Shade/Tint
slider in the Colour tab (use Display mode drop-down menu), and use the Fill
Tool to edit the object's fill path, defining the placement of the fill across the
object.