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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Creating and Editing Artwork
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To change the focal point of a circular gradient, drag the middle circular handle on the bounding circle.
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To skew or slant a fill within a shape, drag one of the circular handles on the top or right side of the bounding box.
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To tile a bitmap inside a shape, scale the fill.
Note:
To see all the handles when working with large fills or fills close to the edge of the Stage, select View
> Pasteboard.
Lock a gradient or bitmap to fill the Stage
You can lock a gradient or bitmap fill to make it appear that the fill extends over the entire Stage and that the objects
painted with the fill are masks revealing the underlying gradient or bitmap.
When you select the Lock Fill modifier with the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and paint with the tool, the bitmap or
gradient fill extends across the objects you paint on the Stage.
Using the Lock Fill modifier creates the appearance of a single gradient or bitmap fill being applied to separate objects on the Stage.
See also
“
Modifying painted areas
” on page 133
Use a locked gradient fill
1
Select the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and select a gradient or bitmap as a fill.
2
Select Linear or Radial from the Type menu in the Color panel.
3
Click the Lock Fill modifier
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Updated 5 March 2009
