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118 Chapter 5: Bitmaps
To edit gradient settings:
1
Select Gradient Settings from the Gradient Colors pop-up menu.
2
To determine whether the gradient is created with the pattern you select with the Patterns pop-
up menu in the Paint window or with a dithered pattern, select a Type option, as described in
the following list:
Dither produces a smooth transition between colors. If you select Dither, only dithering
options appear in the Method pop-up menu.
Pattern
uses the current pattern for the color transition. If you select Pattern, only pattern
options appear in the Method pop-up menu.
3
To determine how a gradient shifts between colors, select an option from the Method
pop-up menu:
If you select Dither as the Type option, the following choices are available:
Best Colors ignores the order of the colors in the palette. Instead, it uses only colors that create
a continuous blend from foreground to background colors and blends them with a dithered
pattern. Dithering is a technique that creates color from two or more colors of pixels
interspersed together.
Adjacent Colors
uses all colors between the foreground and background colors and blends
them with a dithered pattern.
Two Colors
uses only the foreground and background colors and blends them with a
dithered pattern.
One Color uses only the foreground color and fades it with a dithered pattern.
Standard Colors
ignores all colors between the foreground and background colors and adds
several blended colors with a dithered pattern to create the gradient.
Multi Colors ignores all the colors between the foreground and background colors and adds
several blended colors with a randomized dithered pattern to create a smooth gradient.
If you select Pattern as the Type option, the following options are available:
Best Colors
ignores the order of the colors in the palette and uses only colors that create a
continuous blend of the foreground and background colors.
Best Colors Transparent ignores the order of the colors in the palette and uses only colors
that create a continuous blend of the foreground and background colors. White pixels in
patterns created with this method are transparent.
Adjacent Colors
uses all the colors in the palette between the foreground and background
colors for the gradient.
Adjacent Colors Transparent
uses all the colors in the palette between the foreground and
background colors for the gradient. White pixels in patterns that are created with this method
are transparent.
4
To determine the way the gradient fills an area in the Paint window, select one of the following
options from the Direction pop-up menu:
Top to Bottom
puts the foreground color at the top and the destination color at the bottom.
Bottom to Top puts the foreground color at the bottom and the destination color at the top.
Gradient pop-up menu