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272 The Fill Tool

Single tile (photo) Repeating tile Repeat inverted-the tiles fit together
perfectly.

The fill has three handles. Use it for Resizing and re-positioning bitmap fills. An
alternative way to set the size of the bitmap is to type in a resolution into the InfoBar field.
You first have to un-select the fill handle by clicking anywhere on the image away from a
fill handle, then just type a new dpi resolution.

Replacing Bitmap Fills
If a shape already contains a bitmap, or is a photo, then you can just drag and drop a
new bitmap from any source, such as Windows Explorer, and it will replace the existing
bitmap. The new image is ‘best fitted’ into the shape so that it just fits in. Doing this will
also replace all other instances of that photo on the current page if they are in the same
SOFT GROUP.

Holding down SHIFT while replacing a photo in this way causes the position, scale and
rotation of the bitmap fill to be preserved.

Bitmap coloring
You can color any bitmap or photo fill by just clicking on a color on the COLOR LINE (make
sure no fill handles are selected, by just clicking on the image). This will create a
Contone (technically a Duotone) which uses colors between black and the selected color.
Alternatively right click on the object and choose CONTONE > SET LIGHT COLOR or
CONTONE > MAKE BLACK AND WHITE. You can also right click the color line and select
either the 'SET CONTONE LIGHT COLOR' or 'SET CONTONE DARK COLOR'.

So, for example, to make a picture black and white, just requires you to click on the
White color patch on the color line.
To cancel any applied color, apply NO COLOR to either fill

handle. This restores the bitmap to its original bitmap colors.
The RESOLUTION box on the INFOBAR shows the resolution, which can be altered by
moving the fill handles or typing in a value.

Resizing and re-positioning bitmap fills
If you hold down Shift and click and drag on a shape which already has a bitmap fill, a
new bitmap fill is created centered on the click point. If you hold the "Ctrl" key down too, it
limits the angle, so this makes it easy to create an upright bitmap fill.