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274 The Fill Tool

Fractal clouds fill. On the left a grain of 1, on the right a grain of 50.

Fractal plasma fill. On the left a grain of 5, on the right a grain of 50.
Note the difference between grain and resolution. Grain controls the flow of the pattern.
Resolution sets the size of the fractal bitmap and how noticeable the individual pixels are.

You can change the start and end colors of a fractal fill. Select the center or outer
handles and then apply a color using either the Color Line or COLOR GALLERY. To cancel
any applied color, apply no color.

Multi-stage color graduations

Many of the graduated color fill types support multi-stage graduation fills, which means
instead of just fading from one color to another, you can go through a number of different
color fill stages.

To add a new color stage to a graduation, select the Fill Tool so the fill arrow shows and
then:
• Either drag a color onto the fill arrow where required.
• Or double click on the fill arrow to create a new fill handle, and now click a color or
display the COLOR EDITOR.

You can re-position the fill handles by dragging.

With one fill handle selected pressing "Tab" will select the next. If the COLOR EDITOR is
open, this is updated to reflect the new fill handle

To remove a fill stage handle, just click on it to select, and press "Del".

The Fill Gallery

The FILL GALLERY contains bitmap textures suitable for use as bitmap fills. Only when you
use a fill is it copied into the document.