Adobe 65036570 User Guide - Page 133

ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0 122 User Guide 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 an option from the Direction 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. Left To Right puts the foreground color on the left and the destination color on the right. Right To Left puts the foreground color on the right and the destination color on the left. Directional lets you determine the direction of the gradient. You set the direction of the gradient in the Paint window with the paint tool used to fill the area. Shape Burst (Mac only) creates a gradient that starts at the edge of the area and moves toward the center. The foreground color begins at the edge and the destination color appears in the center. Sun Burst begins with the foreground color at the edge of the area and moves in concentric circles to the destination color at the center. 5 To control how colors cycle in a gradient, select a Cycles option: Sharp cycles have a banded appearance; smooth cycles go from foreground to destination and then back to foreground. One cycles the gradient once through the range of colors you define. Two Sharp cycles through the range of colors from foreground to destination twice. Two Smooth cycles the gradient from foreground to destination and then from destination to foreground. Three Sharp cycles the gradient from foreground to destination three times.