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Applying fountain fills

A fountain fill is a smooth progression of two or more colors that adds depth to an object. Fountain fills are also known as gradient fills.

There are four types of fountain fills: linear, radial, conical, and square. A linear fountain fill flows in a straight line across the object, a conical fountain fill creates the illusion of light hitting a cone, a radial fountain fill radiates from the center of the object, and a square fountain fill is dispersed in concentric squares from the center of the object.

There four types of fountain fills (left to right): linear, radial, conical, and square.

You can apply preset fountain fills, two-color fountain fills, and custom fountain fills to objects. Custom fountain fills can contain two or more colors, which you can position anywhere in the fill’s progression. After you create a custom fountain fill, you can save it as a preset.

When you apply a fountain fill, you can specify attributes for the fill type you choose, such as the direction of a fill’s color blend, the fill’s angle, center point, midpoint, and edge pad. You can also adjust the print and display quality of the fountain fill by specifying the number of fountain steps. By default, the fountain step setting is locked so that the print quality of the fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the print settings and the display quality is determined by the default value you set. However, you can unlock the fountain steps setting and specify a value that applies to both the print and view quality of the fill. For information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see Fine-tuning print jobs.

To apply a preset fountain fill Back to Top
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Select an object.
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Click Edit Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button to display fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Click the arrow button to display more fill options.
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Choose a fill from the Fill presets list box.
You can also apply a preset fountain fill by clicking the Fountain fill button in the toolbox and choosing a fill from the Fountain fill dialog box.
You can add a color to a fountain fill by dragging a color from the color palette to an object’s interactive vector handle.
To apply a two-color fountain fill Back to Top
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Select an object.
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Click Edit Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button to display fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Enable the Two-color blend option.
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Open the From color picker, and click a color.
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Open the To color picker, and click a color.
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Move the fill midpoint slider to adjust the color progression between the start and end fill colors.
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Click the arrow button to display more fill options.
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Specify the settings you want.
You can also apply a two-color fountain fill by clicking the Interactive fill tool in the toolbox and choosing a fountain fill from the Fill type list box on the property bar.
You can mix colors in a two-color fountain fill by selecting one of the interactive vector handles, pressing Ctrl, and clicking a color on the color palette.
You can add a color to a fountain fill by dragging a color from the color palette to an object’s interactive vector handle.
To apply a custom fountain fill Back to Top
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Select an object.
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Click Edit Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button to display fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Enable the Custom-color blend option.
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Click the first color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker, and click a color on the color palette.
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Click the end color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker, and click a color on the color palette.
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To adjust the midpoint between the colors, double-click between the two color swatches on the color band, and drag the new color swatch.
If you want to specify the exact position of the midpoint, type a value in the Position box.
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Click the arrow button to display more fill options.
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Specify the attributes you want.

You can also
 
Add an intermediate color
Click the intermediate color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker, and click a color on the color palette.
Change a color
Click the corresponding color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker, and click a color on the color palette.
Delete an intermediate color
Double-click the corresponding color swatch.
Change the position of an intermediate color
Drag the color swatch to a new location above the color band, or type a value in the Position box.
Specify other fill attributes
Click the arrow button at the bottom of the Fill section to display more fill options, and specify the attributes you want.
Save the fill as a preset
Type a name in the Fill presets box, and click the Add preset button .
If the Fill presets box is not displayed, click the arrow button at the bottom of the Fill section.

You can also apply a custom fountain fill by doing one of the following:
 
clicking the Fountain fill button in the toolbox, and specifying the fill attributes in the Fountain fill dialog box
 
clicking the Interactive fill tool in the toolbox, and dragging colors from the color palette in the document window onto the object’s interactive vector handles
To change the fountain fill print and display quality Back to Top
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Select an object.
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In the toolbox, click the Interactive fill tool .
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Choose a fountain fill from the Fill type list box on the property bar.
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Click the Lock fountain steps button on the property bar, type a value in the Fountain steps box, and press Enter.
When the Fountain steps box is locked, the number of steps in the printed fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the Print dialog box. For information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see Fine-tuning print jobs.
To set the display quality for fountain fills Back to Top
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Click Tools Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Workspace, and click Display.
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Type a value in the Preview fountain steps box.

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