Fountain fills

---

Fountain fills gradually change from one color to the next, along a linear, elliptical, conical, or rectangular path. You can use fountain fills to create the illusion of depth. Fountain fills are also known as gradient fills.

Regular, elliptical, conical, and linear fountain fills

Corel PHOTO-PAINT provides a collection of fountain fills that you can access. You can browse the available fountain fills, search by keyword, mark fills as favorites, and sort fills. For more information, see Find and view fills and transparencies.

Any fountain fill can be modified to suit your needs, and you can create your own fills from scratch. Fountain fills can contain two or more colors, which you can position anywhere in the fill’s progression. You can specify fill attributes such as the direction of a fill’s color blend, the fill’s angle, center point, and midpoint. You can also resize, smooth, skew, mirror, or repeat a fill.

Left to right: An object with a linear fountain fill applied. Another color is added to the fill. The fill is repeated and mirrored. Last, the fill is rotated 50 degrees.

After you create a fountain fill, you can save it for future use. For more information, see Save fills and transparencies.

You can also apply a fountain fill interactively by using the Interactive fill tool . A gradient arrow, which marks the transition from one color to another, appears in the image window. Each color in the fountain fill is represented by a square node on the gradient arrow. You can change and add colors or adjust the transparency of individual colors. You can also adjust the size and direction of the fountain fill in the image window.

To apply a fountain fill

Merge modes control the way the foreground or fill color blends with the base color of the image. You can change the merge mode setting from the default (Normal) for specific blending purposes. For more information about merge modes, see Merge modes.

For information about how to find fills, see To find, filter, and sort fills and transparencies.

To create a fountain fill

 

You can also
Change a color	Select the corresponding node, open the Node color picker, and choose a color.
Add an intermediate color	Double-click the color band where you want to add a node. With the new node selected, open the Node color picker, and choose a color.
Change the position of an intermediate color	Drag the corresponding node to a new location above the color band, or type a value in the Node position box.
Delete an intermediate color	Double-click the corresponding node.
Specify the way the colors blend between two nodes	Select either the two nodes or the midpoint between them, click the Blend direction button, and choose an option from the list: • Linear color blend — blends the colors along a straight line, beginning at the start color and continuing across the color wheel to the end color • Clockwise color blend — blends the colors along a clockwise path around the color wheel • Counterclockwise color blend — blends the colors along a counterclockwise path around the color wheel
Mirror, repeat, or reverse the fill	Click one of the following buttons: • Repeat and mirror • Repeat • Reverse fill To revert the fill to its default state, click Default fountain fill . The effect of repeating and mirroring can be seen only if the fill is smaller than the object. The following illustration shows a default fill (1), the same fill resized and then repeated and mirrored (2), the fill resized and repeated (3), and the fill reversed (4).
Specify the number of steps used to display or print the fountain fill	Type a value in the Fountain steps box. Higher numbers create a smoother transition between colors.
Specify how quickly the fountain fill blends from one color to another	Move the Acceleration slider.
Create smoother color transitions between fountain fill nodes	Enable the Smooth transition check box.
Set the width and height of the fill as a percentage of the object’s width and height	Type values in the Fill width and Fill height boxes.
Move the center of the fill up, down, left, or right	Type values in the X and Y boxes.
Slant the fill at a specified angle	Type a value in the Skew box.
Rotate the color progression clockwise or counterclockwise	Type a value in the Rotate box.
Allow the fill to be skewed or stretched disproportionately	Enable the Free scale and skew check box.

Fountain fills can contain up to 99 colors.

You can change the color of a node by clicking the node and clicking a color on the color palette.

To apply a fountain fill interactively

 

You can also
Set the midpoint for the color transition	Drag the slider on the gradient arrow.
Change a color	Drag a color swatch from the color palette to a color node on the gradient arrow.
Add a color	Drag a color swatch from the color palette to any area along the gradient arrow.
Delete a color	Right-click a color node, and click Delete.
Set the transparency of a color	Click a color node, and move the Node transparency slider on the property bar. Higher values increase transparency.
Change the size or direction of the fountain fill	Drag the end node.

You can also create a mask to constrain the fountain fill to a portion of the image. For more information, see Masks.

Some features documented in the Help are available exclusively to subscribers. For more information about CorelDRAW subscription, visit coreldraw.com.