Re: FLASH: Color to Transparent Gradient Fills

[John Dowdell]

> I agree it isn't intuitive at all.  To make the color in the gradient

> transparent you have to go to a separate panel from the one with

> the gradient. The gradient colors are chosen on the fill panel.


Actually, it's easier to think of it like this:


1)  Most Inspectors where you can set a color now have a popup for your

current Swatch.


2)  If you want a color that's not in your Swatch, then you can use the

eyedropper or mix it fresh in the Color Mixer.


This holds true across various Inspectors, such as Stroke, Text, Gradient

or other Fill... you can set a semi-transparent color from the current

Swatch, or you can mix a new semi-transparent color fresh.


(Sidenote: To ensure consistent color styles across projects, it can be

very helpful to make a single Swatch that is saved and loaded into the

various movies.)


jd






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