Re: FLASH: Fade to transparent gradient - Flash 5?

[John Dowdell]

At 9:39 AM 10/16/0, Jefferis Peterson wrote:

>  can't find on the palettes a quick way to create a fade to

> transparent gradient.


There's a technote on this, but the below is a copy/paste from a previous

thread:


>Yes, you're right, the gradients have changed in the new version. With

>these non-modal Inspector panels we can see the settings for the currently

>selected object... can apply the same gradient to many selected objects at

>once... can do everything within just this one panel. The working

>techniques are indeed a little different though, you're right.

>

>The various Inspectors -- Fill, Stroke, Text and so on -- all contain a

>Swatch popup. This contains your current set of predefined colors. When you

>pop up this Swatch menu in any Inspector, there's also an eyedropper, for

>instant access to any on-screen color.

>

>But what happens if you want to define a new color, particularly one with

>transparency? That's where the Color Mixer comes in. It modifies the

>currently selected color, whether in the currently selected object, or a

>popup in another Inspector, or even a color chip in the Gradient Inspector.

>You can mix a new color and it will be instantly applied to the current

>selection.

>

>This is how to make a semi-transparent gradient: Select the desired

>gradient color chip, and choose a new pre-mixed transparent color from the

>nearby swatch popup, or else mix a fresh color in the Color Mixer.

>

>Here's another way to think of these panels: The various Inspectors let you

>change the colors of their objects, right in that one Inspector, through

>the built-in color popup and eyedropper. To make a new color, use the Color

>Mixer. To manage *sets* of colors -- whether importing, exporting, sorting

>or altering -- then use the Swatch Inspector. The colors in your current

>Swatch will then be available in all other Inspectors.



jd






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