Re: FLASH: Transparent Gradient in F5?

[John Dowdell]

At 8:30 AM 10/17/0, Bawol, Brian wrote:

>Ok, I think I'm going crazy,

>Can you make a transparent gradient like in F4? (set alpha in the gradient

>menu on the color you want transparent)  It's a piece of cake in Flash 4,

>but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do this in Flash 5...help!


Here, try this... sorry for the copy/paste, but it sure beats retyping

each day.... ;-)



>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:14:04 -0700

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

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From: jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com (John Dowdell)

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

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>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:

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>>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.

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>>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.

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