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CHAPTER 7
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Painting and Drawing
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Drag the diamond above the gradient bar to the
left or right.
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Select the diamond and enter a value for
Location.
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To delete the opacity stop you are editing,
click Delete.
To add an intermediate opacity, click above the
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gradient bar to define a new opacity stop. You can
then adjust and move this opacity as you would for
a starting or ending opacity. To remove an inter-
mediate opacity, drag its transparency stop up and
off the gradient bar.
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To create a preset gradient, click New. This
creates a new gradient preset with the trans-
parency setting you specified.
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Click OK to exit the dialog box and select the
newly created gradient.
Creating noise gradient fills
In addition to creating smooth gradients, the
Gradient Editor dialog box lets you define a new
noise gradient. A noise gradient is a gradient that
contains randomly distributed colors within the
range of colors that you specify.
A. 10% noise B. 50% noise C. 90% noise
To create a noise gradient:
Select the gradient tool (
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Click in the gradient sample in the options bar
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to display the Gradient Editor dialog box.
Select a gradient from the list. The new gradient
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will be based on this gradient.
Set Gradient Type to Noise.
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To set the roughness for the entire gradient,
enter a value, or drag the slider.
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To define the color model, choose a color model
from the Color Model list.
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To adjust the range of colors, drag the sliders.
For each color component of the color model
you've selected, you can drag the sliders to define
the range of acceptable values. For example, if you
choose the HSB model, you can restrict the
gradient to blue-green hues, high saturation, and
medium brightness.
Set the options to restrict colors or to add
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transparency.
To randomize a gradient that conforms to the
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settings, click the Randomize button until you find
a setting you like.
Enter a name for the new gradient.
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To create a preset gradient, click New. This
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creates a new preset gradient with the settings
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you specified.
Click OK to exit the dialog box and select the
C
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newly created gradient.
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