MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual page 122

Ink
Lighten
Smooth
Smear
Smudge
Spread
Clipboard
Normal
is the default ink. It is opaque and maintains the color of the current foreground color
and pattern.
Transparent ink makes the background color of patterns transparent so artwork drawn
previously in the current cast member can be seen through the pattern.
Reverse ink makes overlapping colors reverse. Any pixel in the foreground art that was originally
white becomes transparent. Any pixel that was black reverses the color of the background art.
Ghost ink in black and white creates an image that can be seen only when drawn over a black
background. In color, Ghost ink draws with the current background color.
Gradient
lets you paint with the gradient fill that you selected in the Gradient Settings dialog box.
For more information, see
from one color, called the foreground color, to another color, called the destination color. You can
paint with Gradient ink using the Brush tool, the Bucket tool, and the shape tools.
Reveal
works indirectly with the art in the previous cast position. Imagine the previous cast
member's artwork covered with a white area. Reveal ink erases the white area to show the artwork
in the previous window. Reveal ink can be used to create specific shapes from shades created with
the Airbrush tool. Because it is impossible to mask certain shapes for the airbrush, spray an area
with the airbrush first; then, in the next cast member, paint the shapes you need with a Reveal
ink. As you paint your object, you expose the airbrush pattern in the previous window.
Cycle
is a color ink. As you draw with Cycle ink, the colors change as the ink progresses through
the palette. The beginning and ending points of the color cycle are determined by the foreground
and destination colors. If you want to cycle through the whole palette, select white as the
foreground color and black as the destination color. This ink works only when your computer is
set to 256 colors.
Switch changes any pixel that is the current foreground color to the current gradient destination
color as you paint over pixels of that color.
Blend creates a translucent color ink. You can see the background object, but its color is blended
with the foreground object's color. Select the percentage of blend in the Paint Window
Preferences dialog box.
Darkest
is a useful ink for coloring black-and-white artwork. For example, if you paint yellow
over black and white, black remains black because it is darker than yellow, and white becomes
yellow because yellow is darker than white.
Lightest is a useful ink for coloring black-and-white artwork. For example, if you paint yellow
over black and white, black objects become yellow when painted with the Lightest ink effect, and
white remains white because it is lighter than yellow.
122 Chapter 5: Bitmaps
B&W Color
"Using gradients" on page
Works with
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
Brush
117. A gradient fill is one that progresses