MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 293

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To apply a color as a graduated fill, hold down Control as you drag a color swatch
onto an object. Where you drop the color sets the angle of the gradient fill.
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To apply a color as a radial fill, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh) as you drag a color swatch onto an object. Where you drop the
color sets the fill's center.
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To apply a color as a contour fill, hold down Alt+Control (Windows) or
Command+Option (Macintosh) as you drag a color swatch onto an object.
Where you drop the color sets the fill's center.
A lens fill transforms a selected object into any of six special-effect lenses that
modify the appearance of objects underneath the lens by inverting colors or by
changing the transparency, color, lightness, darkness, or magnification of the object.
You can stack up to eight lenses on top of each other; a ninth lens cancels the
effect of the bottom lens.
Note:
You cannot apply a lens fill to EPS files, to clipping paths, or to text unless the text
has been converted to paths. A lens-filled object can be pasted inside another object.
To apply a lens fill:
Select an object.
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In the Fill inspector, choose Lens from the pop-up menu.
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Choose a lens fill:
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Transparency makes objects appear see-through.
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Magnify enlarges objects under the lens.