Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 150)

138 Painting and Drawing

For a Pattern fill, set the Type to Pattern.

The blend options are the same, but in this mode instead of choosing a

color you can fill a region with any pattern stored in the Patterns dialog.

Click the pattern sample to bring up the gallery of pattern thumbnails, then

right-click any thumbnail to choose a category from the bottom of the list.

(See Using patterns on p. 134.)

Gradient Fill Tool

Whereas solid fills use a single color, all gradient fills in PhotoPlus utilize at least

two "key" colors, with a spread of hues in between each key color, creating a

"spectrum" effect. You can fine-tune the actual spread of color between pairs of

key colors. Likewise, a gradient fill in PhotoPlus can have either solid

transparency—one level of opacity, like 50% or 100%, across its entire range—

or variable transparency, with at least two "key" opacity levels and a spread of

values in between. (Remember that opacity is simply an inverse way of

expressing transparency.)

The Gradient Fill Tool lets you apply variable color and/or transparency

fills directly to a layer. Five types of fill (Solid, Linear, Radial, Conical, and

Square) are available. Technically, a Solid fill is different (it uses just one color)

but in practice you can also achieve a unicolor effect using a gradient fill.

Solid Linear Radial Conical Square

Applying a gradient fill on any kind of layer entails selecting one of the fill types,

editing the fill colors and/or transparency in a Gradient dialog, then applying the

fill. However, gradient fills behave differently depending on the kind of layer

you're working on.

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