Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 151)

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standard and Background layers

, the tool

creates a "spectrum" effect, filling the active layer

or selection with colors spreading between the

key colors in the selected gradient fill. The fill is

applied rather like a coat of spray paint over

existing pixels on the layer; color and

transparency properties in the fill gradient

interact with the existing pixels to produce new

values. In other words, once you've applied the

fill, you can't go back and edit it (except by

undoing it and trying again).

Transparency works in a comparable way, affecting how much the paint you

apply is "thinned." At full opacity, the fill completely obscures pixels underneath.

On text and shape layers, the Gradient

Fill Tool is even more powerful—the fill’s

color and transparency properties remain

editable. Technically, the fill is a property

of the layer, and the shape(s) act as a

"window" enabling you to see the fill.

Thus a single fill applies to all the shapes

on a particular layer—note the gradient

fill opposite which is applied across three

QuickShapes present on the same layer.

Transparency gradients determines which portions of the object you can see

through. Note that the Flood Fill Tool doesn't work with text or shapes. When

first drawn, a shape takes a Solid fill using the foreground color. You can change

the fill type as described below.

To apply a gradient fill:

1. Select Gradient Fill Tool from the Tools toolbar's Fill Tools flyout.

2. Select a fill type from the Context toolbar. Choose Linear, Radial, Conical

or Square.

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