CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 49. Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn, step by step, how to create the illustrations you've imagined, quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs, import and edit photos, master the art of typography and the science of color theory, make 3D scenes from 2D objects, and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art, this. | 444 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide next. While 256 steps is set and locked fountain fills will display and print using the maximum capabilities of your monitor and printer resolution. 12 steps Using Custom Fountain Fills A default fountain fill features two colors but you can add colors to make any type of fountain fill into your own version. When you make multi-colored fountain fills the appearance of your artwork can change dramatically. The position of added colors is shown by node positions on the dashed line guide joining the two default colors. After you ve added color markers and clicked them to select them on the object the property bar will display their position and color as shown here CHAPTER 15 Filling Objects 445 You can add move and delete fountain fill colors you ve added to a default fountain fill type in several ways but you must have both the object and the Interactive fill tool selected or you ll wind up editing the object and not the fill. To explore doing this follow the steps in this tutorial. Editing a Fountain Fill In-Place 1. Select the object to be filled choose the Interactive fill tool G and then apply a fountain fill by choosing Linear Radial Conical or Square from the property bar Fill Type selector. 2. With a default fill applied double-click a point on the guide between the two existing color markers where you want to add a color marker. Doing this adds a color that is based on an average of two existing marker colors so your custom fountain fill probably looks the same as the default fill. 3. Decide on a new intermediate color choose one in this example on the Color Palette and drag a color from the color well drag the swatch onto your new marker. You have a three-color gradient now. 4. Try a different technique to add a color marker position and a color at the same time drag a Color Palette well directly onto the same fountain fill guide but at a different location. 5. To reposition an added color click-drag it along the guide .
