Macromedia MAX 2005 - Anaheim, CA What’s New In Flash 8
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New Gradient Color Options
The Color Mixer provides options for changing the color of strokes and fills, as well as creating
multicolor gradients. You can use gradients to produce a wide range of effects, such as giving an
illusion of depth to a two-dimensional object. For example, you can use a gradient to transform a
simple, two-dimensional circle into a sphere, with the illusion of light illuminating the surface at one
angle and casting a shadow to the opposite side of the sphere.
The Color Mixer with the gradient controls displayed.
The Color Mixer has the following options:
Stroke color changes the color of the stroke, or the border, of a graphic object.
Fill Color changes the color of the fill. The fill is the area of color that fills up the shape.
Type pop-up menu changes the fill style:
• None removes the fill.
• Solid provides a solid, single fill color.
• Linear produces a gradient that blends on a linear path.
• Radial produces a gradient that blends outward in a circular path from a central focal point.
• Bitmap lets you tile the selected fill area with a bitmap image that you can select. When you
choose Bitmap, a dialog box lets you select a bitmap image on your local computer, and add
it to the library. You can apply this bitmap as a fill; the appearance is something similar to a
mosaic tile pattern with the image repeated within the shape.
RGB let you change the density of the red, blue, and green (RGB) colors in a fill.
Alpha sets the opacity for a solid fill, or the currently selected slider for a gradient fill. An alpha value
of 0% creates an invisible (or transparent) fill; an alpha value of 100% creates an opaque fill.
