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25 July 2010

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Flash Professional graphic effects

A gradient is a multicolor fill in which one color gradually changes into another color. You can apply up to 15 color transitions in a single gradient fill. A gradient allows you to create a smooth color gradation across one or more objects. You can name and save a gradient as a swatch to make it easy to apply the gradient to multiple objects in the same project.

Using Adobe Flash Professional, you can create two types of gradients:

  • Linear gradients change color along a single axis (horizontal or vertical)
  • Radial gradients change color in an outward direction starting from a central focal point

You can adjust the direction of a gradient, its colors, the location of the focal point, and many other properties using the Gradient Transform tool.

Color panel with gradient interface

To apply a gradient, follow these steps:

  1. Select an object on the Stage.
  2. Open the Color panel (Window > Color) and choose a gradient type from the Type menu. The gradient definition bar appears, with pointers below the bar indicating the colors in the gradient.
  3. Click the bar and then click the color pointers to select a new color.
  4. Click and drag pointers off the bar to remove them from the gradient.

To learn more about working with gradients, see the section titled Create or edit a gradient fill in the Flash documentation.

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