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Locking a gradient or bitmap to fill the Stage

You can lock a gradient or bitmap fill to make it appear that the fill extends over the entire Stage and that the objects painted with the fill are masks revealing the underlying gradient or bitmap. For information on applying a bitmap fill, see Applying a bitmap fill.

When you select the Lock Fill modifier with the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and paint with the tool, the bitmap or gradient fill extends across the objects you paint on the Stage.

Using the Lock Fill modifier creates the appearance of a single gradient or bitmap fill being applied to separate objects on the Stage.

To use a locked gradient fill:

1 | Select the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and choose a gradient or bitmap as a fill.
2 | Select Linear Gradient or Radial Gradient from the Fill Style pop-up menu in the center of the Color Mixer before selecting the Brush or Paint Bucket tool.
3 | Click the Lock Fill modifier.
4 | First paint the areas where you want to place the center of the fill, and then move to other areas.

To use a locked bitmap fill:

1 | Select the bitmap you want to use.
2 | Select Bitmap from the Fill Style pop-up menu in the center of the Color Mixer before selecting the Brush or Paint Bucket tool.
3 | Select the Brush or Paint Bucket tool.
4 | Click the Lock Fill modifier.
5 | First paint the areas where you want to place the center of the fill, and then move to other areas.