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154 Fill, Lines, Colors, and Transparency Working with mesh fills A mesh fill works like a gradient fill but uses a more complex fill path, with a grid or "mesh" of many nodes representing separate key colors. The overall effect, especially useful for multifaceted highlighting, arises from the color gradients that spread between each of these nodes. As an example, the Mesh Fill Tool can be used to dramatic effect on a sports car's bodywork. To enable the Mesh Fill Tool: • Select Mesh Fill Tool on the Drawing toolbar's Fill flyout. With the tool enabled, a mesh of editable patches and nodes are revealed (above). A mesh fill is applied to an object via the Swatch tab's Gradient gallery (see Setting fill properties on p. 137). You can edit the mesh itself with the Mesh Fill Tool and the accompanying context toolbar to achieve unique results. The path lines that connect nodes in a mesh fill are actually curves, so editing the mesh is similar to the method for Editing lines and shapes (see p. 65). Simple warping effects, color spread changes and path line curvature can all be affected. The tool lets you reshape curved path lines by adjusting one or more nodes and their control handles.
Fill, Lines, Colors, and Transparency 155 In addition, the areas between four nodes called "mesh patches” can be recolored or moved individually or in multiples. As for curved lines you can add, delete, and move one or more nodes at any time. (A) Node and (B) Patches in a mesh fill Setting opacity Key point! In DrawPlus, opacity is a property of color; both can be set in the Color tab in combination. Transparency refers to objectbased gradient or bitmap transparency effects, set via the Transparency tab or Transparency Tool. Opacity is great for highlights, shading and shadows, and simulating "rendered" realism. It can make the difference between flat, ordinary visuals and sparkling realism! Opacity is the inverse of transparency—fully opaque (100%) is no transparency (0%), and vice versa. It works rather like fills that use "disappearing ink" instead of color. The less opacity in a particular spot, the more "disappearing" takes place there, and the more the object(s) underneath show through.
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Welcome 3 Welcome to DrawPlus X4—
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Design Welcome 5 • View Quality D
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Welcome 7 • Transparency Effects
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Welcome 13 • Color Palette Design
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Installation System Requirements Mi
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2 Getting Started
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Startup Wizard Getting Started 19 O
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Getting Started 21 If the design is
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Opening AutoCAD files Getting Start
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3 Working with Pages
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Setting up a document Working with
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Working with Pages 33 Setting measu
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Creating guides Working with Pages
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Working with Pages 37 For clarity,
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Working with Pages 39 Snap to Margi
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Zooming Working with Pages 43 The H
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To make a page a background for oth
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To rotate your canvas: Either: - or
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Using divine proportions Working wi
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4 Lines, Curves, and Shapes
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Selecting one or more objects Lines
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Selection using a lasso Lines, Curv
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 61 4. (op
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 63 5. To
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Editing lines and shapes Lines, Cur
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 67 Select
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 69 • To
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Adjusting a shape Lines, Curves, an
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 79 To edi
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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 83 To com
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5 Using Brushes
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Selecting brushes DrawPlus supports
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Applying brush strokes To apply a b
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Editing brush strokes Using Brushes
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6 Working with Text
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Entering text Working with Text 95
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Working with Unicode text Working w
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Working with Text 99 The Node Tool
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Fitting text to a path Working with
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Page 139 and 140: To merge a layer: Working with Obje
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Page 159 and 160: Editing the fill path Fill, Lines,
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Page 171 and 172: Importing pictures Working with Pic
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Page 191 and 192: Creating borders To create a border
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Page 199 and 200: Color Fill Applying Special Effects
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Page 203 and 204: 3D Reflection Map Applying Special
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Page 207 and 208: Applying Pseudo 3D Applying Special
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Getting started with animation Crea
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Creating markers Creating Animation
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Creating Animations 233 • Windows
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Previewing the printed page Publish
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Printing special formats Publishing
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14 Index
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2D filter effects, 189 3D filter ef
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cutting objects, 107, 114 cutting o
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Glow effects, 189 gradient fills, 1
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Fill, 149, 152 Frame Text, 96 Freef
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