PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

88 Painting and Drawing
To apply a gradient fill:
1. Select Gradient Fill Tool from the Tools toolbar's Fill flyout.
2. Select a fill type from the Context toolbar. Choose Linear, Radial, Conical or
Square.
3. To choose a preset or to edit the fill's colours and/or transparency values, click
the colour sample on the Context toolbar. The Gradient dialog appears, which
either offers a range of selectable presets in the upper gallery (right-click to
pick a different themed gallery from the drop-down list) or a lower fill
spectrum for creating custom fills (from a preset or from scratch). See
PhotoPlus help for details on how to edit gradient fills.
4. Once you've defined the fill, click with the tool where you want to start the fill
and drag to the point where you want it to end.
To change a text or shape layer’s fill type, or edit its colour(s):
• Double-click the shape layer (or right-click and choose Edit Fill...).
OR
Choose the Gradient Fill Tool and use the Context toolbar.
Either option lets you choose a fill type, and/or click the colour (or gradient)
sample to edit the fill.
On text or shape layers, the fill path (the line in the illustration above) remains
visible even after you’ve applied the fill, and you can adjust the fill’s placement after
the fact by dragging the fill path’s end nodes with the Gradient Fill Tool.
Cloning a region
The Clone Tool is like two magic brushes locked
together. While you trace or "pick up" an original drawing
with one brush, the other draws ("puts down") an exact
duplicate somewhere else—even in another image.
The tool acts on the active Background or standard layer, and
can even clone all layers (including Text layers or Shape
layers).