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Transform and distort fills
You can move, rotate, skew, and change the
width of an object's pattern or gradient fill. When you use the
Pointer or Gradient tools to select an object with a pattern or
gradient fill, a set of handles appears on or near the object. Drag
the handles to adjust the object's fill.
 Use the fill handles to interactively adjust a pattern or
gradient fill. To move the fill within an object,
drag the round handle, or use the Gradient tool to click in a new
location.
To adjust the fill width and skew,
drag a square handle.
To rotate the fill, drag the lines
connecting the handles.
 To rotate a fill in
45-degree increments, hold down Shift as you drag.
Modify the edges of fillsThe edges of a fill can be a regular hard line or can be
softened by anti-aliasing or feathering.
By default, edges are anti-aliased. Anti-aliasing subtly blends
the edge into the background to smooth the jagged edges that can
occur on rounded objects such as ellipses and circles.
Feathering produces a noticeable blending on either side of the
edge. This blending softens the edge, creating an effect similar
to a glow.
Do one of the following:
Click the Edge
pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
Click the Fill Color box in the Tools panel, click Fill Options,
and click the Edge pop-up menu.
Select an edge option: Hard Edge, Anti-Alias, or Feather.
For a feathered edge, select the number of pixels (between
0 and 100) on each side of the edge that is to be feathered. The
default is 10. The higher the level, the more feathering occurs.
Save a custom gradient fill To
save the current gradient settings as a custom gradient for use
across many documents, create a style.
Remove a fill from a selected objectDo one of the following:
Select None from the Fill Options pop-up menu in the
Property inspector or from the Fill Options pop-up menu in the Fill
Options pop-up window.
Click any Fill Color box and click the Transparent button.
This option removes only solid fills.
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