Stroke and Fill Tools

The stroke and fill tools adjust styles and fills of objects.

From left to right:

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Line style: Select to apply a thin or thick line effect to a selected object.

From left to right:

• No line
• Hairline
• Thick line
• Line thickness
• Dotted line (gap and stroke)
• Lock proportions (aspect ratio)
• Line in front
• Line behind
• End caps (butt, extended, rounded)
• Corners (sharp, round, miter)
• Stroke colors
• Gradient stroke drop-down list: Select one color, linear (linear gradient that extends outwards from the center line), step (pinstripe effect with a sharp transition between colors), or bevel (halo effect with one dominant color and the other along the edges of the stroke).
• Set as default line setting

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Gradient fills: Select to apply a gradient fill to a selected object (RGB colors).

From top left:

• Linear fill
• Radial fill
• Conical fill
• Uniform fill
• Square fill
• Triangle fill

• Clear nubs (to remove control nubs previously added using the gradient slider)
  Note: This button is visible after adding nubs.

• Gradient slider: Use the slider to control the gradient.
  Note: If you want to add new nubs that can be used to add new color, double-click on the gradient slider.
• Color selection: Use the drop-down to launch the Color Selection dialog and edit colors.
• Position of fill (controls position where effect begins)
• Pinstripe
• Spectrum up: Gradient has first color on bottom and transitions to second color at top.
• Blend
• Spectrum down: Gradient has first color on top and transitions to second color on bottom.
• Angle of fill
• Repeats (use the drop-down to select style and the arrows to set number of repeats)

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CMYK gradient fills: Select to apply a gradient fill to a selected object (CMYK colors).

From left to right:

• Linear fill
• Radial fill
• Square fill
• Gradient nub color
• Clear nubs (to remove control nubs previously added using the gradient slider)
• Gradient slider: Use the slider to control the gradient.
  Note: If you want to add new nubs that can be used to add new color, double-click on the gradient slider.
• Angle of fill
• Position of fill (controls position where effect begins)

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Pattern fills: Select to apply a process color fill by tiling a bitmap.

From left to right:

• Select pattern bitmap
• Cell width and height
• Lock proportions
• Cell x and y offset
• Skew fill
• Rotate fill
• Percent of tile x and y direction
• Enable partial fill
• Enable transparent color
• Color picker

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Spot gradient fills: Select to apply a gradient effect composed of one or two spot/foil colors.

From left to right:

• Linear fill
• Radial fill
• Square fill
• Duotone checkbox
• Base foil color
• Gradient slider: Use the slider to control the gradient.
  Note: If you want to add new nubs that can be used to add new tint, double-click on the gradient slider.
• Tint
• Angle
• Vertical and horizontal position

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Multi-spot gradient fills: Select to apply a gradient effect using one or more spot colors.

From left to right:

• Linear fill
• Radial fill
• Square fill
• Base foil color
• Clear nubs (to remove control nubs previously added using the gradient slider)
• Gradient slider: Use the slider to control the gradient.
  Note: If you want to add new nubs that can be used to add new color, double-click on the gradient slider.
• Angle
• Add boost checkbox
• Vertical and horizontal position

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Hatch fill: Select to apply a crosshatch or solid fill to a selected object.

From left to right:

• Tool width
• Fill angle
• Fill style
• Fill color
• Fill offset

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Transparency fill: Select to apply effects that are transparent with objects below showing through.

From top left, clockwise:

• No transparency
• Uniform fill
• Linear fill
• Conical fill
• Contour fill
• Pattern fill
• Radial fill
• Square fill
• *configuration is dependent on option chosen

Transparencies on vectors