Applying fountain fills

A fountain fill is a smooth progression of two or more colors that adds depth to an object. There are four types of fountain fills: linear, radial, conical, and square. A linear fountain fill flows in a straight line across the object, a conical fountain fill creates the illusion of light hitting a cone, a radial fountain fill radiates from the center of the object, and a square fountain fill is dispersed in concentric squares from the center of the object.

You can apply preset fountain fills, two-color fountain fills, and custom fountain fills to objects. Custom fountain fills can contain two or more colors, which you can position anywhere in the fill’s progression. After you create a custom fountain fill, you can save it as a preset.

When you apply a fountain fill, you can specify attributes for the fill type you choose; for example, the direction of a fill’s color blend, the fill’s angle, center point, midpoint, and edge pad. You can also adjust the print and display quality of the fountain fill by specifying the number of fountain steps. By default, the fountain step setting is locked so that the print quality of the fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the print settings and the display quality is determined by the default value you set.

However, you can unlock the fountain steps setting when you apply a fountain fill and specify a value that applies to both the print and view quality of the fill. For information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see “Fine-tuning print jobs” in the Help.

There are four types of fountain fills: (left to right) linear, radial, conical, and square.

To apply a preset fountain fill

1 Select an object.

2Open the Fill flyout , and click the Fountain fill dialog button .

3Choose a fill from the Presets list box.

4Specify the settings you want.

To apply a two-color fountain fill

1Select an object.

2Open the Interactive fill flyout , and click the Interactive fill tool .

3Choose a fountain fill from the Fill type list box on the property bar.

4Open the Fill dropdown picker on the property bar, and click a color.

5Open the Last fill picker on the property bar, and click a color.

6Specify the settings you want.

You can mix colors in a two-color fountain fill by selecting one of the interactive vector handles, pressing Ctrl, and clicking a color on the color palette.

You can add a color to a fountain fill by dragging a color from the color palette to an object’s interactive vector handle.

To apply a custom fountain fill

1Select an object.

2Open the Fill flyout , and click the Fountain fill dialog button .

3Choose a fountain fill from the Type list box on the property bar.

4Enable the Custom option.

5Click the box at one end of the area just above the color band, and click a color on the color palette.

6Click the box at the opposite end of the area just above the color band, and click a color.

7Specify the attributes you want.