More Fill Options Dialog

When Solid is selected, BarTender uses a solid color for the selected property. The following options are available:

• Color: Use this option to select the color you want from the list of available colors. If the color you want is unavailable, select More Colors to open the Colors dialog, and then make your selection from the additional color choices. Alternatively, click the Custom tab to select a custom color.

• Transparency: This option determines the degree to which the color allows objects under it to be seen. "Full transparency," a value of 100 percent, causes the color to be completely invisible. Any value that is less than 100 percent causes "partial transparency," much like seeing objects through a colored piece of stained glass.

A gradient occurs when one color fades into another color. Gradients can be used to fill shapes or to provide color variations for borders, lines, and text, and it can also be used to fill the template or data entry form.

You can create a gradient by using one or more of the following methods:

• Choose a gradient type to specify the direction of the color transitions of the gradient.

• Select a predefined gradient color from the collection that is installed with BarTender.

• Add and customize gradient stops along the gradient path to define the gradient color.

The following options are available for creating a gradient:

Gradient Type

• Type: Defines the direction that the gradient colors transition into one another within the object or template.

• A linear gradient defines a gradient along a specified line. This line can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal (at an angle).

• A rectangular gradient defines a gradient that extends from a point on a rectangle.

• A radial gradient defines a gradient that extends from a point on an ellipse, giving the impression of the colors fading along the edges of a circle.

• A path gradient defines a gradient that flows from the center of the object, in the shape of the boundaries of the object.

• Angle: Specifies the angle of a linear gradient. A vertical gradient has an angle of 0°, and a horizontal gradient has an angle of 180°.

Gradient Colors

Gradient stops are used to customize your gradient at specific locations along the gradient path. There are default beginning and end gradient stops, and you can add more stops. You can customize each stop by defining its unique properties, including color, transparency, and position.

You can add a gradient stop by using one of the following methods:

• Click the gradient path at the location that you want. BarTender will insert a new gradient stop at that point.

• Click the icon. BarTender will insert a new gradient stop halfway between two existing stops along the gradient path.

The following options are available:

• Preset: Opens BarTender's predefined collection of gradients. Click one to view it in the gradient path. You can customize the gradient's existing gradient stops or add and define additional gradient stops.

• Color: Specifies the color of the selected gradient stop. Select the color you want from the list of available colors. If the color you want is unavailable, select More Colors to open the Colors dialog, and then make your selection from the additional color choices. Alternatively, click the Custom tab to select a custom color.

• Transparency: Determines the degree to which the selected color in the gradient allows objects under it to be seen. "Full transparency," a value of 100 percent, causes the color to be completely invisible. Any value that is less than 100 percent causes "partial transparency," much like seeing objects through a colored piece of stained glass.

• Position: Determines the location of the selected gradient stop along the gradient path. You can adjust a stop's position by dragging the stop to the left or right on the gradient path.

A pattern is a set of repeated dots or lines that can be used to fill shapes or provide an interesting appearance for borders, lines, and text, and it can also be used to fill the template or data entry form. BarTender is installed with many predefined patterns to choose from.

• Foreground Color: Specifies the color of the lines or dots (the pattern). Select the color you want from the list of available colors.

• Background Color: Specifies the color of the background that the pattern appears on. Select the color you want from the list of available colors.

• Transparency: Determines the degree to which the selected pattern allows objects under it to be seen. "Full transparency," a value of 100 percent, causes the color to be completely invisible. Any value that is less than 100 percent causes "partial transparency," much like seeing objects through a colored piece of stained glass.

When you select the Foreground Color and the Background Color, if the color you want is unavailable, select More Colors to open the Colors dialog, and then make your selection from the additional color choices. Alternatively, click the Custom tab to select a custom color.

When you select the Picture or Texture fill option, you can apply either a picture or a BarTender predefined texture to the selected object's font, line, or fill property or to the template or data entry form.

You can customize your selected picture or texture fill with the following options:

Get Picture From

The Get Picture From section enables you to select a fill from either a predefined texture or a graphic file on your computer, scanner, or camera.

• Texture: Displays a list of available textures that are installed with BarTender.

• File: Enables you to navigate to a picture that is located on your computer.

• Clipboard: Specifies the contents of the BarTender clipboard as the fill image.

• Scanner or Camera: Enables you to import an image from a scanner or camera and insert it as the fill image.

Tiling Options

When Tile is selected, BarTender repeats the selected picture or texture across the entirety of the selected property or template based on the following specifications:

• X Offset: Shifts the entire texture or picture horizontally within the boundaries of the object property or template. The texture or picture will move to the left when you enter a negative number and to the right when you enter a positive number. The larger the number you enter, the greater the distance that the texture or picture shifts within the boundaries of the property or template.

• Y Offset: Shifts the entire texture or picture vertically within the boundaries of the object property or template. The texture or picture moves up when you enter a negative number and down when you enter a positive number. The larger the number you enter, the greater the distance that the texture or picture shifts within the boundaries of the property or template.

• X Scale: Specifies the percentage for the horizontal scaling of the original image or texture.

• Y Scale: Specifies the percentage for the vertical scaling of the original image or texture.

• Alignment: Specifies the anchor position at which the picture or texture tiling begins.

• Mirror: Determines the vertical or horizontal direction by which tiles reflect one another.

• Horizontal: Specifies that each tile reflects the mirror (or flipped) image of the tiles to the left and right of itself.

• Vertical: Specifies that each tile reflects the mirror (or flipped) image of the tiles above and below itself.

• Both: Specifies that each tile reflects the mirror (or flipped) image of the four tiles adjacent to it.

When you import images from a scanner or camera, you must set up the device by using the Scanner and Camera Setup dialog. This enables BarTender to communicate with the device, so that the pictures on the device are available for selection.

Stretch Options

When Stretch is selected, BarTender increases the size of the selected picture or texture by the percentage values that are specified in the Stretch Options section. Only positive percentage values can be used.

Depending on the values you provide, clipping and distortion of the picture or tile may occur.

• Left: Increases the size of the image by stretching it to the left, to the percentage that is specified by the value that you provide.

• Right: Increases the size of the image by stretching it to the right, to the percentage that is specified by the value that you provide.

• Top: Increases the size of the image by stretching it upward, to the percentage that is specified by the value that you provide.

• Bottom: Increases the size of the image by stretching it downward, to the percentage that is specified by the value that you provide.

Transparency

The Transparency option determines the degree to which the selected picture or texture allows objects under it to be seen. "Full transparency," a value of 100 percent, causes the color to be completely invisible. Any value that is less than 100 percent causes "partial transparency," much like seeing objects through a colored piece of stained glass.