More Fill Options Dialog

Use the More Fill Options dialog to apply complex visual elements to the font, line, and fill properties of various objects and data entry controls in BarTender and to the templates and data entry forms themselves. In addition to changing the color, you can create a color gradient that causes one color to gradually change into another color, or you can select a pattern, texture, or picture to apply to the selected property.

To access the More Fill Options dialog, click Gradient, Pattern, or Texture on the Color Picker.

Gradient

A gradient is an effect in which one color fades into another color. Gradients can be used to fill shapes or to provide color variations for borders, lines, and text, and 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:

Select a gradient type to specify the direction of the color transitions.
Select a predefined gradient color from the collection that is included 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: Specifies the direction that the gradient colors transition into one another within the object or template, as follows:
- A linear gradient extends along a specified line. This line can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.
- A rectangular gradient extends from a point on a rectangle.
- A radial gradient extends from a point on an ellipse, which gives the impression of the colors fading along the edges of a circle.
- A path gradient extends 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 degrees, and a horizontal gradient has an angle of 180 degrees.

Gradient Colors

Use gradient stops to customize your gradient at specific locations along the gradient path. Default beginning and end gradient stops are provided, and you can add more stops. You can also 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 inserts a new gradient stop at that point.
Click the icon. BarTender inserts a new gradient stop halfway between two existing stops along the gradient path.

The following options are available:

Preset: Opens the predefined collection of gradients in BarTender. Click a gradient to view it in the gradient path. You can customize the gradient's existing stops or add and configure additional stops.
Color: Displays the color of the currently selected gradient stop. To select a different color, click this option, and then use the Color Picker to select the color that you want. For more information, refer to Color Picker.
Transparency: Specifies the degree to which objects that are under the color can be seen. The range is from 0 (opaque) to 100 (completely transparent). For more information, refer to Transparency.
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.

Pattern

Picture or Texture

Use the Picture or Texture fill option to apply either a picture or a 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 by using the following options.

Get Picture From

Use the Get Picture From section to select a fill from either a predefined texture or a graphic file on your computer, scanner, or camera, as follows:

Texture: Displays a list of available textures that are installed with BarTender.
File: Opens the Open File dialog so that you can browse to a picture that is located on your computer.
Clipboard: Specifies that the contents of the Clipboard are used as the fill image.
Scanner or Camera: Imports an image from a scanner or camera and uses it as the fill image.

Tiling Options

When you select Tile, BarTender repeats the selected picture or texture across all 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 moves to the left when you enter a negative number and to the right when you enter a positive number. The larger the number that 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 that 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: Specifies 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 that are adjacent to it.

To import images from a scanner or camera device, 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 you select Stretch, 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 that you provide, clipping and distortion of the picture or tile might 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 specifies the degree to which colors and objects that are under the image can be seen. The range is from 0 (opaque) to 100 (completely transparent). For more information, refer to Transparency.

More Fill Options Dialog

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Solid

Gradient

Pattern

Picture or Texture