Applying circular fills

You can fill objects with any of LX's different fill types. Circular fills are useful for creating highlights and making circles look three dimensional.

image\PRCARROW.gif To apply a circular fill

1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).

2. Choose the Fill Tool.

3. Shift-drag from where you want the center of the fill to where you want the fill circle to end.

4. If you want a repeating fill pattern (like concentric rings), select Repeating from Fill Tiling on the Fill Tool Infobar.

Tips

image\BULLET.gif You can also select Circular from the drop-down list on the Fill Tool Infobar.

image\BULLET.gif You can edit the position and radius of the fill by dragging the fill handles. See Changing circular fills.

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Using linear, circular, elliptical and conical fills

Fills overview

Fill Tool