Flash Color Mixer Panel Tutorial

　　The Color mixer Panel is an important panel used in flash for color processing, which can be used skillfully to help users quickly fill the color and edit the color-rich graphics. In this panel you can make advanced settings for the colors of lines and graphics, which are grouped into the following types.

　　One, no fill color

No fill color means that the fill area of the graphic has no color content, and only the color of the line can be set in the panel. As shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

　　Two, solid color filling

A solid fill is the default color fill mode for Flash 8 and is the most commonly used color fill mode, which is used to complete the fill of the graphic color, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

　　Third, linear gradient fill

A linear gradient fill is a way to fill the color gradually from one side of the graphic to the other. With this fill, the user can use the Fill Transform tool, as shown in Figure 3, to adjust its gradient distance and gradient direction, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 3

Figure 4

　　Four, radial gradient fill

A radial gradient fill is a pattern of color change that radiates from the center of the graphic to the perimeter. When you use this fill, you can also adjust the gradient distance and the gradient direction through the Fill warp tool, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5

　　Five, Bitmap fill

A bitmap fill is a method that fills the fill area of a graphic with the imported bitmap as a fill. Using the bitmap Fill method, you can quickly complete a graphic fill that contains repeating patterns, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6

The type of fill color that can be selected through the Type Drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the property panel. When the type of color is linear or radial, a gradient setting bar appears in the Panel to control color changes. Adjust the position between each color control block by defining the color. Or you can get the desired gradient color by adding a new color control block, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7

Where the alpha value refers to the transparency of the color, and when the value is 0 o'clock, the graphic using the color will not be visible.