Transform a gradient or tile brush
The Brush Transform tool in Microsoft® Expression Blend™ lets you move, rotate, skew, or resize a linear or radial gradient brush or a tile brush, depending on the type of brush.
To transform a gradient or tile brush
- Select an object that uses a gradient or tile brush for its fill, stroke, foreground, background, opacity mask, or border brush. For information about creating a gradient or tile brush, see Apply a brush to an object's fill or stroke.
- On the Toolbox, click Brush Transform
. - In the Properties panel, under Brushes, click the brush that you want to transform.
- On the artboard, do one or more of the following:
- To move a linear or radial gradient brush or a tile brush, drag anywhere inside the object. You can also move a linear or radial gradient brush by dragging the gradient arrow.
- To rotate a linear gradient brush, put your pointer outside either
end of the gradient arrow and drag when your pointer changes to a rotation
handle
.
To reset the rotation to its default state, double-click either end of
the gradient arrow. - To rotate either a tile brush or a radial gradient brush, put your
pointer outside any corner of the bounding outline around the object and
drag when your pointer changes to a rotation handle
.
- To skew either a tile brush or radial gradient brush, put your pointer outside a side
handle and drag when your pointer changes to skew handles
. - To resize either a tile brush or radial gradient brush, put your pointer on any handle on the side or corner of the object, and then drag.
- To stretch a linear gradient brush, drag either end of the gradient arrow.
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You can change the behavior of the Brush Transform
tool in the following
ways:
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