Applying a hatch effect
To apply a hatch effect to a selected object, you choose a hatch setting and its associated hatch style, modify the settings if desired, and apply them through the Hatch Effects dialog box. The Hatch Effects dialog box lets you adjust the hatch.
To fill an object with an existing ink pen hatch: - Select the object you want to fill with a hatch.
- Choose Filter > Pen & Ink > Hatch Effects.
- Choose a hatch from the Hatch pop-up menu and an effect from the Hatch Effect pop-up menu.
- To improve the program's performance by turning off the hatch preview, deselect the Preview option at the lower right of the dialog box.
- To adjust the number of hatch elements applied to the selection, drag the Density slider or enter values in the text box. To intensify the effect, click a gradation within the density adjustment bar.
- To specify hatch uniformity or design characteristics, adjust sliders or enter values for Dispersion, Thickness, Scale, or Rotation.
Enter an angle along which to apply the effect by typing a value from -360 to 360 in the text boxes. Then drag the slider or enter values in the text boxes to specify a range, as follows: - Dispersion, which controls the spacing of hatch elements, ranges from 0% to 300%.
- Thickness, or stroke weight, of the hatch elements ranges from 10 pts to 1000 pts. (This option is dimmed if the selection is unstroked.)
- Scale, which sets the size of the hatch elements, ranges from 10% to 1000%.
- Rotation, which sets the angle at which the hatch elements are applied, ranges from -180 degrees to 180 degrees.
- Use the dial or text boxes to enter a value between -360 and 360 for effect variables as follows:
- Linear increases the effect progressively.
- Reflect varies the effect from the center of the object outward.
- Constant creates the same effect evenly across the shape.
- Symmetric varies the effect proportionately and evenly, for example, if applying hatches to round or cylindrical shapes.
- Random applies the effect irregularly.
- Fade specifies whether the hatch fades across the object. Choose the fade properties from the Fade pop-up menu: None for no fade, To White to fade the hatch to white, To Black to fade the hatch to black, or Use Gradient if the object is filled with a gradient and you want that gradient to define the fade's direction and colors.
Hatch options results A. Original hatch B. Constant C. Linear D. Reflect E. Symmetric F. Random - Select from the following color options for the hatch:
- Match Object's Color changes the hatch fill to the selection's fill.
- Keep Object's Fill Color applies the hatch in its original color on top of the object's fill color.
- When you finish adjusting the hatch options, click OK.
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