Working with Color > Specifying stroke and fill attributes > Locking a gradient or bitmap to fill the Stage

Locking a gradient or bitmap to fill the Stage

You can lock a gradient or bitmap fill to make it appear that the fill extends over the entire Stage and that the objects painted with the fill are masks revealing the underlying gradient or bitmap.

When you select the Lock Fill modifier with the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and paint with the tool, the bitmap or gradient fill extends across the objects you paint on the Stage.

Using the Lock Fill modifier creates the appearance of a single gradient or bitmap fill being applied to separate objects on the Stage.
 

To use a locked gradient or bitmap fill:

1 Select the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and choose a gradient or bitmap as a fill.
To use a bitmap as a fill, break the bitmap apart and use the Eyedropper tool to select the bitmap before selecting the Brush or Paint Bucket tool. See Breaking apart a bitmap.
2 Click the Lock Fill modifier.
3 First paint the areas where you want to place the center of the fill, and then move to other areas.