Keynote - Filling Objects with Colors or Images

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To fill an object with a linear, two-color gradient:

1

In the Graphic inspector, choose Gradient Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.

Click the double-headed
arrow to invert the gradient.

Flip the gradient orientation or
set its direction by using the
arrow buttons or the Angle
wheel, or by typing a value.

Click each color well

to select colors.

2

Click each color well and choose the colors you want to blend together in the Colors

window.

3

To set a direction for the gradient, use the Angle wheel or field.

4

To flip it horizontally or vertically, click the Angle arrow buttons.

5

To invert the gradient, click the double-headed arrow next to the color wells.

To fill an object with a multi-color gradient:

1

In the Graphic inspector, choose Advanced Gradient Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.

2

To add another color to the gradient, hold the pointer at the point just below the

gradient strip in the inspector where you want the new color to begin. When a plus
sign (+) appears, click to add a new color control. Add a new color control for each
color you want to appear in your gradient.

3

To change a color in the gradient, click a color control (just below the gradient strip),

and then select a color from the Colors window. Do this for each of the colors you
want to appear in your gradient.

4

If you want to remove a color control, drag it downward and away from the inspector.

It vanishes.
You can’t have fewer than two color controls below the gradient strip.

5

To change how sharply or subtly the colors blend along the gradient, drag the blend

point controls (on top of the gradient strip in the inspector).

6

To change the direction of a linear gradient, use the Angle wheel or field.

7

To invert the gradient, click the double-headed arrow next to the color wells.

To create a radial gradient:

1

Set up the colors of your gradient, as described in the directions for creating a

multicolor gradient, above.

2

Click the radial gradient button at the bottom of the Inspector window.

3

Adjust the look of a radial gradient by doing any of the following:

To recenter the gradient in the object, drag the small, blue, circular blend point

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control (in the center of the gradient within your object), to where you want the
center to be.

To change how sharply or subtly the colors blend along the gradient, drag the

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circular blend point control, outside of your object, closer or farther from the
gradient’s center.
Experiment with the circular blend point controls attached to your object and the
blend point controls above the gradient strip in the Graphic inspector, dragging
them until you create the look you want.

4

To invert the gradient, click the double-headed arrow next to the color wells.

Filling an Object with an Image

You can fill a shape, text box, table, table cell, chart background, or chart series with an
image.

To fill an object with an image:

1

Select the object you want to fill with an image.

2

If the Graphic inspector isn’t open, click Inspector in the toolbar and click the Graphic

inspector button.

3

In the Graphic inspector, choose Image Fill or Tinted Image Fill, and then choose

an image.
You can also drag an image file from the Finder or Media Browser to the image well in
the Graphic inspector. You can also drag an image to a table cell or chart series.

Use the pop-up menu to
set the size of the image
within the object.

To change the image,
drag an image to the
image well.

4

Choose an image scale from the pop-up menu.

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