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.
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Select an object that uses a gradient or tile brush for its fill, stroke, foreground, background, opacity mask, or border brush. For information about how to create a gradient or tile brush, see Apply a brush to an object's fill or stroke.
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In the Toolbox, click Brush Transform
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In the Properties panel, under Brushes, click the brush that you want to transform.
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On the artboard, do one or more of the following:
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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To stretch a linear gradient brush, drag either end of the gradient arrow.
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To change the behavior of the Brush Transform tool
You can change the behavior of the Brush Transform tool in the following ways:
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Hold the SHIFT key when dragging an arrow endpoint to constrain the movement along the straight line between the endpoints.
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Hold the SHIFT key when moving the whole gradient arrow to constrain the movement to the X or the Y plane.
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Hold the SHIFT key when rotating an arrow endpoint to snap every 15 degrees.
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Hold the ALT key when dragging an arrow endpoint to move both endpoints at the same time, maintaining the position of the center point.
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Double-clicking the endpoints of the brush transform handle will reset the brush transform to the default value. |