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Using patterns

You can choose among three sets of patterns included with Director or create your own custom patterns. The patterns you change or edit in the Paint window do not affect the patterns available for shapes.

To use a pattern:

1 | Choose the Brush tool, the Bucket tool, or one of the filled shape tools.
2 | Choose the type of pattern from the Patterns pop-up menu.
| To manually specify a pattern, choose Pattern Settings from the pop-up menu. See Editing patterns.

Editing patterns

You can change patterns before using them, by changing the settings in the Pattern Settings dialog box. Each change you make is immediately previewed.

To choose a new set of patterns or create a custom pattern:

1 | Choose Pattern Settings from the bottom of the Patterns pop-up menu.
2 | Choose an option from the pop-up menu at the top of the Pattern Settings dialog box:
| To choose one of the standard, noneditable sets of patterns, choose QuickDraw, Grays, or Standard.
| To edit a pattern, choose Custom. Custom is an editable copy of the Standard palette set.
3 | Select the pattern to edit or use the Copy and Paste buttons to move an existing pattern to one of the empty tile positions.
4 | Use any of the following methods to edit the pattern:
| Click the magnified image of the pattern. Click a blank pixel to fill it and click a filled pixel to make it blank.
| Click the right, left, up, and down arrows to move the pattern one pixel in any direction.
| Click the Black and White square to reverse the colors of the pattern (for example, black becomes white, and white becomes black).