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Additional Replicator Cell Parameters Based on the Selected Color Mode
Each of the options in the Color Mode pop-up menu displays a different set of
parameters.
Many of the following options use the opacity or color gradient controls. For more
information on using gradient editors, see “Using the Gradient Editor” on page 1033.
Color: A color well that becomes available when the Color Mode is set to Colorize. Use
it to specify a color to use to tint the replicator elements. You can also modify each
element’s Alpha value, altering its opacity. This parameter is unique to the cell object.
You can either click the color well to choose a color, or open the disclosure triangle and
use the Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha channel sliders or value sliders.
Opacity Gradient: This gradient editor appears when Color Mode is set either to
Original or Colorize. Use it to change the opacity of the replicator elements over the
pattern. This gradient control is limited to grayscale values, which are used to represent
varying levels of transparency. White represents solid elements, progressively darker
levels of gray represent decreasing opacity, and black represents complete
transparency. A simple white to black gradient represents a pattern that is solid at its
origin, but which fades out gradually. The Opacity Gradient has four parameters:
 Gradient preset pop-up menu: Gradients from the Library (default or custom)
appear in this pop-up menu. Choose a gradient from this menu to load it into the
gradient editor. None of the default gradients have opacity gradients.
 Opacity bar: To add a new opacity tag to the gradient, click anywhere within the
opacity bar. Click an opacity tag to select it, and then change its value with the
Opacity slider. To change the distribution of opacity, drag an opacity tag along the
opacity bar, or select an opacity tag and use the Location slider. Change the spread
of color between two gradient tags using the spread controls (triangles). To delete a
gradient tag, drag it away from the gradient bar until it disappears.
 Opacity slider: Changes the shade of a selected gradient tag, from 100 (opaque/
white) to 0 (transparent/black).
 Interpolation: Sets the interpolation of the selected opacity tag to Constant, Linear,
or Continuous.
 Location slider: Changes the location of the selected gradient tag relative to the
gradient bar.
Color Gradient: This gradient editor appears when the Color Mode is set to Over
Pattern. Use it to change the color of the replicator elements over the pattern. At their
origin, elements are tinted with the leftmost color in the gradient. The elements
progress through the range of colors until reaching the rightmost color at the end of
the pattern. Gradual color changes do not appear in each element, only across the
pattern as a whole. Similar to the Opacity Gradient editor, the Color Gradient editor has
five parameters: