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When I draw a line and close it to form a shape and then try to fill it with a color, only part of the shape becomes colored. I never had that problem in the past, and sometimes the entire shape does fill with the color. There must be a setting somewhere that causes this to happen, but I have not been able to determine exactly what I need to do to fill the entire object with color. Any suggestions to help solve this problem would be greatly appreciated.
which program are you using; have got an example you can post
I wonder if you accidentally created a default fill or transparency.
Easy enough to tell. Close Xara and restart and see if the same thing happens.
The setting is probably Utilities > Options > General > General Options > Give new objects most recent attributes.
Otherwise go to the Fill tool and set back to Flat Fill.
Ditto Transparency Tool, set to None.
Acorn
I am not convinced this is a xara app:
this does not sound like xara - which fills automatically if the shape is closed, and does not fill at all if the shape is openQuote:
When I draw a line and close it to form a shape and then try to fill it with a color
still, if it is xara then I agree not appreciating what the implications of 'give new objects most recent attributes' are might be confusing, especially with the examples gary gave
I am using Xara Extreme. Closing the program and re-opening does not have any effect on the problem.Attachment 131929
I think I attached an example, but not certain because I can't actually see it here.
Rhonwe what version are you using?
How are you closing the shape?
Usually when a shape is closed in Xara it shows a black shape which the color can be changed, a fill applied, or various operations carried out.
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Rhone your image appears to have a linear transparency so remove the transparency and set the fill to flat.
also remove the line if you prefer.
yes I agree with Larry that's a linear fill
do what acorn suggested - untick Give new objects most recent attributes. and set fill to flat fill and transparency to none
that will give you manual control over the fill [and other] attributes
true it could be a linear transparency rather than linear fill - but either way, what acorn suggested should fix it...
I am using Version 2.0e Dec 1 2005. Fill is set to flat fill, and transparency to none. Ive tried with Give new objects most recent attributes ticked and unticked, same thing happens either way. If I open a new file and use the shape editor to make a circular or odd shaped object, such as the previous attached file, everything works OK, and I can copy it to the file I'm working on and it remains OK, but I cannot seem to consistently completely fill the object directly in the file that I'm working on.
gary suggested [saving and then] closing the file you have the problem with and then opening it again - did you try that ? - assuming you have done what acorn suggested in that file as well, it should
if not then maybe it is something else, but if so then what, puzzles me
Maybe restarting your computer would help sometimes it does, I could be mistake it could be either linear fill or linear transparency.
Problem solved. It seems that there is more than one way to set something to flat. Anyway that was the problem. Thanks to everyone who offered help.
Good glad we could help.
glad you are sorted :)
As this is a Xara specific issue would it not be better placed in the Xara Graphics Chat forum?