Things You'll Need:
- Working installation of Flash
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Step 1
Make sure that the fill area that you want to transform is deselected. The Fill Transform Tool gets a little "twitchy" if you try to apply it to an already-selected fill.
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Step 2
Click the icon for the Fill Transform tool in the left-hand Tools panel; it's the sixth one down on the right.
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Step 3
Click on the fill area to select it with the Fill Transform tool. If your fill is a radial gradient, you'll see a circular bounding area enclosing the full area of the fill, with one square and two circular "handles" to one side. If your fill is a linear gradient, you'll see 2 blue lines framing the gradient to either end of the color spectrum, with a circular registration point to the center, a circular handle to one corner and a square handle to one side.
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Step 4
Click and drag on the square handle to scale the gradient in one direction.
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Step 5
Use the circular registration point (the corner of the linear gradient, which is the first circle after the square handle on the radial gradient) to rotate the gradient's direction. On the radial gradient, this can also be used to scale the gradient proportionally.
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Step 6
Move the registration point (the center of the linear gradient, which is the second circle after the square handle on the radial gradient) to change the positioning of the gradient's center (the point where the blend between shades is perfectly equal on the linear gradient, or the center point of the gradient circle on the radial gradient).
