Some of the greatest features in Photoshop are the text, object, and image effects such as Textures, Patterns, Gradients, and Styles. Styles are those amazing special effects that you see rolling ...

As well as solid colors you can also define fills that are gradients between a range of colors in both linear and radial configurations. Although these are described here as fills they can be applied ...

No matter what angle you look at it from, the Fluted Gradient Table looks slightly different, because it picks up elements of objects behind it and warps them into a pattern. This pattern helps the ...

Drafters and designers use repeating patterns, called hatching, to fill regions in a drawing for various purposes (see Figure 9-1). In a cutaway (cross-sectional) view, hatch patterns help the viewer ...

AutoDesk's venerable AutoCAD drafting software features a wide range of tools for designing and drafting architectural and engineering designs. Fleshing out a drawing on AutoCAD can give it additional ...