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You can lock a gradient or bitmap fill to make it appear that the fill extends over the entire Stage and that the objects painted with the fill are masks revealing the underlying gradient or bitmap. When you select the Lock Fill modifier with the Brush or Paint Bucket tool and paint with the tool, [...]

A gradient is a multicolor fill in which one color gradually changes into another color. Flash lets you apply up to 15 color transitions to a gradient. Creating a gradient is a good way to create a smooth color gradation across one or more objects. You can save a gradient as a swatch to make [...]