Microsoft PowerPoint offers options for formatting a slideshow's objects. Shapes can receive a solid color, a pattern or a gradient whose color changes gradually. The gradient option includes a series ...

In Adobe Illustrator, if you want to make one object or group gradually fade to reveal the object underneath, you can use a fade mask. Through the use of the "Transparent" and "Gradient" panels, you ...

When inserting shapes into Publisher, you would color them to make them more appealing. Microsoft Publisher has various features that users can use to fill their shapes; users can add pictures, ...