# Shading a cone?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shading-a-cone/306770>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 22, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shading-a-cone/306770 "2010-03-22T06:40:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jontyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jontyc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jontyc)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shading-a-cone/306770/1 "2010-03-22T06:40:10Z")

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Anyone any ideas?

I’ve tried doing a linear gradient on a rectangle, then distorting it to fit over the cone (ie. triangle with curved base) but the CS4 IDE doesn’t distort the fill, only the shape.