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Art Text can apply textures to text and images. Textures can be taken from the built-in library or from your hard drive. To open the library of textures, choose the Texture section on the Effects tab.
Choose the Finder item to use images from your hard drive. You can select an individual image, one or several folders.
To apply a texture, choose a texture category then click on a thumbnail.
To apply a texture image located on the hard drive, drag the image from the Finder and drop onto an object on the canvas.
Two radio buttons below thumbnails define how a texture should fit the image area. The Auto option resizes an image automatically. The Tile option lets doing this manually.
The original shape to which a texture is applied.
The original image used as a texture.
Auto > Stretch deforms an image to fit the shape.
Auto > Shrink fits the texture to the larger shape size. A part of the texture can be invisible.
The Tile option lets you choose the texture size and position inside the shape.
