Texture inks You use the Texture tab in the Inks palette to apply texture inks. The Texture manager lets you customize texture inks. For general instruc- tions, see “Using Inks Managers” on page 18.314. A texture ink is a pattern of raster images. You can control the spac- ing, scaling, rotation, and offset of the images in a texture ink. Canvas assembles a texture ink by repeating an image in rows and columns, as if it were a grid of rectangular cells. If you enter spacing values that spread the images apart, you create gaps between the image cells; you can also include a background ink that will show through the gaps. Creating texture inks You can create a texture ink from any raster image object. 1 Drag an image from the document into the preview box in the Texture manager in the Inks palette. 2 Adjust the settings for the texture ink in the Texture manager. 3 To store the new texture ink in the palette, drag the ink from the preview box to the grid area at the top of the Texture tab. Texture tab in the Inks palette Texture manager When creating a texture ink, you can set the spacing and offset of image cells and choose a background ink. A    Preview box. To create a new ink, drag an image to the preview box. The image replac- es the current contents. B    Backdrop. You can choose a background ink in the pop-up menu. The ink appears only in gaps between the image cells. C   Preview zoom. Click the left button to reduce or the right button to enlarge the preview. Spacing. Enter the amount of space between cells as a per- centage of the cell size. X Spacing is the space between columns; Y Spacing is the space between the rows of cells. Stagger. Select the horizontal button (left) or vertical button (right) and enter the distance (as a percentage of cell size) to shift the cells. Align To Object. Turn on this option to keep a texture in the same position if the object moves. Turn it off to let over- lapping objects share a texture without a gap. A B C
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