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.
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B
C