![]() ![]() ![]() It would also be nice if you could actually print graphics from within Art Text, especially banners instead, you need to open your creations in another application and print from there. A number of features weren’t obvious to me until I accessed the application’s Help system (which is, thankfully, pretty good). My biggest complaint with Art Text is that many of its options are difficult to find-you need to flip window panes using controls that are easy to miss, or you need to or resort to menu commands. You’ll be asked to select the specific part of the creation you want to use, a nice feature that lets you choose how much background you want to include. Once you’ve completed your creation, click the Copy to Clipboard button if you want to paste your work into another application, or click the Export button to save it as a graphics file (in GIF, JPEG, PDF, PNG, or TIFF format) with the latter option, you can choose the DPI of the exported image. Here’s an example of a basic style I created: Nineteen presets are included, along with the ability to create your own custom transformation. ![]() Transformations: By choosing Edit: Transform (or by clicking one of the small arrows at the bottom of the Shadow and Glow panel), you can access the transformations screen, which lets you customize the geometry of your text.(There’s also a Background option that lets you change the background color or texture.) You can apply shadow and glow effects regardless of whether you’ve used the fill/stroke or material panel. Shadow and Glow: Also open by default, this panel lets you apply a shadow or glow effect to your text you can choose the color, blur, and amount of the shadow or glow, and-in the case of a shadow-the angle.You can also create your own materials using a nifty Editor of Materials. For any material, you can customize the depth/thickness, the shape (rounded or bezeled), light effect, and, for certain materials, the color. Each category includes a number of material presets, such as Balloon, Green Velvet, and Polonium, that affect the texture and surface appearance of your text-basically, these effects give your text a “3D” look. The new panel includes a pop-up menu with various categories of “materials”: artistic, glass, metal, plastic, or simple. Materials: Instead of fill and stroke, you can choose to apply a material to your text by choosing Edit: Shading Pro (or by clicking one of the small arrows at the bottom of the Fill and Stroke panel).Using the stroke count field, you can even apply multiple outlines. It also lets you choose the “stroke” used for your text-basically, the color and width to use for any outline you apply. Fill and Stroke: This panel, open by default, lets you choose the color, gradient, or texture to be used to “fill in” your text you can even import your own images to be used as textures. ![]()
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