Choosing Textures

You can paint, draw, or fill with a texture to create interesting effects. Textures give your images the effect of having a textured canvas or paper. Paint Shop Pro includes many textures, such as clouds, cracked cement, and old paper, and you can create your own as well. You use textures with the current style (solid color, gradient, or pattern) for foreground and background strokes or fills. You can apply strokes or fills multiple times to gradually darken and fill in the texture.

Note: For a comparison of patterns and textures, see Understanding the Difference Between Patterns and Textures.

To select the current texture for the foreground or background material:

On the Materials palette, click the Texture button on the Foreground Material box or the Background Material box. The most recently chosen texture becomes active.

To choose a new texture:

  1. On the Materials palette, do one of the following:

  2.  To choose a foreground texture, click the Foreground Material box.

  3.  To choose a background texture, click the Background Material box.

The Material Properties dialog opens.

  1. Mark the Texture check box.

  1. Click the Texture Type drop-list and select a type of texture.

  2. Select the options for the texture:

Angle The angle (or direction) of the texture, from 0 to 359 degrees. You can also click and drag the control needle to change the angle.

Scale The scale from 10 to 250 percent of the image's actual size. At smaller values, the image is repeated more frequently throughout the texture. At larger values, the image may be cropped and may lose detail and become blurry.

As you modify the options, the Current color box displays the resulting material (the style plus the texture).

  1. To change the style of the material, click the Color, Gradient, or Pattern tab and specify the options.

  2. Click OK.

To create a new texture:

  1. Create an image (in Paint Shop Pro or another application).

  2. Save the image as a file in the Textures folder of the Paint Shop Pro program folder, or in the My Document/My PSP Files/Textures folder.

Note: To change the default location of texture files, on the Material Properties dialog click the File Locations button located in the Texture drop-list. See Setting File Locations.

 

Related Topics

Using the Materials Palette

Understanding Color and Color Models

How Monitor and Print Colors Differ

Working with Color Channels

Understanding Color Depth

Working with Image Palettes

Making a Palette Color Transparent