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c Set Brush Color to black.
d Set Width to 1.
e Set Brush Opacity to 80 percent.
5 With the Outer Ring layer selected, press Command-D, then name the duplicated shape
“Texture Ring.”
6 In the Shape Inspector, do the following:
a Turn off Outline by deselecting the blue activation box.
b Turn on Fill by selecting the blue activation box.
c Set Fill Color to black.
d Set Fill Opacity to 35 percent.
7 In the Properties Inspector, set Scale to 42 percent.
8 In the toolbar, choose Stylize > Halftone from the Add Filter pop-up menu.
A screen pattern is applied to the Texture Ring.
9 In the Filter Inspector, set Contrast to 0.2.
In the next task, add an image (to assist in seeing the effect you are building) and apply
a blur filter. In a later task, you will rig the blur filter to create the changing focus effect.
Add an image and apply a blur filter to the background
1 In the File Browser, drag a still image to the Canvas, releasing the mouse button when
the placeholder in the Canvas is highlighted yellow.
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