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Sets fill colour, transparency, and softness. Set fill softness using the Soft field. To increase the softness, enter
a value close to the maximum of 100. To decrease the softness, enter a value close to the minimum of -100.
Enter 0 for no softness.
Fill colour pot Displays the colour of the fill. Editable.
Fill Transparency field Displays the transparency level of the fill. Editable.
Fill Softness field Displays the softness level of the fill. Editable.
Underline button Enable to underline the text selection.
Underlines the characters using the associated colour, transparency, and width. Click the colour pot to
choose a colour from the colour picker. To set underline transparency, enter a percentage in the Transparency
field. To make the underline more opaque, enter a value close to the maximum of 100. To make the underline
more transparent, enter a value close to the minimum of 0. To set the outline width, enter a value in the
Width field.
Underline colour pot Displays the colour of the underline. Editable.
Underline Transparency field Displays the transparency level of the underline. Editable.
Underline Width field Displays the width of the underline. Editable.
Outline button Enable to outline the text selection.
Outlines the characters with a solid colour using the associated colour, transparency, and width. Click the
colour pot to choose a colour from the colour picker. To set outline transparency, enter a percentage in the
Transparency field. To make the outline more opaque, enter a value close to the maximum of 100. To make
the outline more transparent, enter a value close to the minimum of 0.
To set the outline width, enter a value in the Width field. Use anti-aliasing rendering options with outlined
text. These options are found in the Text Setup menu. See
Setup and Rendering Options (page 963).
Outline colour pot Displays the colour of the outline. Editable.
Outline Transparency field Displays the transparency level of the outline. Editable.
Outline Width field Displays the width of the outline. Editable.
Back button Enable to apply a solid colour background using the associated text layer colour and transparency
to the text selection.
Click the colour pot to choose a colour from the colour picker. To set back transparency, enter a percentage
in the Transparency field. To make the back more opaque, enter a value close to the maximum of 100. To
make the back more transparent, enter a value close to the minimum of 0.
Back colour pot Displays the colour of the background. Editable.
Back Transparency field Displays the transparency level of the background. Editable.
Shadow button Enable to apply a drop shadow to the text selection.
Applies a shadow to text characters using the associated colour, softness, transparency, and Pos X and Pos
Y fields. Click the colour pot to choose a colour from the colour picker. To set shadow transparency, enter
a percentage in the Transparency field. To make the shadow more opaque, enter a value close to the maximum
of 100. To make the shadow more transparent, enter a value close to the minimum of 0. To set shadow
softness, use the Soft field. To increase the softness, enter a value close to the maximum of 100. Enter 0 for
no softness.
To set the shadow position on the X-axis, enter a value in the X field. A positive value places the shadow to
the right and behind the text characters. A negative value places the shadow to the left and in front of the
text characters. To set the shadow position on the Y-axis, enter a value in the Y field. A positive value moves
the shadow up. A negative value moves the shadow down.
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