User Guide

Textures, Patterns, and Weaves 117
3 On the Papers palette, click the palette menu arrow, and choose Capture Paper.
If you want to blend the distinction between tile borders, move the Crossfade slider
in the Save Paper dialog box to the right.
4 Type the name of your new texture, and click OK.
Your texture now appears in the Paper Selector and is added to the current library.
You can also use the Paper Selector in the toolbox to capture paper texture.
Click the Paper Selector, click the selector menu arrow, and choose Capture
Paper.
The Make Fractal Pattern feature creates excellent textures. Some weaves also
produce good textures. For more information, see “Creating Fractal Patterns”
on page 126.
Controlling Brightness and Contrast of Paper Texture
Brightness can be thought of as controlling the depth of the paper grain. Paper that is
less bright acts as if the grain is shallow.
Contrast can be thought of as controlling the steepness of the paper grain. The grain in
higher-contrast paper changes from high to low more quickly and with fewer
intermediate levels than the grain in lower-contrast paper.
To change paper texture brightness
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Papers.
2 On the Papers palette, adjust the Paper Brightness slider to modify the brightness
of the grain.
To change paper texture contrast
1 Choose Window menu > Library Palettes > Show Papers.
2 On the Papers palette, adjust the Paper Contrast slider to modify the contrast of
the grain.