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For example, import a red graphical button from the
DESIGNS GALLERY, change its
main theme color from red to green, then import a red logo graphic of the same
theme and choose the
“MATCH” option. When the logo appears in your design,
instead of being red it will have picked up your chosen green theme color
automatically. Since most themes have their main theme color named “Theme color
1”, you will also usually get good results when importing graphics from different
themes and matching the colors.
Make Named Color local to Layer
When you click this button, a new named color is created which is identical to
the one you have selected.
This new color is then applied to all objects in the current layer that use the selected
named color. This means that with one click you can localize a color to the layer. You
can then independently edit the original color and this localized color.
This button is dimmed unless you are editing a named color that is also used in
another layer.
Normal colors, Tints, Shades and Linked colors
Normal colors
These are the normal stand-alone colors you apply to objects.
MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 can also define colors that are linked to another
color, that is when the parent color changes the linked color will change as well. There
are three ways you can link a color to its parent
TINTS, SHADES, and LINKED COLORS.
These are very powerful techniques that allow, for example, single-click re-coloring of
complex shaded drawings. Some of the example clipart uses this technique.
Tints
Tints are based on other colors (called the parent color) and are always a paler
version of the parent. They have two main uses:
• Where you have paler shades of a parent color and you may want to change the
parent color in future with the tints automatically updating.
• To extend the range of colors available from printing inks.
For example, a 25% red tint gives a pink color. Therefore using just a red ink you
can have both a pure red and a pink using only one ink. Similarly, if just using
black-and-white printing, it’s often useful to be able to use tints to create various
shades of gray.
If you are printing with a limited range of colors (it’s usually cheaper to print one
or two color, instead of full or four color printing).
A tint can be based on any type of color, including another tint.