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Color the graphic
You can color the graphic either by changing the colors of the graphic or by changing the light colors
or both.
If you are creating a graphic and you want two or more colors on the text, it is easier to use pale colored
lights and to color the text. (The default text of Xara 3D Maker is an example of this: the X3D is pale
gray, Version is light blue and version number is dark blue. The light shining on the face of the text is an
orange cream color.)
The colors you see depend on the overlap of the lights, their colors and the graphic colors. The colors
are also influenced by whether the graphic has a matt or gloss surface (selected in extrusion options
).
The graphic can have different colors on the faces (front and back) and on the sides. You can change the
color or texture on a per-character basis. See color options
.
An example of an incut bevel with white face color and dark gray sides and bevel
Bevels display the color of the sides. Using square, round or triangular-faced or incut bevels can give the
effect of two colors on the face of the graphic.
You can also use textures to color the sides or faces. You can import any BMP. GIF, ICO, JPEG or
PNG file as a texture. Texture options let you scale, move or rotate the texture. Color options
let you tint a texture (an effect similar to placing a colored film over the texture).
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