8 Welcome
Text
• Sentiments for that special message (p. 137)
Struggling to find the right words for your card? CraftArtist comes
with pre-written and pre-formatted sentiments you can add to your
cards with ease. Select birthday greetings, quotes, and messages for
every occasion. If you've typed your own special message, save it as a
custom sentiment for future use.
• Artistic and shape text (p. 119)
Apply artistic text or text within QuickShapes right on the page...
apply basic formatting from the always-at-hand Text context toolbar.
Convert text to curves for text design freedom.
• Fitting text to a path (p. 130)
Make your text flow along drawn curves, or even around closed
shapes or QuickShapes. Preset text paths (e.g., spirals and waves) can
be applied to any artistic text.
Drawing
• Design inspiration
Use the Online tab to view video tutorials explaining how to use
CraftArtist's tools and how to apply various creative techniques.
• QuickShapes (p. 159)
QuickShapes work like intelligent clipart which can morph into a
myriad of different shape variations. Even extremely complex shapes
like spirals, stars, and webs are simple to draw.
• Copy fills and effects between objects! (p. 177)
Use the Format Painter to copy fills and effects between objects.
• Colour and transparency control (p. 217)
Apply solid colour or transparency to any drawn item's line or fill (or
brush stroke) with the Colour tab. The tab hosts colour swatches from
Digikits, an HSL colour wheel (for custom colour selection), and
transparency slider. Use the Fill Tool to apply gradient, plasma, or mesh
fills for exciting results—a gradient fill path lets you add or replace
colours and/or transparency simultaneously for more subtle gradients.
