For information about the difference between patterns and textures, see Using patterns.
| To apply the current texture |
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| • | On the Materials palette, click the Texture button  on the Foreground and Stroke Properties box or the Background and Fill Properties box. |
| The most recently chosen texture becomes active. |
| To choose a texture |
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| 1 | On the Materials palette, do one of the following: |
| • | To choose a foreground texture, click the Foreground and Stroke Properties box. |
| • | To choose a background texture, click the Background and Fill Properties box. |
| The Material Properties dialog box appears. |
| 2 | Click the Texture button. |
| 3 | On the Texture page, mark the Add Texture check box. |
| 4 | Click a texture thumbnail. |
| 5 | Adjust the following controls for the texture: |
| • | Angle — specifies the angle (or direction) of the texture, from 0 to 359 degrees |
| • | Scale — specifies the scale (from 10 to 250) of the image’s actual size. At smaller values, the image is repeated more frequently throughout the texture. At larger values, the image may be cropped or may lose detail and become blurry. |
| As you adjust these controls, the Current preview box displays the resulting material (the style plus the texture). |
| 6 | Click OK. |
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Click the Color, Gradient, or Pattern button and adjust the controls.
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On the Materials palette, mark the All tools check box. If you unmark this check box, the current materials are applied to the active tool only.
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You can apply strokes or fills multiple times to gradually darken and fill in the texture.
| To save an image as a texture |
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| 1 | Create an image in Corel PaintShop Pro or another application. |
| 2 | Save the image as a BMP file in the Textures folder of the Corel PaintShop Pro program folder or in the My Documents/Corel PaintShop Pro/17.0/Textures folder. |
| The texture appears in the Texture thumbnails on the Texture page of the Material Properties dialog box. |
To change the default location of texture files, click the More Options button 
, and choose File Location. For more information about setting file locations, see Setting file locations.
