Applying bitmap fills

You can use any of the bitmaps in the Bitmap Gallery or Fill Gallery to fill an object. You can then scale, recolor or skew the bitmap fill
as required.

To apply a bitmap fill

1. Select the object (see Selecting objects).

2. On the Utilities menu, select Fill Gallery or Bitmap Gallery to open the gallery.

3. In the gallery click on the bitmap to be used as a fill. This selects it.

4. Click the Fill button in the gallery.

You can then use the Fill Tool to adjust the bitmap fill; see Changing bitmap fills.

Tips

If you apply a bitmap fill using the Fill Gallery, Xara LX imports and adds the bitmap to the Bitmap Gallery for you.

You can double-click on a bitmap in either gallery to apply it to the selected object. (CTRL-double-click closes the gallery afterwards.)

You can also drag-and-drop a bitmap from either gallery onto any object, selected or unselected.

You can also choose bitmaps using the Fill Tool. This is particularly useful is the bitmap is already used in the document.

To apply the bitmap fill to an object inside another object, hold down CTRL as you drop the bitmap. See apply inside
.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Using Bitmap Fills