Pinnacle Speakers FXDEKO User Manual
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Graphics and Layers
FXDeko User’s Guide
To scale a layer using the mouse:
1. Click the scale button in the Tools window.
2. Select the layer.
3. Position the pointer over a handle on any side or corner of the
layer, so that the pointer becomes a scaling tool.
4. Drag to scale the layer.
To specify a numerical value for layer scaling:
1. Select the layer.
2. Activate the Style window.
3. Choose Layer at the top of the Style window.
4. In the Style window, enter values for H Scale and V Scale.
Note
When you scale a text field, FXDeko scales all text within the
field. To change the size of the text field without scaling the
text, change the Box value in Text Field Properties.
field. To change the size of the text field without scaling the
text, change the Box value in Text Field Properties.
S
KEWING A
L
AYER
To skew a layer using the keyboard:
1. From the Options menu, choose Transform/Rotate & Skew (Ctrl+R).
2. In the Options menu, choose Transform and set increment of
change to Coarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar).
3. Select the layer.
4. Hold down Alt and press either the right arrow (
→
) to skew the
selected layer clockwise, or the left arrow (
←
) to skew
counterclockwise.
To skew a layer using the mouse:
1. Click the skew and rotate button in the Tools window.
2. Select the layer.
3. Position the pointer over the top-right-corner handle of the selected
layer, so that the pointer becomes the skewing tool.
4. Drag the handle to skew the layer.