About Layers and Backgrounds 73
Deko500 User’s Guide
THE BACKGROUND
To turn the background on:
Do one of the following:
Click the background button on the text bar.
In the Layer menu, check Show Bac kground.
To turn the background off:
Do one of the following:
Click the background button on the text bar.
From the Edit menu, choose Clear Background (Ctrl+F8).
In the Layer menu, un-check Show Backgro und .
To apply a color, ramp or texture to the background:
1. Follow the above instructions to turn on the background.
2. Activate the Background Shader window (Ctrl+F7).
3. Select a color, ramp, or texture shader.
To open a graphic directly into the background:
1. Activate a graphic window.
2. From the File menu, choose Replace Background (Ctrl+F9).
3. In the dialog box, navigate to the drive and directory that contain
the file.
4. Choose the file from the File Name list box or type the file name in
the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter.
To turn the background into a layer:
In the Layer menu, choose Background to Layer.
Notes The background turns into a full-screen rectangle, but keeps
the shader it had as a background. The graphic now has a
transparent background.
If the background is an unnamed texture, you cannot turn it
into a layer.
To replace the background key with luminance from
a graphic file:
1. Activate a graphic window.