HP CN088A - Serif PosterDesigner Pro Istruzioni operative

Poster Designer Pro 1

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to:

·Work with artistic and frame text.

·Create, edit, and format text.

·Apply shadows, reflections, and other text effects.

·Create shaped text (or text-on-a-path).

·Edit user details information.

·Wrap frame text around pictures.

Working With Text

Poster Designer Pro

Working With Text

Poster Designer Pro offers frame text and artistic text. You can use the

same methods to perform operations such as selecting, editing, and

formatting both types of text. However, there are a few differences, as

outlined in the following table.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create and manipulate both types of

text. We’ll be working with one of the design templates included with

Poster Designer Pro.

To open a themed layout:

1On the File menu, click New from Startup

Wizard.

In the Startup Wizard, click the Use Design

Template option.

2In the Create New Poster From Template

dialog, in the Templates list on the left, select

the Education - Primary category.

Frame text: Artistic text:

·Lets you flow text between

frames.

·Allows you to wrap text around

pictures and shapes.

·Can be shaped to page objects.

·Is generally used for longer

passages of text, or non-

decorative text such as contact

details, product information, etc.

·Lets you stretch or squash the

text by dragging its container.

·Allows you to create shaped

text effects by putting the text

on a path.

·Is especially useful for titles, pull

quotes, and other special-

purpose text.

Artistic

text

Frame text

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3In the center pane, select

the Green Fingers

template and then click

Open.

The template opens as a

new poster in the

workspace.

To begin, we’ll show you

how to select, edit, and

format text.

The methods described in

the following sections are applicable to both artistic and frame text.

To select and edit text:

1Using the Pointer

Tool, click to select the

text object located in the

upper-right corner of the

poster.

In the lower-left corner of

the workspace, the

HintLine toolbar tells us

that this is artistic text.

2Click and drag to select the first three

letters of the word ‘Monday.’

The selected text is highlighted in blue.

3Type ‘Friday.’

4Move the insertion point to

the end of the word ‘Friday’

insert a space and then type

‘1pm to 3pm.’

Working With Text

Poster Designer Pro

To format text:

1Triple-click anywhere on the line of text you’ve just edited to select

the entire line.

2At the top of the workspace, on the Text context toolbar:

·Click to expand the

Point Size drop-down

list and set the point size

to 72 pt. (You can also

type a value directly into

the box and press the

Enter key.)

·Remove the bold

formatting from

the text by

clicking Bold.

3With the text still

selected, on the

Swatches tab,

click a white

swatch.

Now let’s create a

new artistic text

object...

Formatting text

For greater control over character and

paragraph formatting, use the Text Style

dialog.

To open the Text Style dialog:

·Select some text and then on the

Format menu, click Character or

Paragraph.

- or -

·Right-click the text and then click text

Format > Character or Paragraph.

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To create artistic text:

1On the Tools toolbar, on the Text flyout, click the Artistic

Text Tool.

2Click anywhere on your page to set a text insertion point.

3On the Text context toolbar:

·In the Font drop-down list, select Galeforce BTN.

·In the Point Size drop-down list, select 48 pt.

4In the lower-left corner of the

Swatches tab, the five numbered

swatches indicate the color scheme

currently applied to this poster.

Click swatch number 2 to apply it to

your new text object. (Notice that

the Text button on the swatches tab

updates with the selected color.)

5Type ‘Children’s parties and after-

school clubs also available.’

6With the new text object

selected, drag it into the

lower-left section of the

poster, keeping it inside the

blue background area.

To do this, drag the

Move button located just

above the upper-left

corner of the object, or

click and drag on the

object’s border.

7With the text object still

selected, drag the right

resize handle inwards so

that the text sits inside the blue area.

Working With Text

Poster Designer Pro

Now let’s make our poster title a little more interesting. In the following

sections, we’ll apply a different font, a gradient fill, and a reflection effect

(all of these procedures work equally with artistic and frame text). Finally,

we’ll fit the text to a curved path (only applicable to artistic text).

To change font:

1Triple-click on the poster title, ‘Green Fingers,’ to select both words.

2On the Text context

toolbar, in the Fonts drop-

down list, select a bold, fun

font.

We chose Apple Boy BT

and increased the font size

to 144 pt.

To apply a gradient fill:

1With the text still selected, go to the Swatches tab.

2Expand the Gradient Fills flyout and select Linear.

Click the Linear Fill 12 swatch to apply it to the text.

This gradient fill works well with our poster, so we don’t need to

change it. However, if required, you can edit both the fill path and the

colors used in a gradient fill.

The following procedure is optional.

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To edit a gradient fill:

1Select the text object and then on the Tools toolbar, click the Fill

Tool.

The object’s fill path is displayed.

2You can adjust the fill path:

·To change the color

spread, click and drag

the fill path nodes.

·To change the color of a fill

path node, select it and

then on the Swatches tab,

click a color swatch.

In our example, we applied

the color scheme 5 swatch

to the rightmost node.

Next, we’ll fit our title text to a curved path.

To put text on a path:

1Select the poster title text object.

2On the Text context toolbar, expand the Path Text flyout and click to

apply the Path - Top Circle preset.

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Poster Designer Pro

3Resize the text

object by

clicking and

dragging the

top and side

edge resize

handles.

4Drag the text

back into

position on top

of the white

background area.

5Stretch out the text path slightly by

dragging the Start and End nodes.

6(Optional) To adjust the slope of the

path, click on a Start or End node and

then drag the curve handle.

When you’ve finished adjusting your

text path, it should resemble the

illustration below.

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Let’s now apply some filter effects to our text. Poster Designer Pro

includes a wide range of preset filter effects, which you can apply from the

Styles tab with a single click .

To apply filter effects:

1Click on the ‘Green Fingers’ text object.

2On the Styles tab, in the upper

Categories drop-down list, select

Shadows.

3In the Drop Shadow subcategory,

click the first preset—Offset

Bottom Right . (Hover over a

preset to display its name.)

The drop-shadow effect is applied to

the text object.

4Triple-click on the ‘garden club’ text object to select both words.

5On the Text context toolbar, click the Bold button.

6Drag a left or right resize handle inwards,

‘squashing’ the text to fit inside the curve of the

‘Green Fingers’ text.

7Drag the upper center resize handle

upwards, ‘stretching’ the text slightly.

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Poster Designer Pro

8On the Styles tab, select the

Reflection category.

9Scroll down to the Artistic Text

Reflections subcategory and click

Text Reflection 02.

Well done, your title text is complete!

Now let’s turn our attention to the contact details at the bottom of the

poster. If you click on this text object, the HintLine toolbar tells you that

this is a text frame.

The information contained in this frame is derived from the User Details

dialog. You can update this information with your own contact details, and

even add your own custom fields if required (see online Help for details).

To update user details:

1On the Tools menu, click

Set User Details.

2In the User Details

dialog, on the Business

tab, type your own contact

information into the text

boxes.

3Click Update.

The text is automatically

updated on the page.

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