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Resizing and re-positioning bitmap fills
If you hold down Shift and click and drag on a shape which already has a bitmap fill, a
new bitmap fill is created centered on the click point. If you hold the "Ctrl" key down too, it
limits the angle, so this makes it easy to create an upright bitmap fill.

Once the fill has been created, you can drag
anywhere on the image to re-position the fill inside
the shape.

When you mouse over the outer fill handles the
mouse pointer changes into a “rotate” mouse pointer.
Dragging on these handles will stretch and rotate the
bitmap fill with the current aspect ratio locked; hold
down "Shift" while dragging to change the horizontal
and vertical size independently and to skew the fill.
The InfoBar shows you the resolution of the bitmap fill
(you can adjust this, and thus the bitmap size, by
entering a new value).

Fractal fills

Xara Designer Pro X supports two types of fractal fill which are mathematically created
naturalistic fill patterns. They are great for simulating sky and clouds or other natural
textures.

Each time you create a new fractal fill a new pattern is created. To replace an existing
fractal with a new pattern choose fractal from the fill menu again.

The GRAIN control on the INFOBAR
provides control over the graininess of
the pattern. Low values give a smooth
flowing pattern, and high values give a
grainy pattern.