Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 64)

64 Chapter 5 Working With Text
Color
Color options are in the Glyph pane of the Inspector’s Attributes tab. The lower portion
of the tab contains the color controls.
 Color: The Color parameter replaces existing pixels of color in the selected element
with the color indicated in the Color box, while keeping the luminosity values intact.
A setting of 100 percent completely replaces the existing colors, whereas a Color
setting of 20 percent combines some of the new color with the original. Click the
Color box to choose a different color.
Note: Once you have selected a color, close the Colors window. You need to reopen
the Colors window to make any subsequent color choices.
 Hue, Saturation, and Lightness (HSL): These three sliders work together to establish
the color of the selected element. Hue defines the shift in color value, in degrees, on
a 360-degree spectrum. Saturation defines the intensity or vividness of the color, in
percentage points. Lightness defines the intensity along the black and white axis, in
percentage points.
The default color of a system font is black, which renders the Hue, Saturation, and
Lightness sliders ineffective. HSL and Color are useful for adjusting raster-based
elements such as LiveFonts while, as a rule of thumb, system fonts and other vector-
based elements should be colored using the Color feature.
 Alpha pop-up menu: When you have a clip or imported graphic in a LiveType
composition, you can choose a type of alpha channel from this menu. Choose from
Premultiply White, Premultiply Black, or Straight.
Color settings in the Glyph
pane of the Attributes tab