Apple Pages 2 - Manual (Page 150)

150 Chapter 7 Changing Object Properties
A tinted image fill places a transparent, colored mask over the fill image.
To set a tinted image fill for an object:
1 Select the object in which you want to place an image.
2 In the Graphic Inspector, choose Tinted Image Fill from the Fill pop-up menu, and
select an image.
3 Click the color well next to the Choose button, and then select a tint color in the
Colors window. Drag the Opacity slider in the Colors window to make the tint darker
or lighter. (If you drag the Opacity slider in the Graphic Inspector, it will change the
opacity of both the tint and the image.)
4 Choose the image scale from the pop-up menu, as described above.
5 To change the image, click Choose, select the image, and click Open (or drag the
image file from the Finder or Media Browser to the image well in the Graphic
Inspector).
Adjusting Images
For images, including those you use to fill a shape, you can change the brightness,
contrast, and other settings to improve the quality of the image or to create
interesting effects.
To adjust an image:
1 Select the image.
Tile (small image)
Tile (large image)
Click to select a tint color
for the image.