Used to import a picture file to be displayed on a grid type prop. May also be used to apply a texture to an element of any configuration.
Movement: Select between several movement patterns
Center Stop: When selected, causes the image to stop at the center of the grid and then disappear. This setting is only applicable to Movement types Up, Down, Left and Right.
Iterations: The number of times the pattern repeats over the duration of the effect.
X Offset: Shifts the image horizontally. This setting and the Y Offset can be used to animate the image with a user defined motion path.
Y Offset: Shifts the image vertically. This setting and the X Offset can be used to animate the image with a user defined motion path.
File Name: The name of a custom image file to use.
Embedded Pictures: Select from a collection of included pattern images.
*note, you may choose a eithercustom file, or embedded image, but not both.
Scale to Grid: Enable to scale the image to fit your grid.
Color Effect: Select a color effect to apply to the image
None: Uses the colors as is from the image file
Custom Color: Uses the color or gradient defined below to override the image file
Greyscale: removes the color in the image leaving a grayscale image.
Color Gradient: When the Color effect is set to custom color, this is where you select the color/gradient to use.
Intensity: The overall brightness envelope over the duration of the effect.
Increase Brightness: Increases the brightness of the image.
Picture Tiles
A great place to download seamless tiles is: http://www.patterncooler.com/. They have a great system setup that allows you to customize the background to get almost anything you could want.