Your website doesn't have to be boring with text all over the place that people
won't even bother to read. Art Text 2 from belightsoft.com brings excitement
and fun to the way your texts are displayed with effects and graphics that will
keep your fans intrigued.
You can also use Art Text 2 to spice up your
greeting cards, scrapbook, and similar stuff. What makes Art Text 2 stand out is
that it includes some text manipulation tools that are too good for its price.
BeLight Software Art
Pros
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Easy to use.
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Exports files in PDF format and
several common graphics file formats.
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Files can be opened and edited in
other graphics programs.
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Includes some text manipulation tools
usually only found in higher-end DTP programs.
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Built-in help is well written and
easy to follow.
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Art Text 2.5 updated for OS X El
Capitan.
Cons
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No option to import images to create
your own textures and icons
· The help window is always in front,
making it awkward to move between a document and the help window.
Features
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Free for users who purchased Art Text
after July 1, 2008; the upgrade price is $19.95 for other Art Text users.
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Free demo available for downloading
from the BeLight Software web site.
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Supports multiple layers, each with
its own properties.
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Includes a Template Gallery of more
than 200 buttons, headings, and icons.
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Texture Library includes more than
190 textures.
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Shading Library includes 245 surface
materials.
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Collection of 600 supplied icons and
shapes are in vector format.
Review - Art Text 2
With
Art Text 2, you can add more life to your text by applying textures and other
special effects, and creating headings, logos, buttons, and icons in a matter
of minutes.
Although
Art Text 2 can export files in many popular graphics file formats, it can't
import images from other sources, so you're limited to its built-in collection
of shapes and images. Fortunately, the supplied collection of icons is really
large so it's not a complete flaw.
Moreover, the program is flexible enough to
allow you to add your own personal touch to the final product. You can twist
and distort the text, add shadows, change the direction of the light source, add
linear or radial gradients, outline letters with a stroke of various widths,
fill letters with texture or images, or make letters look like metal, glass, or
plastic.
In
addition to tweaking the supplied text, you can start with a blank canvas and
apply any of the effects to any font installed on your system.
Art
Text 2 supports layers and each layer has its own properties, which means you
can create a complex image and experiment with its various parts without losing
everything if you go wrong somewhere along the way.
If you’re happy with a style you create, you can
save it to the Style library for future use.
You
can export your creations in JPG and GIF format, for use on a web site, or in
TIFF, PNG, EPS, and PDF format, for use in many word processing and desktop
publishing programs including Keynotes, Pages and Microsoft Office, as well as
many image editing and other graphics programs.
This version of Art Text also lets
you print images directly from the program.
Art
Text 2 is almost perfect with its neat, well-designed interface that is easy to
navigate. It includes some features, such as kerning, that are unexpected for a
program in this price range.
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