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Dan Ablan

"Inside LightWave v9"


Note
Exercise 7.3 Creating Text in Modeler
When you create text in LightWave Modeler, you don??™t always have to use a backdrop
image.
1. From the File menu, choose Close All Objects. This clears all geometry from
LightWave Modeler. Then, press a to fit and reset the views.
If you would like to completely remove the image from Modeler, open the Image
Editor, found on the top left of the Modeler interface. Select the image in the panel
and press Delete on your keyboard.
You easily turn the backdrop image on and off. Press d to open Display Options and
on the Backdrop tab of the Display Options panel that opens, click the BottL viewport.
Change the Image to None to remove it from the background of the viewports.
The image is still loaded in Modeler, but it is not displayed.You may find that
you will turn the background image on and off a few times while you are modeling,
for visual reference.The backdrop image is not part of the model, but it??™s still loaded
in Modeler whether it??™s visible or not. You can delete it for good from Modeler
through the Image Editor.
2. On the Create tab, click the Manage Fonts button (in the Text tool category) or
press F10 to open the Manage Fonts dialog box (Figure 7.


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