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• Composite Blend Modes and Isolated Blending (see p. 165)
Like composite opacity, a composite blend mode affects a group, after
overlapping grouped objects are blended. For control of blending
scope, isolated blending restricts blending effects to just the group
(and not underlying objects).
• Accurate Ruler Guide Placement (see p. 39)
Use Guides Manager to create and accurately position multiple ruler
guides. Manage guides in bulk, either on the current page or across a
folded document spread.
• Document-level Colour Management
Assign different ICC profiles to each RGB or CMYK drawing.
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• Powerful Targeted Drawing (see p. 50)
Draw In Front, Behind, or Inside any targeted object. All absolutely
essential when working with complex arrangements of overlapping
objects. Drawing inside restricts drawing to within the object's outline.
• Add Shapes Together for Complex Art (see p. 130)
The Shape Builder Tool makes light work of creating wild and
abstract shapes from smaller shapes! Simply drag and join shapes,
subtract areas, or create areas (including intersections).
• Blending on a Path (see p. 202)
Make any blended object follow any previously drawn curve—great for
decorative contouring and spirals.
• Professional-level OpenType Font Features (see p. 104)
For embellished text, DrawPlus fully utilizes all your OpenType font
features—ligatures, stylistic sets/alternates, small/petite caps, case-
sensitive forms, fractions, ordinals are available.
• Ready-to-use Graphic Styles—Fantastic Effects! (see p. 86)
The Styles tab lets you choose from various preset shadows, glows,
bevels, feather edges, textures, text effects, and more. A graphic style,
when applied, complements an object's existing graphic styles. For
custom design, save your own graphic styles with control over which
object properties (and attributes) are stored!
