On the right is an actual image at 1/2 size! The quality of the image suffers from the amount of compression I had to apply to keep the file size manageable.

Once you've imported a Watercolor Background image into Xara, the image can be applied to text or any shape as a fill via the Bitmap Gallery. Once an object has been filled, you can resize and reposition the fill within the object by selecting the Fill Tool. Two arrows appear that represent the actual boundaries of the fill. The fill can be repositioned by dragging the red center square. You can resize the fill using the black outside handles.  Holding down the Shift and Ctrl keys constrains the resize or rotation proportionately.

One of the Watercolor Background images shown 1/2 actual size in 72 dpi resolution. Each background is, as the title of the collection suggests, an actual scanned watercolor image.