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Contents C H AP TER 1 : I NTROD U C TI ON 1 Welcome To Canvas 12 2 What's New In Canvas 12 2 Technical Illustration And Enhancement With Greater Control 3 Even Greater Workflow Integration 4 Additional Capabilities For Publishing, Presenting And Collaborating 9 Enhanced Usability About The Documentation 10 11 Keyboard Keys 11 Choosing Commands 11 Contacting ACD Systems And Updating Canvas 12 Enter License Code 12 Product Support And Resources 12 Customer Support 13 Product Registra
Canvas 12 User Guide Starting And Exiting Canvas 18 Overview Of The Canvas Interface 19 Canvas Window 19 Layout Area 21 Document Navigation Controls 21 Viewing The Smart Toolbox 22 Using AutoSnap Palettes 25 Using The Toolbar 27 Using The Properties Bar 28 Using The Docking Bar 33 Using The Docking Pane 36 Dynamic Help 37 Using The Status Bar 38 Viewing Documents 39 Changing The View Magnification 41 Using Expressions For Numeric Values 45 Using Context-sensitive Menus 46
Closing Documents Document Setup 68 68 Creating New Documents 68 Illustrations 70 Publications 70 Presentations 71 Animations 71 Setting Up Documents 72 Setting Up Rulers 74 Document Scale Methods 77 Using The Alignment Grid 80 Using Alignment Guides 81 Document Layout About Document Pages And Layers 82 83 Pages 83 Layers 83 Master Pages 84 Using The Page Navigator Palette 85 Using The Document Layout Palette 85 Page And Layer Controls 90 Page And Layer Options 91 Using
Canvas 12 User Guide Color Management 120 Preferences For Two-byte Text Entry 123 Customizing The Keyboard And Toolbar 124 Saving Document Templates 128 File & Data Exchange Importing And Exporting Files Exporting Files Importing And Exporting Images 129 130 131 Importing Images 131 Exporting Images 132 Using Canvas Templates 133 Working With Other File Formats 134 Using Object Linking And Embedding 151 Inserting ActiveX Controls In Documents 154 Exporting Files To Canvas Using The Ca
Aligning And Distributing Objects 181 Rotating, Skewing, And Flipping Objects 186 Scaling Objects 195 Scaling Objects By Area/Perimeter 196 Using The Object Specs Palette 197 Setting Print Properties For Objects 201 Creating Attribute Styles 203 Setting Default Attributes 205 Attaching Comments To Objects And Using Markup Tools 206 Assigning And Modifying Custom Object Properties 210 Viewing Object Properties 217 Inks: Colors & Patterns 223 Presets Palette 223 Attributes Palette 2
Canvas 12 User Guide C H AP TER 4 : D RAW I NG AND VEC TOR EF F EC TS Drawing Basics 286 Drawing Basic Shapes 286 Drawing Shapes 287 Drawing With Snap Options 292 Drawing By Numbers 294 Drawing More Complicated Shapes 295 Using The Smart Vector Fill Tool 307 Adding Annotations 308 Creating Flowcharts 311 Using Math Expression 2-D Plot Commands 314 Drawing & Editing Paths 316 Drawing With The Path Tools 317 Editing Object Paths 324 Reshaping Paths By Editing Anchor Points 338 Sim
Combining Objects 377 Blending Objects 381 Enveloping Objects 384 Extruding Objects 387 Colorizing Objects 392 Fractalizing Objects 393 Creating Shadows For Objects 394 Binding Objects To Path 396 Dynamic Objects & Clipart 397 Working With The Symbol Library Palette 397 Creating New Symbols 401 Modifying Preinstalled Symbols 402 Converting Macro Files To Symbols 403 C H AP TER 5 : P AI NTI NG AND I MAG E ED I TI NG Painting & Image-editing 405 406 Paint Objects And Images 406 C
Canvas 12 User Guide Using Scanners To Acquire Images 446 Choosing A Scanning Resolution 447 Changing Image Size 448 Changing Resolution 456 Auto-tracing Images 458 Image Adjustment & Correction Applying Image-editing Commands 461 Consolidating Colors 462 Changing Color And Contrast 465 Color Balance 468 Levels 468 Adjusting Brightness Curves 470 Hue/Saturation 472 Color Equalization 474 Blur Filters 474 Sharpen Filters 479 Adding And Removing Noise 480 Selections & Channels
Ripple Effects 526 Twirl Effects 529 Spherical Distortion 530 Artistic Effects 532 Using The High Pass, Maximum, And Minimum Filters 538 Filling Selections With Color 541 Creating Custom Image Filters 541 Rotating Images 543 Distorting Images 544 Combining Image Channels 547 Image Proxies 551 Using Proxies 551 Editing Proxies 554 Maintaining Proxies 556 Exporting Canvas Image Files 558 C H AP TER 6 : TEXT AND TY P OG RAP H Y Text Entry & Layout 559 560 Typing Text In A Docume
Canvas 12 User Guide Positioning Tabs 587 Horizontal And Vertical Text Scaling 589 Applying Paragraph Formatting 590 Setting Indents 592 Paragraph Alignment 594 Using Vertical Justification 596 Paragraph Rules 597 Adjusting Letter And Word Spacing 599 Automatic Hyphenation 600 Specifying Text Flow Options 601 Setting Drop Caps 602 Inserting Headers And Footers 603 Working With Type Styles 606 Saving And Loading Type Styles 609 Using Type Styles 610 Applying Character Formattin
Binding Text To Vector Objects 637 Applying Vector Effects To Type 643 C H AP TER 7 : S P RI TE TEC H NOL OG Y SpriteEffects 649 650 Introduction To SpriteEffects 650 Using SpriteEffects 650 Using The SpriteEffects Palette 651 Selections Masks 656 Effects Area 657 Lens Effects 659 Sharing Documents With SpriteEffects 665 SpriteLayer Effects 666 Using The Transparency Palette 666 Opacity Effects 667 Controlling The Scope Of Transparency Effects 670 Transparency Masks 671 Channel
Canvas 12 User Guide Exporting As A Flash File 720 Exporting As PDF 722 Presentations Creating Slide Shows C H AP TER 9 : S EI S MI C D ATA 728 735 Seismic Data 736 Importing CGM Files 736 Seismic Traces Palette 738 Control Panel 738 Wiggle Options 739 Background Options 740 C H AP TER 1 0 : VI S U AL I ZATI ON AND ANAL Y S I S Data Acquisition, Visualization And Analysis 743 744 Working With DICOM Images 744 RAW File Format 745 Image Types And Filters 748 Accessing Image Data
Chapter 1: Introduction
Canvas 12 User Guide Welcome to Canvas 12 Canvas is the preferred application for technical illustrators in many industries because it offers the most flexible, scalable and integrated design environment. Canvas has the full range of precise vector object illustration tools and advanced raster image editing tools that you need — all in one single, workflow-accelerating application.
Chapter 1: Introduction Technical illustration and enhancement with greater control Canvas 12 includes many new features that allow you to create and enhance technical illustrations with even greater ease and control. Symbol Library Create custom symbols and easily organize new Canvas symbol sets. With Canvas 12, any vector object can be made into a symbol. Canvas 12 also includes thousands of commonly used and highly specialized technical symbols, with more available for download.
Canvas 12 User Guide Smart Vector Fill Color visually- enclosed regions created by overlapping objects. When overlapping object shapes create a new shape where they intersect, you can now instantly select this shape, and color it, with just one click. This eliminates the need to redraw these regions as standalone objects before selecting a fill ink. Smart Join Use the new Smart Join command to quickly rejoin segmented objects into a singular object.
Chapter 1: Introduction 3D view and enhanced AutoCAD file support View and enhance the latest AutoCAD® DXF/DWG 3D object file formats. Just import your 3D file, use step rotation on an X, Y, or Z axis, edit and enhance color, scale, light source, and preview it in Wireframe. With Canvas 12, you can now fit seamlessly into AutoCAD® 3D workflows.
Canvas 12 User Guide CGM4 file support, including WebCGM Import, edit and export CGM and WebCGM files. Canvas 12 can be fully integrated into CGM workflows because it supports the latest CGM file types, including Version 4 CGM-PIP I/II (Petroleum Industry Profile), and CGM-ATA (Airline Transportation Association). And now when you import and modify CGM files, WebCGM tags are retained. After editing and visually augmenting files, export them back into CGM work environments and specialized CGM applications.
Chapter 1: Introduction Object Properties Table View Additionally, you can now see an object’s geometric properties in a spreadsheet-like grid, directly in Canvas itself, using the Object Properties Table View palette. Or use the Statistics by Property or Select by Property commands to view or select particular objects based on a property.
Canvas 12 User Guide Multi-save Export to many formats simultaneously. Export documents to many formats at once with just one click by using the new Multiple Save command. In the Save As dialog box, choose your desired export formats, including BMP, CGM, GIF, JPG, PCX, PDF, PNG, TGA, and TIF. Select the Multiple Save check box, then click Save. From then on, Canvas will save to all the formats you have selected.
Chapter 1: Introduction Additional Capabilities for Publishing, Presenting and Collaborating Link Manager (with hotspots) Add hyperlinks to documents and then export them. Create links throughout Canvas documents, making them out of graphics, images, or text. Then export to PDF or HTML with the links intact. You can also create hotspots (linked regions within graphics) for PDF export. Use Canvas 12 to add interactivity and connectivity to your technical documents.
Canvas 12 User Guide Enhanced usability Docking pane Efficiently manage your palettes and work area. Display, re-arrange, and instantly float or re-dock multiple core Canvas palettes quickly and easily. Use the navigation tabs to further increase your onscreen organizing capabilities. The Docking Pane, located on the right side of the window, saves you time and helps free up valuable work space for visually complex projects.
Chapter 1: Introduction Dimension Area global setting override; new Properties bar shortcuts for Number Format, Coordinates Format, and X,Y Arrows of Direction; a Set Default Attributes button in the Toolbar; Windows 7 support (with related UI enhancements); and increased Points Limits (crucial for GIS documents). About the documentation Please take a few minutes to read the following information about the Canvas documentation.
Canvas 12 User Guide Some menu items open a submenu of related commands. When the documentation tells you to choose a submenu command, the instruction is written: Choose Object | Arrange | Bring To Front. This tells you to open the Object menu, choose Arrange to open the submenu, and then choose the Bring To Front command. Choosing commands in the context menu You can choose commands from a menu that pops up wherever the pointer is in Canvas.
Chapter 1: Introduction Knowledge Base. Customer Support Choose Help | Customer Support to open the Support page on the ACDSee Web site. Product Registration Choose Help | Product Registration to register Canvas. Community Choose Help | Community to open the ACDSee Community Web page on the ACDSee Web site, where you can find links to the ACDSee Product Forums, Blogs and Contests. Related Products Choose Help | Related Products to open the Products page of the ACDSee Web site.
Canvas 12 User Guide For the latest information on Canvas, be sure to view any “Read Me” files included with the program. To view Help in Canvas: Do one of the following: Press the F1 key. Choose Help | Canvas 12 Help. When you first open the Help, the Contents topic appears. You can also search for topics or use the Index. Showing the Startup screen Select this command to open the Canvas Startup dialog box. You can create a new document, open documents, or access recent documents.
Chapter 1: Introduction To open the Dynamic Help: Do one of the following: Choose Help | Show Dynamic Help. Click the Show Dynamic Help icon. To close the Dynamic Help: Do one of the following: Choose Help | Hide Dynamic Help. Click the Hide Dynamic Help icon.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
Canvas 12 User Guide Running Canvas This section explains how to start and end a Canvas work session.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Startup dialog box and new documents Whenever you launch Canvas, the Startup dialog box opens. You can quickly create a new document, open documents, or access recent documents from this screen. To disable the Startup dialog box: Select the Don't Show Me This Screen Again check box. To enable the Startup dialog box: Choose Window | Show Startup. Quitting Canvas Choose File | Exit.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1 Menu bar Menus for all the Canvas features. 2 Toolbar Shortcut icons for common tasks. 3 Properties bar Lets you control the properties for the text, painting, or vector tools as well as document setup. You can toggle this bar on or off. 4 Dynamic help Open this window to display information for selected tools and objects. 5 Docking bar Provides a customizable dock for the Canvas palettes you use often.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Page Navigator Symbol Library 7 Toolbox Tool palettes snap out to the right. If you use a specific tool palette regularly, lock the palette so it remains open while you use other tools. 8 Zoom controls Use these controls to zoom in and out of a document. 9 Document controls Add pages and move from one page or layer to another. 10 Status bar Displays the status and properties of the currently selected item.
Canvas 12 User Guide Viewing the Smart Toolbox Select any tool in the Smart Toolbox and its palette, as well as related tools, automatically opens and snaps to the right of the Toolbox. The tool palette remains in that position until another tool is selected. To display the Toolbox: If the Toolbox is hidden or closed, choose Window | Toolbox | Show Toolbox to display it.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To lock a tool palette: Click on the lock icon. When you select another tool, its palette snaps to the right of the locked palette. When palettes are locked, you can relocate them to another part of the layout area. To do so, place the pointer on the palette title bar and Shift-drag the palette from the Toolbox. Also, if you Ctrl-drag the palette, you can move a group of locked palettes or a single locked palette away from the Toolbox.
Canvas 12 User Guide Path tools Text tools Miscellaneous tools Dimensioning tools Painting tools Color Dropper tool Smart Vector Fill tool View tools Camera tool Transparency tools 24
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To access tool palettes and tools via the Toolbox command: If you are looking for a particular tool and are unsure where it is located in the Toolbox, choose Window | Toolbox to see the various tool groups. To open a tool palette: Click on the arrow icon and select Show Group. The tool palette automatically opens and snaps to the right of the Toolbox. To access an individual tool: Click on the arrow icon and select the particular tool from the menu.
Canvas 12 User Guide To roll up a palette so only its title bar is visible: Click on the minus button on the palette title bar. To dock a palette: Click on the arrow button or drag the palette to the docking bar (see "Using the Docking bar" on page 33 and "Using AutoSnap palettes" on page 25). To arrange palettes: Choose Window | Palettes | Clean Up Palettes. Canvas moves all open palettes except the ToolBox and floating tool palettes to the upper-right corner of the document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Pen ink Fill ink When editing an image, the Pen Ink icon is replaced by the Brushes icon. For procedures on selecting inks and strokes, see "Inks: colors & patterns" on page 223 and "Strokes: outline effects" on page 257. For information on selecting and using brushes, see "Painting & image-editing" on page 406. Using the Toolbar The Toolbar contains buttons you click to choose commands and tools. The Toolbar appears below the menu bar.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Properties bar Use the Properties bar to quickly modify the document setup, create some vector objects, modify tool settings, apply a filter or effect to an object, cache objects, or apply text formatting. If you hide the Properties bar, you won’t be able to display the Dynamic Help window. To show the Properties bar: Choose Window | Show Properties Bar. To hide the Properties bar: Choose Window | Hide Properties Bar.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Rulers Displays the vertical and horizontal rulers. Breaks Displays page breaks. Margins Displays page margins. Print area Displays the printable area. Text boxes Displays text boxes. Spelling errors Displays spelling errors. Select Across layers Enables selections of objects across more than one layer. Changing tool settings When you select a tool, its settings automatically appear in the Properties bar.
Canvas 12 User Guide proportionally or not proportionally. Proportional scaling means that if you change the width of the object, the length is adjusted automatically so that the object retains the same proportions. Transform Click the down arrow to transformed and untransformed dimensions. Rotation Click the down arrow to change the direction or rotation. Enter a degree value in the Rotate field and press Enter. If you are rotating an image, you can also use the Image Hard Rotate options.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To move an object: Do one of the following: Click on the object to select it, then drag it to the new position. Click on the object to select it, then modify the X/Y coordinates and (optionally) the reference point in the Properties bar. To copy an object and paste it in the same position on a different page, you can do so by copying the object and then pressing Shift and choosing Edit | Paste.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. Select more than one object. 2. Click one of the Align icons on the Properties bar. Modifying images and paint objects When an image or paint object is selected, the Properties bar automatically displays image and paint object settings such as filters, adjust options, and export options. Common image and paint object properties Filters Select a filter to apply to the object. The last five used filters appear at the top of the menu on the Properties bar.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To cache text objects: 1. Group the selected text objects. 2. Click the Cache Object check box. 3. Enter a value in the PPI field. Using the Docking bar You can use the Docking bar to customize the Canvas interface. By default, the Docking bar is displayed near the top of the screen below the Properties bar when you launch Canvas for the first time. To display the Docking bar: Choose Window | Docking Bar | Show Docking Bar.
Canvas 12 User Guide Docked palette Floating palette You can dock as many palettes as you want on the Docking bar, depending on the size of your screen (see "To adjust the size of tabs on the docking bar:" on page 35). To dock a palette: Do one of the following: Drag a palette to the Docking bar and drop it when a tab outline appears. Click the Docking button located in the upper right corner of the palette.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To access the Docking bar commands, you can also right-click an empty area of the Docking bar. To dock palettes when closed: Choose Window | Docking Bar | Dock Palettes When Closed. To arrange docked palettes: Choose Window | Docking Bar | Clean Up to arrange the tabs of docked palettes evenly on the Docking bar. To arrange tabs by name: Choose Window | Docking Bar | Clean Up By Name to arrange the tabs of docked palettes in alphabetical order.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Docking pane You can use the Docking pane, located to the right of the Layout Area, to dock the following palettes: Canvas Assistant Document Layout Flowchart Page Navigator Symbol Library To show or hide the Docking pane: Click the Expand/Collapse button on the vertical splitter bar. If you remove all the palettes from the Docking pane and close them, you will not be able to see the vertical splitter bar and the Docking pane will be hidden.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Docking palettes When you dock a palette, a tab with the palette’s name appears in the Docking pane stacked with the Canvas Assistant. The tabs of docked palettes give you quick access to tools or features and leave more screen space for working on your document. To dock a palette: Do one of the following: Drag a palette to the Docking pane and drop it when the palette window expands to fill the pane. Click the Docking button located in the upper right corner of the palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide Choose Help | Show Dynamic Help. Click on the Question Mark icon that appears on the right in the Properties bar when the Dynamic Help window is closed. To close the Dynamic Help window: Do one of the following: Choose Help | Hide Dynamic Help. Click on the X icon on the right side of the open Dynamic Help window. Using the Status bar The Status bar is at the bottom of the Canvas window. The Status bar provides information about commands, tools, objects, and program operations.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Hintline: The Hintline area displays tool names, tips, and status messages. When you move the pointer over a tool icon or other item, the Message area shows the tool’s name and function. You can use this feature to take a tour of the Canvas tools and interface. Mouse position: When you move the pointer, draw, resize, or rotate objects, Canvas displays the coordinates of the pointer. Object Name & Number: Displays the current page number and layer number.
Canvas 12 User Guide To interrupt display redraw: Press Esc during normal redraw. To refresh the display: Choose Layout | Display | Refresh. You can refresh the display after interrupting screen redraw, or when you want to refresh the display. Scrolling documents You can use scroll bars or the Hand tool to move to areas of a document that aren’t displayed in the document window. Using scroll bars Document scroll bars represent the full document area.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Changing the view magnification You can change your view of a document by changing the view magnification. Zoom in to enlarge objects or zoom out to see a larger area. Zooming changes the view on screen, but doesn’t change the actual size of anything in the document. You can zoom with the Magnifying Glass tool, the Zoom controls, and Zoom commands. You can use magnification levels from 0.0001 to 102400 percent. Normal magnification is 100 percent.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Zoom controls You can use the Zoom controls at the bottom left of the document window to adjust the view magnification. The Zoom controls display the current magnification and let you change magnification. To zoom to the next preset magnification level: Click the Zoom-in or Zoom-out button. The Zoom-in button increases magnification. The Zoom-out button decreases magnification. To open the preset magnification menu: Click on the menu icon and the zoom menu pops open.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Using Views commands You can use Views commands to quickly change your view of the current document. Choose the following commands in the Layout | Views submenu. Home view: Displays the upper-left corner of the document at normal (100 percent) magnification. Fit to Window: Reduces or increases magnification to the maximum magnification level for the layout area to fill the document window.
Canvas 12 User Guide If only one custom view exists, Canvas deletes it. If more than one custom view appears in the Views submenu, the Delete Views dialog box opens. Select a view and click OK. Canvas removes the selected view from the Views submenu. Using the Navigator palette The Navigator palette provides an overview of a document. You can use this floating palette to scroll the document and zoom in and out. To display the Navigator palette: Choose Window | Palettes | Navigator.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup number to zoom out. Normal magnification is 100%. Click the Zoom-in button on the right to double the magnification level. Click the Zoom-out button on the left to reduce magnification by half. The Zoom controls are at the bottom of the document window (see "Using the Zoom controls" on page 42). To quickly change the view area, click within the Navigator palette. The view box moves to where you click and the layout area shifts as well.
Canvas 12 User Guide Specifying measurement units In most dialog boxes, you can type abbreviations to specify measurement units. You can use this feature to override a document’s measurement units or the specific measurement units used in these dialog boxes. For example, when inches is a document’s unit of measurement, you can type 1 cm to specify 1 centimeter. Canvas converts 1 cm and displays it as .3937 inches. The following are the abbreviations you can type to specify a unit of measurement.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup current operation. Choose common editing commands, such as Cut, Copy and Paste, when an object is selected. Other commands are available when an object is in edit mode; e.g., image-editing commands appear in the context menu when you edit a paint object. Path-editing commands appear when a vector object is in edit mode. When no objects are selected, you can choose view commands such as Zoom In, Zoom Out, Show Rulers, and Show Guides.
Canvas 12 User Guide To open a file: 1. Choose File | Open. 2. In the Open dialog box, select the file to open. Canvas displays a preview if the selected document contains a preview. 3. Click Open. To open a document you worked with recently: Choose the document name from the list of recently opened documents in the File menu. To start Canvas and open a document simultaneously: Double-click a Canvas document icon in a folder or directory on your system. The program starts and the document opens.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 2. Choose a substitute font in the “With” pop-up menu. The name of the font appears in the list under Substitute Font. Canvas displays the font name in its corresponding typeface so you can preview the font substitution. 3. Select the check box to permanently replace the missing fonts with the fonts you choose in this dialog box. 4. After you select substitutes for the missing fonts, click OK to open the document.
Canvas 12 User Guide Place options When you place a file with multiple pages or layers, the Place Options dialog box lets you specify how the placed file should be added to the current document. Place on current layer Places the file’s objects on the current layer of the current page. No pages or layers are created in the current document. Show Place Cursor Select this option if you want to set the position or size of placed items on the current page.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Saving files To save a new Canvas document: 1. Choose File | Save As. 2. In the Save As dialog box, select a location to store the document and type a file name. 3. Click Save to store the document on disk. To save changes to a document as you work: Choose File | Save to update the document file on disk. To save a document with a new name or in a new location: Choose File | Save As.
Canvas 12 User Guide Use Compression Check this box to reduce the size of files saved on disk. Save Preview Select the this option to save a low resolution preview of the document. In applications that support previews, you can see a thumbnail image of the document before opening the file. Applying password protection to Canvas documents If you want to control who can open a Canvas document, you can protect the document with a password. To add a password to a document: 1.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 3. Click the Options button to select the formats you want to save. Raster Formats / Non-raster Formats Select the formats you want to save the file in. Display Options dialog Select this check box to display the Render Image or PDF Options dialog boxes so that you can select the settings for each format. Save companion files in subfolder Select this check box to save the files in a subfolder.
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas allocates memory to ensure that you can undo the specified minimum number of actions. Canvas tries to set aside enough memory so you can undo the specified maximum number of actions. It uses this memory if it’s needed for other operations. Therefore, you should be able to undo the specified minimum number of actions, but you might not be able to undo the specified maximum number of actions. The memory allocation ensures that you’ll have the most memory available in Canvas.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Reverting to the saved version of a document The Revert command lets you discard changes made to a document since it was last saved. This is the same as closing the document without saving changes, and then opening the original from disk. Be certain that you want to discard all changes to a document before choosing the Revert command, because you cannot use the Undo command to restore your work after using the Revert command.
Canvas 12 User Guide Arranging windows When you open more than one document window, you can stack or distribute them on screen so they are easier to work with. When Canvas arranges document windows, it resizes them if necessary so they fit within the main program window or screen area. To arrange windows in rows: Choose Window | Tile Down. To arrange windows in columns: Choose Window | Tile Across. To stack all windows: Choose Window | Stack.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup The creation time can be different on the General and Statistics tabs. The Statistics tabs displays the date and time the document was created as a new document. The General tab displays the time it was first saved. General: Describes general information about a saved document, such as type, location, size, attributes, when it was created, and when it was last modified. Statistics: Displays when the document was created and when it was last modified.
Canvas 12 User Guide Printing documents In Canvas, you can print to any printer set up on your computer or network, including PostScript and non-PostScript printers. For information on installing, setting up, and selecting a printer to use, refer to your operating system documentation. Printing a document If your document uses a standard paper size and you want to print all the visible objects on the page, you can simply select a printer and print the document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Print range All pages: Prints all the pages in the document. Pages: Prints the pages you specify. Selection: Prints the currently selected object. Odd-numbered pages only: Prints only the odd-numbered pages. Even-numbered pages only: Prints only the even-numbered pages. Copies Number of copies: Enter the number of copies you want to print.
Canvas 12 User Guide Text always in front: Because of the way that Canvas renders SpriteLayer effects, text that is not in front of all other objects can be output as rendered images rather than text. If you want to avoid rendering text for printing, select this option. Canvas will print the text objects in front of all other objects.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup No transparency: Does not render any transparency effects in the document. If you select this option, transparency (SpriteLayer) and image (SpriteEffects) effects will not be printed; transparent objects will be printed as opaque objects. The one exception to this rule involves vector objects that have a transparency Scope setting of Fill only when printing to a PostScript printer, because PostScript can print transparent fill inks in vector objects without rendering.
Canvas 12 User Guide Color mode: Choose an option to control color accuracy when using a color printer. In general, when you print to a color printer, it’s best to choose a color specification that matches the colors in the document you’re printing; e.g., choose CMYK if your document contains CMYK colors only. RGB: Outputs colors using RGB color specifications. A non-color printer will convert the color values to print as shades of gray. Black & White: Prints all colors as black or white.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Image compression: Choose a format for output of image data to a PostScript device or file. The format you choose affects the amount of data transmitted and the size of a PostScript file. This setting can affect compatibility with networks and PostScript printers. ASCII: Outputs image data as plain text. This is the most compatible format, but it transmits (or saves in files) the largest amount of data.
Canvas 12 User Guide Separations options Print separations Select this check box if you want to print color separations. Plates Halftone setting: Select the halftone setting. The default settings can be used with most desktop printers. Print spot colors as process: Prints any spot colors in the document as process colors. Trapping and overprinting Overprint black text: Overprints black text. Overprint black objects: Overprints black objects. Trap size: Enter the number of points to use for traps.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To preview a printed document: 1. Do one of the following: Choose File | Print Preview. Choose File | Print, then click the Preview button. 2. Do one or more of the following to preview the document: Click the zoom buttons to increase or decrease the magnification of the preview. Click the arrow buttons to view other pages. If you are previewing separations, click the plate buttons to view the plates that will be printed for each page. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using Page Setup If you always want to use the same settings when you print a particular document, you can save the settings in the Page Setup dialog box. It’s a good idea to set these options when you create a document so you can see page breaks correctly on the screen. To set up pages for printing: Choose File | Page Setup. Page Setup options Printer Select a printer from the drop-down list.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup sizes of paper or complex documents where you want to focus on a single component. Once you have set a print area, you can choose to toggle it on or off depending on whether you want to print just the print area or the entire document. To set the print area: 1. Choose File | Print Area | Set Print Area. 2. Use the Print Area cursor to draw a box around the area you want to print. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Printable area: If you have set a print area, then only the area within the print area is printed. You can toggle the printable area by selecting its check box in the Properties bar. Closing documents When you close a document, Canvas removes the document window from the screen. Closing a document doesn’t save it (Canvas will warn you if you try to close a document that has changed). To close a Canvas document: Choose File | Close.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To create a new document from inside Canvas: 1. Do one of the following: Choose File | New. Click the New Document icon. 2. In the New Document dialog box, select the document type. 3. Select options for the new document. 4. Click OK. New document options The items that you define in this dialog box can be modified via the Properties bar or Document Setup manager (Layout | Document Setup). Type of document Select a type of document.
Canvas 12 User Guide To change the page orientation of the document, click the Portrait or Landscape button. This swaps the width and height values. To change the paper color, select a color from the drop down. Document units Choose the measurement units for the rulers (see "Setting up rulers" on page 74). Select the Pixel mode check box to view graphics at 72 ppi before they are rendered.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Presentations Presentations and slideshows provide a powerful way of displaying technical data. Presentation documents are designed for on-screen slideshow presentations. You can use multiple layers and a master slide to hold background elements. You can use more than a dozen transition effects, including wipe and dissolve, during slide show playback. Animations Create simple animations from your technical illustrations.
Canvas 12 User Guide Setting up documents After you create a document, you can use the Document Setup manager in the Configuration Center to change the document type, measurement units, size, orientation, and other options (Layout | Document Setup). The Document Setup manager present similar options for each type of document, with some specific options for a particular document type; e.g., in a Publication document, you can set facing pages and page margins.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup From Screen: In Presentations and Animations, you can base the size of the layout area on the monitor’s size. To do this, choose From Screen. Orientation To change the orientation of the document, click the button in the Orientation area. This swaps the width and height values of the document. Margins To set margin size for two-sided Publications, enter the Inside, Outside, Top, and Bottom margins in the text boxes in the Margins area.
Canvas 12 User Guide Matching documents to printer pages Selecting “From Printer” in the Document Setup dialog box tells Canvas to use the page information from the Page Setup dialog box. Canvas sets the orientation and dimensions In the Document Setup dialog box to match the selected page size. When From Printer is selected and you change the page settings, Canvas changes the dimensions of the document to match.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To display and hide rulers: Toggle the Rulers check box in the Properties bar. The rulers must be displayed if you want to create alignment guides in the layout area. To set up rulers: 1. Choose Layout | Rulers. 2. In the Ruler dialog box, select a unit of measurement from the Document unit drop-down list. This unit is displayed in the rulers, Object Specs palette, as well as Properties bar. 3. Define the drawing scale in the Document scale section.
Canvas 12 User Guide To modify a unit of measurement: You cannot change the unit name or plural name. 1. Click the Modify button. 2. In the Modify Unit dialog box, change the unit’s Abbreviation, if needed. 3. Set up the unit’s new drawing scale by using the Size and Subdivisions controls. 4. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Document scale methods Canvas features scaling options that will certainly be useful to those who work with large documents, such as shape files. When selecting certain options, the Scale Options dialog box opens. When selecting the Set Document Scale command, the Define Document Scale dialog box opens. To view these scaling methods: Choose Layout | Document Scale. When you use either method in a geo-referenced document, the GIS referencing is adjusted.
Canvas 12 User Guide To remove the point object status: 1. Select all point objects to be changed. 2. Choose GIS | Tag selection as | Treat as regular object. The object returns to its previous status; i.e., vector object. Crop and fit to sheet When applied, a hard crop is performed and the resulting objects is scaled proportionally. This command can be used on both image and vector objects. The document scale and origin are adjusted so that object position and dimensions are preserved.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To use the Set Document Scale command: 1. Choose Layout | Document Scale | Set Document Scale. The Define Document Scale dialog box opens. The cursor changes to a crosshair. 2. Click the crosshair once to establish the scaling start point. 3. Click a final time to set the scaling end point. The resulting distance is indicated in the Page distance field. The Define Document Scale dialog box opens. The first value is the distance that you measured.
Canvas 12 User Guide Style Select a option for the scale bar’s appearance. Font Select a font for the scale bar. Select Title to indicate the current document scale above the scale bar. If Title is enabled, you can control the point size. Use the Text control to change the point size for the scale bar labels. Using the alignment grid You can display a grid of vertical and horizontal lines to aid in positioning objects in a document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 3. Enter a value in the Line Distance Y: Units text box. 4. Enter a value in the Snap Factor X: Fields text box. 5. Enter a value in the Snap Factor Y: Fields text box. You can enter decimal or fractional values; Canvas converts fractional values to decimal values; e.g., if the Line Distance is 1 inch, a Snap Factor of 1/2 Fields sets snap points every 1/2 inch. 6. Select Snap to X and Snap to Y to make objects snap to the snap points on both sets of grid lines. 7.
Canvas 12 User Guide To move objects touching an alignment guide: Press Ctrl as you drag an alignment guide. This method does not apply to alignment objects on a guide layer. To set up alignment objects: 1. Select one or more vector objects. 2. Choose Object | Arrange | Send to Guide Layer. Canvas moves the selected objects to the guide layer on the current page. The ink and stroke attributes of guide objects are overridden by default on guide layers.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup This section describes document layout options and procedures, including how to add, delete, and arrange pages and layers, and use the Document Layout palette. About document pages and layers Pages, layers, and master pages are a common element of all types of Canvas documents. Pages All Canvas documents can contain multiple pages. Here, “pages” is used as a general term for elements that make up a document. Publications can have single or facing pages.
Canvas 12 User Guide Master pages Master pages are available in Publication documents. Similar elements called “master slides” are available in Presentation documents, and “master frames” are available in Animation documents. Master pages are pages used as a master or background for other pages. The objects on the master page can appear on every page in a document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Using the Page Navigator palette The Page Navigator palette displays thumbnail previews of the pages in your document. Using the Page Navigator palette, you can quickly find and go to a particular page. Page names are displayed at the bottom of each page preview. The current page is highlighted with an orange border. To open the Page Navigator palette: Choose Window | Palettes | Page Navigator. The Page Navigator palette floats, so you can place it anywhere on screen.
Canvas 12 User Guide To open the Document Layout palette: Do one of the following: Choose Layout | Document Layout. Right-click on a Layer tab at the bottom of the document window to open the Layer menu, and then select Show Document Layout. The Document Layout palette floats, so you can place it anywhere on screen. You can dock the palette on the Docking bar or the Docking pane.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Palette options Visible Click to show or hide a page, layer, or object. Hiding a page hides all its layers (unless one is the current layer). When something is hidden, a hollow circle appears in the Visible column. If the object is visible, a blue-filled circle appears in the column. Printable A bullet indicates an item will print. When no bullet appears, the item will not print. If you change this option on a page, the setting is applied to all the page’s layers.
Canvas 12 User Guide The name of the selected item in the list is shaded. The active layer name is bold. Names of master layers, shared layers and objects on shared layers are italic. To expand or collapse items in the list: Do one of the following: Click a plus to expand the list; click a minus to collapse it. Ctrl-click an item to toggle the state of its sub-items. If you Ctrl-click a page, its expanded layers will collapse, and its collapsed layers will expand.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To select an item in the list: Type the text to find in the search box in the Document Layout palette. When you stop or press Enter, Canvas searches the list from the current page. The search includes only items that are visible in the list (not collapsed pages). You can type text in upper or lower-case. If an object in the list is named “Rectangle Fill 0c 67m 45y 23k” and you type “23K” Canvas will select the object. Default object names are object type and ink values.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can merge layers, which moves objects from a source to a destination layer and deletes the source layer. Click the source layer to select it in the layout list. Shift-click the destination layer. Choose Merge Layers in the palette’s menu. In addition, you can add layers by choosing open the Document palette menu and selecting Add Layer. A dialog box lets you change the layer’s name and select other options (see "Page and layer options" on page 91).
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To add pages: 1. Click the New page icon. 2. In the Insert dialog box, enter the number of pages (sheets or slides) and indicate the placement; i.e., before or after a certain page. To add layers to a page: Click the New layer icon. Another layer is added automatically to that page. To toggle between pages: Open the Page menu and select the page that you want to view. You can also use the Page arrows to the left of the Page menu.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Options dialog box To open the Options dialog box: 1. In the Document Layout palette, do one of the following: Double-click a page, master page, or layer to open an Options dialog box. Select the item and choose Options in the palette’s menu. 2. In the Options dialog box, select from the following options and click OK to apply the settings. Some options, as noted, are not available for all items or document types.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup When you apply a color override to a layer, you temporarily assign a color to vector and text objects on the layers you specify. A color override does not affect paint objects. When you turn off the Color Override option, all affected objects revert to their original colors. White Fill The White Fill option lets you control how override colors appear on vector objects. This option doesn’t change how override colors appear on text.
Canvas 12 User Guide Sharing layers Sharing a layer means linking a layer to more than one page in a document. Since the shared layers are linked, if you modify one layer, all the linked layers will change. Therefore, shared layers can be used like additional master pages. The names of shared layers and objects on them are indicated in italics in the Document Layout palette. Unsharing a layer converts it from a shared layer into a regular, non-linked layer on one page or throughout a document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Disperse to place one graphic on each frame in an Animation document. You can spread objects over existing pages or Canvas will create pages for the objects. Dispersed objects are placed on a new layer on each page. To disperse objects: 1. Select the objects to disperse. The objects should be on the same layer and should not be grouped. 2. Choose Object | Arrange | Disperse. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide To add a guide layer: 1. Select the page to which you want to add a guide layer. 2. Choose Add Guide Layer in the Document Layout palette’s menu. 3. In the New Guide Layer dialog box, enter a name, select Visible check box to display the layer, and click OK. To change a guide layer’s name, override color, or other properties: Double-click the layer and change the options in the Layer Options dialog box. See "Page and layer options" on page 91.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 3. In the New Grid Layer dialog box, configure the options as desired, and then click OK. Canvas adds a new grid layer. To change a grid layer’s name or other properties: Double-click the grid layer and change the options in the Layer Options dialog box. See "Page and layer options" on page 91. To arrange grid layers: Select the grid layer and drag the grid layer to its new position.
Canvas 12 User Guide Configuration Center The various application and document settings are organized in the left pane of the Configuration Center dialog box. View controls When the Configuration Center is open, you can change the display by using the View controls located in the upper left corner: Categorized The settings managers are grouped according to use. Five major groups appear in the list; i.e., General, Text, Printing, etc. Open a group to see its settings options.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Hotkey Action V Selection Arrow A Direct Edit Selection Arrow Y Lasso Selection W Direct Edit Lasso Selection B Bézier Tool T Text Tool O Oval Tool P Polygon Tool M Smooth Polygon Tool R Rectangle Tool F Freehand Tool E Reshape Tool L Line Tool S Push Tool I Dropper Tool C Scissor Tool K Knife Tool ‘ (accent grave) Set Default Stroke (or) Fill D Assign Default Stroke (or) Fill X Swap Fill/Stroke Remember that you must be in image edit
Canvas 12 User Guide Hotkey Tool/Action V Remote Move Tool P Pencil Tool E Eraser Tool H Marker Tool B Paintbrush Tool A Airbrush Tool K Bucket Tool G Blend Tool F Blur Tool Q Sharpen Tool S Rubber Stamp Tool N Smudge Tool O Dodge Tool B Burn Tool D Sponge Tool R Red Eye Reduction Tool X Swap Fill / Stroke ‘ (accent grave) or C Set Default Stroke / Fill Ctrl 0 - 9 Switch Channels General settings In the Configuration Center, in the General folder, you can set prefere
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Preserve Corners: Select this option to keep the corners intact; i.e., dashes will not be applied to the corners of objects. Continue with Dash: Select this option to apply dashes to the corners of objects. Inks When working with objects that contain Hatch, Texture, Symbol, or Pattern inks, it is possible to magnify these objects without magnifying the ink as well.
Canvas 12 User Guide To open the Display Options manager: Choose Layout | Display Options. Save as default Any settings you select in the dialog box are saved as the default setup for new documents. Show The normal Canvas display shows all objects with their inks, strokes, and other attributes as they are in the document. Alert Gamut Warning: This mode highlights colors that are outside the CMYK color gamut. It replaces out-of-gamut colors with a special indicator color.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup When Draw with Cache is not selected, Canvas retains any lowresolution previews that it has created in memory, but displays the full paths of vector objects and displays paint objects at normal resolution. Auto Cache Images: Select Auto Cache Images to automatically cache paint objects whose resolution is above a threshold that you specify.
Canvas 12 User Guide To cache an object: 1. Select the object to cache. 2. Choose Object | Options | Cache Object. 3. In the dialog box, enter a preview resolution value, from 2 to 300 pixels per inch, in the text box. Lower resolutions produce rougher previews. 4. Click OK. Canvas displays a preview of the cached object at the cached resolution. To uncache an object: 1. Select a cached object. 2. Choose Object | Options | Uncache Object. Canvas returns the object to its normal resolution.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup standard size that fits any monitor, but might not fill the screen completely. Fit to Window Opens documents so the full layout area can be seen in the center of the window. When this option is off, documents open in Home View (100% magnification with the upper-left corner of the page in the upper-left corner of the window).
Canvas 12 User Guide Scale Stroke Weight When you scale an object by dragging its selection handles, if the object has a solid pen stroke, Canvas will scale the pen weight proportionately with the object. AutoSave Select this check box if you want Canvas to automatically save a document after a certain period of time. The time periods are designated in minutes. Freeform Selection Lets you place objects in freeform mode by clicking already- selected objects.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Filter Operations Apply individually: Apply filter operations individually. Combine channels & apply: Combine channels and then apply filter operations. Legacy Plug-ins Click the Browse button to set the location of Photoshop-compatible plug-ins for use in Canvas. In the directory dialog box that appears, select the folder containing the plug-ins. The path name of the folder appears below the Plug-ins button on the Painting tab.
Canvas 12 User Guide Screen rendering Use the Screen Rendering options to setup the way images are rendered. Vector quality The options in this menu affect the entire screen display in Canvas. Draft: Provides the fastest screen display by drawing vector objects less smoothly. Choosing this option can increase display speed by 300%. Normal: Provides fast screen display and draws smooth vector objects. This is the recommended setting and is selected by default.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Bicubic: Is an appropriate setting if you work primarily with photographs. Due to a blurring effect, we do not recommend the Bicubic setting if you work with line art. Auto: Is the optimal setting for interpolation of a photographic image. The Auto setting automatically chooses the best Interpolation option based on the image, its resolution, and current magnification. Pasteboard Color Use the color palette to select a color for the pasteboard area.
Canvas 12 User Guide Selection Show originals when dragging and resizing When you drag or resize an object, it will follow the pointer and also appear in its original position until you release the mouse button. Selecting this option means that when you drag an object, an outline of the object (without pen ink, fill ink, or stroke) will follow the pointer. Allow Drag in Path Edit Mode Allow dragging in path edit mode.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Auto correct Use these options to specify corrections you want Canvas to make as you type. Correct Two Initial Capitals Corrects a word that you type beginning with two capitalized letters. Capitalize first letter of sentences Capitalizes the first letter you type following typical sentence-ending punctuation, such as periods, question marks, or exclamation points, even if these marks are followed by a quotation mark or parenthesis.
Canvas 12 User Guide Type The Type settings in the Configuration Center let you customize options for text and typography. Text Input When Typing Into Document: Select either Auto type into object or Allow single letter shortcut. Auto type into object: This option allows you to automatically begin typing text characters into a selected object. Allow single letter shortcut: If activated, you will be allowed to access the vector and image editing tools using simple single-letter shortcuts.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup selected, Canvas replaces text at the specified size and smaller when the display magnification is 100% or less; e.g., if you specify 12 points, and zoom to 200%, Canvas replaces any text that is 6 points or smaller. If you zoom to 50%, Canvas replaces text that is 24 points or smaller. Drag & Drop Text: Enable this option so you can highlight text and drag that text to a new location within the same text object.
Canvas 12 User Guide Copy & Paste Smart Copy: With this option on, if you copy and paste text that begins a paragraph, Canvas pastes the text as a new paragraph using the original paragraph settings. With this option off, Canvas pastes text into the current paragraph using the existing paragraph settings. Replace Selection: Activating this function allows you to automatically replace selected text when you paste into a Canvas document.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup If you elect to use the single-column format, use the navigation arrows located at the top and bottom of the list to scroll through the fonts list. To see the list of available fonts, choose Text | Font. Printing settings The Printing settings let you control the appearance of printed output. These settings affect printed output when you use the Print as: Composite setting in the Print dialog box, and do not affect printing when you use the Print as: Separations setting.
Canvas 12 User Guide Output settings Resolution Use these settings to control the appearance of printed documents. Output to maximum resolution: Select this check box to print documents at the printer’s highest resolution. This setting disables image-reduction options and fast-printing features of QuickDraw® printers, which require a setting of 72 dpi (see "Output resolution of transparency effects" on page 687).
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Printer Options PS L2 (Faster printing of text): Allows you to send a block of text to the printer for faster printing of text. If disabled, text is sent character by character. Screen enhancement feature for true halftones: This option, when enabled, always prints halftones at the highest possible LPI. If disabled, a halftone is printed at the printer’s resolution. Document bleed size: By default, the bleed size is set to 9 pt (1/8 in). Enter a new value in the text field.
Canvas 12 User Guide To delete units: Select a user-defined unit and click the Remove button. You cannot delete default units; i.e., inches, centimeters, etc. You also cannot delete units that are currently being used as the document unit. Change the document unit first. Grids and guides You can use grids and guides to aid in positioning objects in a document. You can also turn on the snap-to-grid and snap-to-guide features to make Canvas snap objects into alignment with the nearest grid or guide.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To show or hide grids: Do one of the following: Toggle the Grids check box in the Properties bar. Choose Layout | Display | Show Grids/Hide Grids. To show or hide guides: Do one of the following: Toggle the Guides check box in the Properties bar. Choose Layout | Display | Show Guides/Hide Guides. To turn on snap-to-grid: Choose Layout | Snap To | Grid. Choose the command again to turn off snap-to-grid. To turn on snap-to-guide: Choose Layout | Snap To | Guide.
Canvas 12 User Guide Numbers: Select a number format. Coordinates: Select a format for displaying coordinates. Area format: Select a format for displaying area. Angles: Select Euclidean or Clock-like. Image/multimedia settings In the Configuration Center, in the Image/Multimedia folder, you can set preferences for a number of application tools and effects.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup You can obtain additional ICC profiles for specialized devices, such as film writers, graphics arts monitors, and prepress proofing devices from the device’s manufacturer. To download ICC profiles from ACD Systems of America: 1. Go to www.acdamerica.com. 2. Click the Downloads link on the navigation bar. 3. On the Downloads page, click the ICC Profiles in the Canvas Add-on Files section. 4. Select the folder, then click profile_index.
Canvas 12 User Guide Color Settings options Use Intent Choose a rendering intent: Perceptual (Images): Maintains relative color values as the values are mapped to the printer gamut. This method preserves the relationship among colors, though color values can change. Saturation (Graphics): Maintains relative saturation values of colors. Colors that are outside the printer gamut are converted to the closest colors with the same saturation that are inside the printer gamut.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Preferences for two-byte text entry The options for the Inline preferences let you specify whether you want to always enter two-byte text directly into a document, or use a text-entry window when the apparent type size is outside a range that you have set. This feature is available only when you are running system software that supports two-byte fonts, and are using two-byte fonts to enter text into a document. This preference does not affect printing.
Canvas 12 User Guide Customizing the keyboard and Toolbar Via the Customize dialog box, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to commands, tools, attributes, object styles, and font styles. You can also place buttons for these items on the Toolbar. To customize the keyboard and Toolbar: Choose File | Customize. Customize dialog box Use the options in the Customize dialog box to select items, and then create keyboard shortcuts and place buttons on the Toolbar.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup palettes appear when the Category is Strokes. Select an ink or stroke from the palette. The selected item appears in the scrolling list and on the Toolbar. Remove Selection When the Category selection is Inks, Strokes, Object Styles, or Font Names and Sizes, click the Remove Selection button to remove a selected item from the scrolling list. This also removes a button for the item from the Toolbar.
Canvas 12 User Guide To remove an ink or stroke from the scrolling list: 1. Select it and click Remove Selection; if the item is on the Toolbar, this removes it from the Toolbar also. 2. In the font size box, select a size and then press the Add Size button. The font size appears in the main scrolling list, and a font size button appears on the Toolbar. To choose a font: Select a name from the menu. The font appears on the scrolling list, and a font button appears on the Toolbar.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To assign a shortcut key to a fill or pen ink: 1. In the Customize dialog box, select the ink in the scrolling list. 2. Type the keyboard keys you want to use. The keys you type appear in the Press New Shortcut Key box. 3. Under the box, select whether you want the ink to be a Fill or Pen ink. 4. Click Assign to assign the new keys to the ink. To place buttons on the Toolbar: Do one or both of the following: Select an item in the scrolling list.
Canvas 12 User Guide To apply a fill ink or select a background color for painting: Click the ink button on the Toolbar. If no objects are selected, the ink becomes the current fill ink or background color. To apply a pen ink or select a foreground color for painting: Press Ctrl and click the ink button. If no objects are selected, the ink becomes the current pen ink or foreground color.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 2. Choose Layout | Document Setup to select measurement units, document size and orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout. 3. Choose Canvas | Configuration Center to set up preferences for the document. 4. Create or import objects that you want to store in the template. 5. Choose File | Save As. In the Save as type menu, select Canvas Template and click Save. For more information, see "Saving Canvas documents" on page 50 .
Canvas 12 User Guide To open or place a file: 1. Choose File, then choose one of the following: Open: Opens the file as a new Canvas document. Place: Inserts the file in the current Canvas document. This command is available only if a Canvas document is open. 2. In the Open or Place dialog box, select the file you want to open, then click the Open or Place button. For some file formats, a dialog box presents options for opening files. Select the appropriate settings, then click OK.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Rendering images When you are saving objects and select a file format that supports images only, Canvas renders the document or selected objects. Rendering creates an image that can be saved in the selected format. The Render Image dialog box has options for rendering (see "Rendering objects and images" on page 430 for more information). Importing and exporting images In Canvas there are several ways to import raster images into your document.
Canvas 12 User Guide For information about importing images with a TWAIN scanner, see "Using TWAINcompatible scanners" on page 447. Exporting images When you export an image from a Canvas document, Canvas creates a file on disk from a single selected paint object. Using Export is similar to using Save As, except that you must select a paint object before you choose Export. To export an image: 1. Select the paint object or image to export. Images in edit mode can't be exported.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup To view EXIF information: 1. Select an image in your Canvas document. 2. Do one of the following: Choose Image | DCS information (EXIF). Right-click the image and choose DCS information (EXIF). If the image does not contain any EXIF information, the DCS information (EXIF) option is not available.
Canvas 12 User Guide A template document stores almost all preferences settings, as well as the settings you specify with the Document Setup command, and other document setup options, including the following: Document type Configuration of layers, slides, pages, sheets and frames Settings for rulers, grids, guides, and views Current inks and strokes settings Text styles and default text settings Canvas stores some settings with the application and not in particular documents, so these settings are not incl
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Opening PDF files When opening PDF files, you can select your import options in the PDF & PS Import dialog box. Default ColorSpace Select RGB or CMYK. Embedded fonts Select either Substitute or Convert to paths. Vector precision Select from one to three decimal points for precision. Text merging Select an option for text tolerance.
Canvas 12 User Guide Saving in PDF format When saving in PDF - Acrobat® format, you can select export options in the PDF Options dialog box that appears before the file is saved (see "Exporting as PDF" on page 722). Saving in Illustrator format You can also save files in an Adobe® Illustrator® format by choosing File | Save As and then selecting AI - Adobe Illustrator. In the AI Export Options dialog box select the Illustrator settings.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Canvas image mode CGM image mode Grayscale, and LAB color Black & White CGM versions 1 and 2: RGB cell arrays CGM versions 3 and 4: Black & White Multichannel First channel becomes an RGB cell array; other channels ignored To export as CGM: 1. Choose File | Save As. 2. Select CGM as the file format in the Save As dialog box. 3. In the CGM Export Options dialog box, select the CGM export options. CGM Version Select a version.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using AutoCAD DWG format Defined by AutoCAD, DWG is accepted as the standard file format for data interchange by CAD users worldwide. The AutoCAD DWG import filter lets you import native AutoCAD® 2004 files. into Canvas. This filter fits an AutoCAD drawing into a specified page format. To open DWG files: 1. Choose File | Open or File | Place and select DWG - AutoCAD format in the directory dialog box. 2.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Using Drawing Interchange format (DXF) Drawing Interchange Format (DXF) is a format developed by Autodesk, Inc., for exchanging data with AutoCAD and other drawing applications. DXF format provides platform- independent storage of 2D and 3D technical drawings and supports multiple layers. Canvas supports DXF files containing ASCII data, but does not support DXF files that contain data in binary format.
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas objects/attributes DXF objects/attributes Layer names with spaces or nonuppercase characters Spaces removed and characters become uppercase Grayed layers Objects appear in original colors In the DXF export options dialog box, select the platform format to use. You can also select options for exporting lines and circles. Using Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a file format used to save individual PostScript graphics.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 3. Select options in the dialog box that appears and click OK to save the file. When you save a Canvas document in EPS format, you could lose specialized objects and attributes that are not supported in EPS. Canvas transparency effects are rendered and stored as images in EPS graphics, using the Transparency Rendering option and resolution that you select. EPSF Type: Choose EPS to create a composite (non-separated) EPS file.
Canvas 12 User Guide will not be converted to process and will be separated as spot colors. When you use DCS Format and print color separations, the program you use simply outputs the color separation plates as defined in the DCS file; it does not apply its separation method or options to colors in the file. Therefore, if you want to be able to output process and spot color plates, you should select CMYK + Spot Color Mode when you use DCS Format to save illustrations in EPS files.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Convert EPSF into Canvas Objects: If you choose to create Canvas objects from an EPSF object, the EPSF object is replaced in the document by equivalent Canvas objects. Depending on the contents of the original EPS file, you might not be able to edit some objects as you expect after the conversion.
Canvas 12 User Guide 2. Select JPEG as the file format. Make your adjustments in the JPEG Export Options dialog box. GIF format: GIF is the best format for graphics that contain a small number of colors, such as vector art with flat colors. GIF format supports Black & White, Grayscale, and Indexed color images, with 1 to 8 bits of color data for a maximum of 256 colors. JPEG format: JPEG format provides compression of high resolution, full-color (24- bit) RGB images.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 5. In the dialog box, type a name for the file and choose a location to save the file, and then click Save. Export Preview options The Export Preview dialog box shows one, two, or four previews of a graphic image when you choose Save As or Export and select GIF or JPEG file format. You can select settings for each preview image to compare how the file format, palette options, and other settings will affect the image you are saving.
Canvas 12 User Guide kilobytes. The second value is the number of discrete colors that will be saved in a GIF file; the value is not shown for JPEG format. JPEG options To use JPEG format, select JPEG from the Format menu. Canvas applies the JPEG format and settings to the active preview pane. Quality: Enter a percentage value from 1-100%. Higher Quality values result in less compression and better retention of original image quality. Smoothing: Enter a smoothing value from 1 to 6.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup Web: Uses a standard color palette supported by major Web browsers. The range of colors in the Web palette, however, can cause color shifts in images with many shades of a few colors. Uniform: Uses a palette of colors that are uniformly distributed through the range of possible RGB colors. Exact: Creates a palette from the actual colors in the image, if the image contains fewer than 256 colors. If the image contains more than 256 colors, Canvas uses the Adaptive option.
Canvas 12 User Guide Use the add/subtract dropper to select additional colors to be transparent. Each color you click becomes transparent. To restore a transparent color, click it again. A checkerboard pattern appears in areas of the preview image that are transparent. Color palette: The area below the GIF options shows the current color palette for the image. The palette changes when you change the Palette or Max Color option.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup TIFF Compression Various compression options are available, depending on the mode of the image you are saving. Compression None: Saves an image without compression (the most compatible format). Group 3 and Group 4: Are available to compress images that are in black-and-white mode. LZW: Can be applied to all image modes, except CMYK Color. Deflate: Applies a lossless compression to the image. JPEG: Applies a JPEG lossy compression to the image.
Canvas 12 User Guide To save as SVG: 1. Choose File | Save As and select SVG as the file format. 2. Click Save to open the SVG Options dialog box. This dialog box is similar to the HTML Options dialog box (see "HTML options" on page 715). General options Create new folder: Organizes files by placing them in a new folder in the specified location. The name that you enter when you are saving a SVG is used for the folder’s name. Put images in subfolder: Creates a subfolder for the image files.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 4. In the Save AVI Options dialog box, select one or more of the following: Auto Crop: This feature optimizes the size of each frame and the document. The Auto Crop option will create the minimum size needed to accommodate all of the objects in the document. Antialiasing: Objects from the Canvas document will be rendered with an overall softened effect. Quality: This option affects the compression of the images.
Canvas 12 User Guide Inserting objects into Canvas documents You can use three methods to insert objects in a Canvas document: the Clipboard, drag-and-drop, and the Insert Object command. The objects you insert can be either linked or embedded. Clipboard: When you copy Canvas objects to the Clipboard, Canvas places OLE formats, as well as lower-fidelity formats, on the Clipboard. When you paste into another program, that program receives the highest-fidelity format it can accept.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup 3. Switch to the document where you want to embed the selection and choose Edit | Paste. The object is embedded into the document. To link objects: If you want an object to be updated when it changes in the original document, create a link to the object. The Canvas document from which you copy objects to be linked must have been saved before you copy the objects. Not all OLE programs support OLE linking. 1. Select the objects to link and choose Edit | Copy. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide Linking: When you link an object, the object remains in the file where it was created. Only a link (reference) to the source object winds up in the document, which makes linking an efficient method of storing commonly-used objects and files. Linking makes a dynamic connection between an object and all documents in which it appears. When you edit the object, changes are automatically sent to linked instances of the object in all documents.
Chapter 2: Documents and Setup driver. Canvas converts the objects in the document and opens the document in Canvas. Before you can use this method, you must install the Canvas print driver. To install the Canvas Print Driver: In Canvas, choose Help | Install Canvas Print Driver 2. To create a Canvas file using the Print command: 1. In your external application, open the document that you want to convert to Canvas. 2. Choose File | Print. 3.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes
Canvas 12 User Guide Working with objects This section explains how to work with objects in Canvas. It tells you how to select objects with selection tools or the Find command. It describes common actions, including how to copy, group, lock, move, arrange, flip, and align objects, plus effects you can apply to all objects, including scaling, rotation, and skew. It also tells you how to use the object position data in the Object Specs palette.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes In some cases, you can select parts of objects; e.g., you can select an anchor point within a vector object, a word within a text object, and an image area within a paint object. Selection techniques for various types of objects are described in the drawing, text editing, and image editing sections of the manual. Selecting objects with Selection tools Selection tool: Select this tool when you need to Select a single object. To select multiple objects, you can Shift-click.
Canvas 12 User Guide To select all objects on a single layer: Choose Edit | Select All to select every object in a single-layer document. To select all objects on all visible layers in a multi-layer document, change the default selection setting in the Configuration Center (see "Setting preferences" on page 97 ). Selection methods The following table gives you a quick description of all the methods for selecting objects. To select Do this A single object Click the object with a Selection tool.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Selection indicators Canvas indicates that an object is selected by displaying the object’s bounding box, a rectangle with solid blue squares, called handles, at each corner and side midpoint. A bounding box with handles surrounds a selected object The first object selected is called the key object. The key object is indicated with solid blue squares in the bounding box.
Canvas 12 User Guide Editing objects All types of objects in Canvas can be easily modified. In general, you place an object in edit mode to modify it. Edit mode lets you use various features to edit each type of object; e.g., when a text object is in edit mode, use word-processing features to select, cut, copy, paste, and edit text. When a vector object is in edit mode, you can modify anchor points and segments to reshape its path.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To edit objects using the context menu: 1. When no objects are selected or in edit mode, point to the object you want to edit. If the object is hidden behind other objects, point to its location. 2. Choose Edit | Object Name in the context menu. Canvas places the object whose name you choose in the Edit submenu into edit mode. Choose a vector, text, or paint object. Selecting objects based on their properties To select an object based on its properties: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using selection sets Click the arrows to expand the palette to work with selection sets, which let you broaden a search. Selection criteria symbols make up a selection set. The current selection set is boxed. Changing selection options updates this selection set. Click a set to make it the current selection set. Or: Click to create an empty selection set. Copy: Click to duplicate the current selection set. Clear: Click to delete the current selection set.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Using the Clear command or the Delete keyboard key does not replace the contents of the Clipboard. When you paste objects into other programs, the Clipboard uses a format that the receiving program understands. However, special types of objects and special object attributes can be lost when pasting objects into other applications.
Canvas 12 User Guide These options have no effect when you paste selections in Canvas. You can select the program into which you want to paste objects. Canvas selects the best format for copying the selection to the Clipboard. You can select common programs, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. To use Copy options: 1. Select the items to copy and choose Edit | Copy Special | Copy Options. 2. Select options in the dialog box. 3.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Copy special commands Several commands let you perform special operations for copying objects to the Clipboard. To view these commands, choose Edit | Copy Special. Copy as image When you want to copy an object, and then paste it into a document created in another application, use the Copy as Image command to enhance the printed appearance of the Canvas object you intend to paste. This procedure can smooth out jagged edges and help maintain the object’s details.
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas places the selected objects on the Clipboard. 3. Paste the Clipboard contents into other applications. Copying selections in objects Besides using Cut or Copy to place entire objects on the Clipboard, use these commands to place selected parts of Canvas objects on the Clipboard. Cut or copy the following parts of objects: Text selections made by highlighting text in a text object.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes and choose Edit | Paste and Place. You must press the modifier key to make this command appear. To copy an object and paste it in the same position on a different page, you can do so by copying the object and then pressing Shift and choosing Edit | Paste. To paste the copy: Do one of the following: Click to place the copy at full size. To set the dimensions of the copy, drag to create a bounding box to contain the selection.
Canvas 12 User Guide Attributes pasted on text object Use Paste Attributes to transfer inks and stroke settings, object dimensions, effects, and text attributes. Depending on the source selection and target selection, choose options listed in the Paste Attributes dialog box. An option is available if the attribute was copied from the source selection and can be applied to the selected target objects. The exception to this rule is the Text Style option.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Paste Attributes options Pen ink Transfers the source selection’s pen ink. You can transfer pen inks if the source selection is a vector object or text that has a pen ink, and the target objects are vector or text objects. Fill ink Transfers the source selection’s fill ink. You can transfer fill inks if the source selection is a vector object or text that has a fill ink, and the target objects are vector or text objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide With a selection on the Clipboard, choose Paste to insert the selection in the center of the active document’s current view. Repeat the Paste command to make multiple copies. The Duplicate command copies selections immediately and lets you space copies evenly. The Replicate command lets you scale, rotate, and offset multiple copies. Duplicating selections The Duplicate command quickly copies selected objects into the same document, without affecting the contents of the Clipboard.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Canvas offsets and stacks duplicates, placing the newest copy in front of the stack. Duplicated objects are offset a preset amount (gray circles). By moving the first copy and repeating Duplicate, you can set a custom offset distance and direction (light gray circles). To duplicate selected objects with modifier key: You can duplicate an object by pressing a modifier key as you drag the object.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. As you drag, press and hold Ctrl. When you release the mouse button and the modifier key, the duplicate object appears in front of the original. To duplicate while rotating or skewing: 1. Select an object and choose Effects | Freeform to put the object in Freeform mode. 2. Point to a handle and press Ctrl as you drag the handle. To rotate the object: Drag one of the four corner handles. To skew the object horizontally: Drag a horizontal skew handle to the left or right.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To create multiple duplicates: After you duplicate an object using a modifier key, make more copies with the same offset distance, angle of rotation, or skew factor. 1. Select the duplicated object. 2. Choose Edit | Duplicate. Canvas creates another duplicate and applies the same offset distance, angle of rotation, or skew factor. Scaling, rotating, and offsetting copies The Replicate command offers powerful capabilities for duplicating objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Replicate options Copies Enter the number of objects you want to create. Rotate To rotate each copy relative to the preceding object, select Rotate. Type the rotation amount from (minus) -359.0 to 359.0 degrees. The center of rotation is shown in the “Around” box by a hollow handle; click to select another handle as the rotation center. Scale by To incrementally change the size of each copy, select Scale by. In the pop-up menu, choose Percentage, Length, or Ratio.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Replicating and positioning options Coordinate space The Length radio button must be selected to position objects according to X/Y coordinates. To enable the Angular radio button, you must first configure your world with the GIS palette (see GIS palette). Bounding box icon Canvas performs the positioning according to the selected handle. By default, the center handle is selected. Select another handle, if necessary.
Canvas 12 User Guide After you group objects, you can select individual objects in the group with the Direct Selection tool. To ungroup objects: 1. Select one or more grouped objects that you want to separate. 2. Do one of the following: Choose Object | Ungroup. In the Properties bar, click the Ungroup button. Canvas separates the group and leaves the individual objects selected. If any of these objects are group objects, you can ungroup them by choosing Object | Ungroup again.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes exact coordinates. When you drag an object, the Properties bar and Status bar shows the change in the object’s X/Y position. Make precise positioning easier by turning on the autogrid so that objects you drag snap to preset ruler increments. You can also place alignment guides that objects will snap to in a document. To move an object using the Selection tool: Position the pointer on the object and drag.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. Select the objects and then choose Object | Move. 2. In the Move dialog box, enter values to move the object horizontally or vertically, or to change the angle. Use negative numbers to move up and to the left. Use positive numbers to move down and to the right. 3. Click Apply to preview or OK to implement the Move settings. Arranging objects in the stacking order Each object in a Canvas document is part of a stack of objects on the same layer.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To send or copy objects to another location: 1. Select the objects, and then do one of the following: Choose Object | Arrange | Send to Layers to move objects to new locations. Choose Object | Arrange | Copy to Layers to copy objects to new locations. 2. In the Layer Select dialog box, click one or more layers to designate them as the destination for the selected objects. 3. Click Select. Canvas copies or moves the selected objects to the destination layer or layers.
Canvas 12 User Guide To align or distribute objects: 1. Select two or more objects. 2. Do one of the following: Choose Object | Align, and select an alignment option. In the Properties bar, select an alignment option. In the Align palette, select an alignment or distribution option, then click Apply. You can apply alignment and distribution options to vector objects, group objects, paint objects, and text objects. You can align and distribute objects in separate or combined operations.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Align palette Vertical Align: None Top Center Bottom Edge to Edge (Top to Bottom) Edge to Edge (Bottom to Top) Distribute: Inside 183
Canvas 12 User Guide Top Center Bottom Outside Horizontal Align: Left Center Right Edge to Edge (Top to Bottom) Edge to Edge (Bottom to Top) Distribute: Inside Top Center Bottom Outside Selection Rectangle Select this option to ignore the stroke of the objects when aligning or distributing objects. Deselect the option to use the outside edge of objects’ strokes. Arrange Z-Order This option is most applicable to distribution.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Align to Choose a reference for alignment: Key Selection Object: Aligns all the objects in relation to the key selection object. Key selection object does not move. Grid: Aligns all objects to the grid. If no grid is defined, the objects don’t move. The key selection object has no effect. Printable Area: Aligns all objects with the edge of printable area. If no printable area is defined, the entire document is selected. Document: To a specified location in the document.
Canvas 12 User Guide Rotating, skewing, and flipping objects You can rotate Canvas objects clockwise or counter-clockwise, flip them on one or both axes, and skew their bounding boxes. Rotate and skew around an object’s center, or move the centerpoint to any location. When you rotate an object, the object’s bounding box also rotates. If you drag a selection handle of a rotated object, the bounding box changes shape in the rotated orientation, so you can resize an object without distorting its basic shape.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To rotate an object in freeform mode: Drag one of the four corner handles. An outline of the object rotates as you drag a handle. To set the center of rotation: Drag the centerpoint to a new location anywhere on the screen. To make the centerpoint snap to one of the handles or the center, press Shift as you drag.
Canvas 12 User Guide To apply the Horizontalize command: 1. Select the object. 2. Choose Effects | Horizontalize. The cursor changes to a crosshair. 3. Click the crosshair to establish the start point of the horizontal line. 4. Click the crosshair again to indicate the end point of the horizontal line. 5. In the Rotate dialog box, select a handle in the bounding box icon to define the center of rotation. 6. Enter the direction and angle of rotation. 7.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes If you select Transformed Dimensions, the object’s original dimensions will be retained after being transformed. If, however, you select Untransformed Dimensions, the object’s dimensions will change when the transformation is applied. In the example above, a 2” x 1” rectangle is horizontally skewed by 20°. When Transformed Dimensions is applied, the rectangle maintains its original width when horizontally skewed.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can also paste an object into an image in edit mode. The object pastes into the image as a floating selection. For more information on image selections, see "Working with image selections" on page 493. To put a floating image selection in freeform mode: While a floating image selection is active, choose Effects | Freeform. Handles appear on the corners and sides of the floating selection. To move a selection in freeform mode: Place the pointer inside of the selection.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Rotation pointer Scale pointer Scaling selections in freeform mode You can scale a floating selection in freeform mode by dragging the corner or side handles. To scale a selection: Point to one of the handles at the edges of the selection. The pointer changes to a straight line with an arrow at each end. Drag any of the handles. The selection scales as you drag.
Canvas 12 User Guide Skew outline and Skew pointer To skew a selection: Press the Ctrl key and move the pointer over one of the side handles. The pointer changes to an arrow head. Drag the handle to skew the selection freely. Press the Shift key to constrain the skew along the axis of the handle side. Press Alt to have the opposite side of the selection skew to maintain its relationship to the side you are skewing around the center of the selection.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To rotate objects: 1. Select the object you want to rotate. 2. Choose Effects | Rotate Right/Left | Other to open the Rotate dialog box. 3. In the Rotate dialog box, click the clockwise or counter-clockwise button to choose a rotation direction. 4. Enter the rotation angle in degrees in the Angle text box. 5. The Center edit box shows the center of rotation as a gray handle.
Canvas 12 User Guide Unrotated bounding box If you choose Convert to Paths, Canvas re-orients the bounding box of a rotated object so the object’s rectangular shape distorts when you drag a handle on the bounding box, as shown by the dotted lines. Flipping objects Flip objects horizontally, vertically, and both horizontally and vertically, with the Flip commands. You can flip individual objects, multiple selected objects, or grouped objects.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To flip a selection around both axes: Choose Effects | Flip | Both Axes. Canvas flips the selection’s horizontal coordinates over its vertical axis and its vertical coordinates over its horizontal axis. Scaling objects The Scale command provides several options for enlarging or reducing objects. Scale by a percentage or ratio, horizontally and vertically. You can also scale text and stroke weights when you scale objects. To scale an object: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide Scale options Scale by Select a method to scale by: Percentage: Specify vertical and horizontal percentages. Scaling an object 150% is the same as increasing the object’s size by a factor of 1.5. Ratio: Specify horizontal and vertical scaling factors as ratios by entering numbers in each set of two boxes; e.g., to scale an object to one-third its original height, enter “1” in the first text box, and “3” in the second.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 4. Do one of the following: Click Apply. The object is scaled, but the dialog box remains open. If you want to change the options you can do so and click Apply again, or you can click Cancel to discard the changes and close the dialog box. Click OK. The object is scaled, and the dialog box is closed. You can also scale an entire document when you print it, without changing the objects in the document, by specifying a scaling factor in the Print dialog box.
Canvas 12 User Guide To edit an object: Click on the Data tab to view and edit data for selected objects. The Data tab displays information for a selected object or group object. If you select a group object, you can change the group’s size and coordinates, but not an individual object within the group. When more than one object is selected, the boxes on the Data tab are not available. You can’t edit the position or dimensions of multiple selected objects. 1.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Name Type a name for the object. Keep Proportions Select this option to keep an object’s height and width proportional when you are editing the object’s dimensions. Apply Click to apply the current settings. The Apply button changes to Create when no object is selected and you choose an object type to create. Text object settings Insets Change the proportions of a text object’s background.
Canvas 12 User Guide Position data The type of data that is displayed depends on whether you choose Height/Width or Top/Bottom, Start/End, Delta V/H, or Length/Angle. Left: Type the horizontal distance from the ruler’s zero point to the left edge of the object. Top: Type the vertical distance from the ruler’s zero point to the top edge of the object. Height: Type the height of the object, relative to the top edge of the object. Width: Type the width of the object, relative to the left edge of the object.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Setting print properties for objects Click on the Trap tab of the Object Specs palette to view the overprinting and trapping options for color separations. Click Apply to apply the settings to selected objects. Overprinting in color separations When you output color separations in Canvas, you can specify that an object should overprint, rather than knock out, objects behind it.
Canvas 12 User Guide Choke trapping reduces the background knockout slightly to trap into a dark foreground object. Spread trapping enlarges the stroke of a foreground object slightly to trap into a dark background object. Trapping is a technique that purposely distorts the shapes of objects in color separations where different colors meet. The slight distortion creates tiny areas called traps where colors overlap.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes trapping applied to the circle, the circle expands slightly to overlap, or trap into, the circle knockout in the dark background. Trapping limitations Whenever possible, design illustrations to avoid certain trapping problems, and always discuss trapping with your service bureau and printer to avoid unnecessary expense and inferior results. In Canvas, trapping is best applied to vector objects that use a solid pen stroke and solid pen ink color.
Canvas 12 User Guide objects. These styles help you maintain consistency and facilitate applying attributes. If you want to use the same attributes for all vector objects, see "Setting default attributes" on page 205. Attribute Styles palette With the Attribute Styles palette, you can create attribute styles and edit saved attribute styles and then reapply them to objects, rather than editing each individual attribute. You can even share attribute styles with others.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To load or append attribute styles: 1. Open the palette menu and select Load or Append Styles. 2. Navigate to the folder and select the file. 3. Click Open. To modify an attribute style: Press Esc twice to ensure that no object is selected. 1. Select the style in the Attributes palette. 2. Click the Edit icon. 3. In the Edit Style dialog box, modify the existing attributes. Selected check boxes indicate an existing attribute. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide EasyShapes Markup Dimensioning (excluding Area and Perimeter) To set the default attributes: 1. Create a vector object that has the attributes you want to use as the default attributes. 2. Select the object. 3. Do one of the following: Select Object | Set Default Attributes. Right-click and select Set Default Attributes from the context menu. Click the Set Default Attributes icon in the Toolbar.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To use a Markup tool: 1. Select the Markup Pencil tool, Markup Highlighter tool, Rectangle Redline tool, or Oval Redline tool. The tool settings appear in the Properties bar. 2. Click-drag the crosshair where you want to create your markup and release the mouse. 3. In the New Markup Comment dialog box, open the Layer menu and select one of the following: Current Layer: The markup object will be on the current layer.
Canvas 12 User Guide If you deselect Always Display This Dialog, the New Markup Comment dialog box doesn’t appear when you create a markup. To enable this dialog box again, select the Prompt For Comment option in the Properties bar when a markup object is selected or created. Click the Display Palette button to open the Comments & Markup palette. To attach comments to objects: 1. Select an object. 2. Choose Object | Options | Comments & Markup. 3.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To view, edit, and delete comments: 1. Choose Object | Options | Comments & Markup. If you select a markup object, click the Display Palette button in the Properties bar to open the Comments & Markup palette. 2. From the Author drop-down list, select one of the following: An author’s name: Displays only that author’s comments in the list. The scrolling list displays the first lines and the author’s initials for each comment.
Canvas 12 User Guide Generate Text Objects: Click this button to create text objects of any comments that are attached to objects or markup objects. In the Comment Attributes dialog box, select the options you want to use. Comment attributes Font Name: Select a font family. Size: Enter a value or use the scroll box. Color: Select a color ink for the text object. Adjust the attributes using the Bold, Italic, and Underlined options. Properties Layer: Open the menu and select an option.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes If you are working with GIS vector files, such as Shapefiles or Tigerfiles, the attribute information is available in the Object Properties palette. Click on an object and its information appears. Attaching information to an object does not affect the size or appearance of the item. All data remains attached to the object and may be edited at any time within Canvas.
Canvas 12 User Guide Define Properties options Label In this field, you may enter the name of the property; e.g., Size, Weight, Location, Part Number, Tracking Code. You can also attach multiple labels to each object. Doing so allows you to identify the object by using one of the assigned labels. Next, select an option in the Type menu. This allows you to choose the search value for the object.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Fixed List: You can think of this as assigning a key word that can be used to search for items. Be certain to separate each word with a semicolon (;); e.g., “earth;wind;fire”. After setting this property type, you should define a set of items that appear on the list of available values for the property. Enter the desired values in the Format field; e.g., you may enter values such as “Earth;Wind;Fire” in the Format field.
Canvas 12 User Guide e.g, for February, you must enter “02” instead of “2”. Therefore, February 7th, 2001 could be entered as 02/07/2001. Short Date formats: Using this setting the date will consist of either a one-digit or two-digit day and a one-digit or two-digit month. A two-digit year will always be required. This means that zero (‘0’) will not be used as the first number for month or day; e.g.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Format Assigning a format depends on which of the previously mentioned types were selected. Value Allows you to enter a default value for an object. Prompt A message or other data that is entered here will be displayed whenever you place the pointer over the property name in the Object Properties palette. To use this feature, select the Show Information Tooltips check box in the Functionality options in the Configuration Center. To define a unit: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide To add a property to an object or objects: 1. Open the Object Properties palette menu and select Add Property. If you have Canvas GIS+, the palette menu contains additional options: Select by Property, Table View, Statistics, and Calculate Value. 2. In the Add Property dialog box, enter a name in the Name field. In the Object Properties Table View palette, a new column is created with this Name. 3. Select either Text or Numeric from the Type menu. 4.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 3. Select Define Property to open the Define Property dialog box (see "Assigning custom object properties" on page 210). To find all objects that share an identical property: 1. Select the property item in the Object Properties palette that objects share. 2. Click the Find button and all objects that contain that property item are selected. To copy property items to another object: 1. Select the object whose properties you want to copy. 2. Click the Copy button.
Canvas 12 User Guide To select properties to view: 1. Choose Customize from the Object Properties Table View palette menu. 2. In the Select Properties To Display dialog box, select the check boxes for the properties you want to display. 3. Click the Move First, Move Up, Move Down, and Move Last buttons to change the order of the properties displayed. 4. Click OK. Saving properties Once you have displayed the properties for an object, you can choose to save that data to a text file.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 3. In the Save query/expression dialog box, select the location where you want to save the file, type a file name, and click Save. To load a saved query: 1. Choose Load Query/Expression in the Select by Property palette menu. 2. In the Load query/expression dialog box, select the location where you saved the query file, select the file, and click Open.
Canvas 12 User Guide Statistics by property dialog box Scope Select the scope of the view: Layer: Displays statistics for objects on the current layer. Selection:Displays statistics for objects that are currently selected. Table View: Property Select an object property. Expression Click this button to open the Expression Builder dialog box to create a query. Statistics This section indicates the statistics for the selected property. Show StdDev Select this check box to show the standard deviation.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 2. In the Expression Builder dialog box, create an expression by selecting properties, a function category, and . 3. Click OK. Expression builder The Expression Builder dialog box, accessible from the palettes such as the Statistics by Property palette and the Calculate Values command from the Object Properties Table View palette, is very similar to the Select by Property dialog box. It lets you create expressions, similar to queries.
Canvas 12 User Guide Add Property dialog box Name Enter a name in this field. In the Object Properties Table View palette, a new column is created with this Name. Type Select either Text or Numeric for the type of property you want to add. Fixed Value Select this radio button to enter a fixed value for the property. Compute values Select this radio button if you want to create an expression. Click the Expression button to create an expression.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Statistics by property Opens the Statistics by property dialog box. Customize Opens the Select Properties to display dialog box in which you can select the properties that you want to display. Inks: colors & patterns Inks in Canvas are solid colors or multicolored patterns that you apply to vector and text objects. You can apply inks to the interiors and outlines of vector objects and text.
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Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Presets palette Ink types Select the type of ink you want to apply. Color: Inks using solid colors. Gradient: Inks with smooth blends between two or more colors. Hatches: Inks with line patterns. Hatch inks can incorporate other pen and fill inks. Texture: Inks with patterns of raster images. Texture inks can include other inks as backgrounds. Symbol: Inks with patterns of vector objects, image objects, or text objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Fill ink Click to select fill inks for the insides of objects. Trash can Drag inks here to delete them from the preset inks. Palette menu Click to access the Palette menu. Recently used inks Select a recently used ink from the column of inks on the right of the palette. Loading, appending, saving, and clearing inks The Presets palette menu, located at the bottom-right corner of the palette, contains all the commands for you to load, append, save, or clear inks.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Identifying inks You can display color names that identify the inks that are stored in the Presets palette. This function affects all ink types in the palette. If an ink was not given a name, no name will appear. You can also differentiate between RGB, CMYK, and spot colors when working with color inks by showing color icons. If the color ink type is selected, the inks will indicate RGB, CMYK, or grayscale percentages.
Canvas 12 User Guide To identify inks with color icons: Color icons help you identify RGB, CMYK, and spot colors when working with the color inks. Selecting Show Color Icons only affects the appearance of the color inks in the Presets palette. The other inks are not affected. To display color icons: Select the color ink icon and open the palette menu. Choose Show Color Icons. To hide the color icons: Choose Hide Color Icons in the menu.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To move contiguous ink cells to a new location: Click the first ink cell and then Shift+click another cell. Canvas highlights all cells between the colors you click. To select non-contiguous cells: Ctrl+click the cells you want to select. Drag the selected cells to a new location in the palette. Applying preset inks To apply inks to existing objects: Select the objects and then choose pen and fill inks.
Canvas 12 User Guide icon with a diagonal line represents “no ink”. Each ink type has its own manager so you create custom inks and add them to the Presets palette. If you select color as the ink type, you can access the RGB, CMYK, HSL, and Pantone color systems. Using the Ink managers Every ink manager shows a preview of the current ink. The preview changes as you modify the ink. If an object is selected, the ink is applied immediately.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To edit an object’s ink: Click the pen ink icon or fill ink icon. Then select an object; its ink becomes the current ink in the manager. Modify the ink. To make a new ink: Use the appropriate manager to customize the current ink. Type a name in the text box to name it. To add an ink to the Presets palette: Click the Add Preset button. To make an ink the current ink: Deselect any objects and click the pen ink icon or fill ink icon.
Canvas 12 User Guide Tint Color Select the color to apply to the current color. Tint value Enter the percentage of tint to be applied. Swatchbook Shows colors made from 0-100% mixtures of two CMYK colors. To select a color, click in the swatchbook; the color values appear in the text boxes. Select the two colors for the swatchbook. To add a third or fourth color, enter percentages in the C M Y K text boxes.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes HSL PANTONE To define colors in Canvas: Use CMYK, RGB, and Grayscale color systems. Colors displayed on a monitor can only approximate the appearance of printed colors. Be sure to discuss color reproduction with your commercial printer and obtain accurate proofs for color projects. CMYK The CMYK color system is used in four-color process printing. Define colors as mixtures of Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y), and Black (K) printing inks; e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide PANTONE When you choose a PANTONE reference system color set, you can search for and select colors by name. Color name The selected color’s name. Names of reference colors can’t be changed. Color system Choose the reference system you want to use in the pop-up menu. Color list Click a color in the list to select it. Use the scroll bar to scroll the list. Current color preview Shows the current color. Page The page number of colors shown in the color list.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 3. Click the left preview box to restore the original ink. To name the ink: Type the name in the text box. To define it as a spot color: Select the Spot Color box. To apply the ink to non-selected objects: Drag it from the preview box to the objects. To add the ink to the Presets palette: Click the Add Preset button on the Attributes palette. The new ink is added to the appropriate ink type; i.e., if you create a Pattern ink, the new ink is added to the Pattern type.
Canvas 12 User Guide Gradient manager Hatch manager (pen color pop-up only) Attributes (Pen) Neon manager Parallel manager Layers Layer Options dialog box Color calibration Gamut Warning dialog box Image editing Duotone Options dialog box New Channel dialog box Channel Options dialog box Create Image dialog box Effects Extrude palette Click the color icon to open a palette that has the color inks that are currently available in the Presets palette.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Color Editor dialog box To create a custom color with the Color Editor dialog box: 1. Open the Color Editor dialog box. This dialog box is almost identical to the Color manager. If you plan to export a document to another application in EPS format and make spot color separations, be sure the spot color names match exactly in both applications. Any variation will cause problems. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide Working with gradient inks A gradient is a gradual blending of colors. A gradient ink can blend two or more colors in a variety of styles. Like other inks, gradient inks can be applied as fill inks or pen inks to vector and text objects. The appearance of a gradient ink depends on several factors. Gradients appear smooth on monitors that display millions of colors, but can appear coarse and dithered on monitors that display only 256 colors.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Gradient styles Style Appearance and edit controls Radial Colors sweep in a circle around the center. To move the center point, drag the open dot. To set the starting angle, drag the solid dot or enter the angle (0 to 360°) in the text box. Directional Linear gradient in which colors blend in the direction you specify. To set the gradient orientation, drag the solid dot, or enter an angle from 0 to 360° in the text box.
Canvas 12 User Guide To apply gradients with the Vector Gradient tool: 1. 2. Select the Vector Gradient tool. If no objects are selected, choose an object. If using the tool on a single object, the object does not have to be selected before using the tool. For multiple objects, select all the objects before selecting the Vector Gradient tool. The gradient flows across the selected objects as if they were one object. 3. Drag in the object to position the gradient.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Creating gradient inks Use the Gradient manager to create gradient inks and then add them to the Presets palette. To create a gradient ink: 1. Select the Pen or Fill ink icon on the Presets palette. 2. Click the Edit button to open the Attributes palette. 3. Click the Gradient icon. 4. Adjust the gradient options. 5. Click Add Preset to add the new gradient ink to the Presets palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide Gradient options Color bar The gradient color sequence appears in the bar. Each pointer below the bar represents a color and shows the color’s relative position in the gradient. One pointer is always selected, and the pointer’s color appears in the color icon. The pointers at the ends of the bar represent the gradient start and end colors. These pointers can’t be moved or deleted, but you can change their colors. Click a pointer to select it; a selected pointer appears highlighted.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Modifying gradients There are various ways of modifying gradient inks. To edit a gradient ink with the Gradient manager: 1. Open the Gradient manager in the Attributes palette. 2. Select the object. The Gradient manager indicates the ink settings when the object is selected. 3. Click the Edit button in the Gradient manager to put the gradient ink into edit mode. You can now change the direction or position of the gradient.
Canvas 12 User Guide Working with hatch inks Hatch inks are patterns made of groups of lines. These inks are often used in illustrations to distinguish different materials in cross sections, machine diagrams, and maps. Specify the number of line groups as well as the angle, offset, and origin of each group. Assign a pen size, color, and dash to each line group, and select a fill ink for the background of the hatch ink. Hatch inks Click on the Hatch icon to open the hatch inks in the Presets palette.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Dash Choose a dash pattern for the selected line group. Layer If the hatch ink has different layers, choose the layer from this menu. New Click this button to add a new layer. When a new layer is active, you can add another line group. Clear Click this button to delete the current layer. See "To add or modify a line group:" on page 245 for information on setting Pen, Angle, Offset, and Origin.
Canvas 12 User Guide Attribute Description Editor dialog box" on page 237). Pen The width in points (1/72 inch) of each line in the selected line group. If a hatch ink overlaps the edges of an object, change the Pen value to make the width of the hatch lines smaller than the pen size of the object’s stroke. Angle The angle in degrees of the selected line group relative to vertical. When you add a line group, the angle is initially 0 degrees.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To create symbol inks: 1. In your Canvas document, create an object to use in your new symbol ink. If you want to use more than one object or object type in the symbol ink, you must group the objects. 2. Deselect any objects in your Canvas document by pressing Esc. 3. In the Presets palette, click the Symbol ink icon and then the Edit button to open the Symbol manager. 4. Click the Create button. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide Rotation The amount of rotation, specified in degrees, that Canvas applies to the original objects. Backdrop Select an ink in the pop-up menu. Select any ink, including a color, gradient, hatch, texture, and symbol ink. The ink you select appears behind the objects in the symbol ink. Align To Object Turn on this option to keep a symbol ink in the same position if the object moves. Turn it off to let overlapping objects share a symbol ink without a gap.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 1. Before creating a texture ink, deselect any objects by pressing Esc. 2. Open the Texture manager and click the Create button. A prompt appears when you move the cursor into the layout area. 3. Click on the image object that you will use in the texture ink. If you want to use text or vector objects in a texture ink, you must render them first.
Canvas 12 User Guide All pattern inks are bicolor 72 dpi bitmap representations with a fixed size of 8 x 8 pixels. Apply pattern inks to text, vector, and image objects. The use of patterns in a technical illustration Click on the Pattern ink icon to open the pattern inks. Use the Presets to apply preset pattern inks to objects or store customized pattern inks that you create in the Pattern manager (see "Pattern manager" on page 251).
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Pattern manager Pencil tool Color the cells within the Edit box. Move tool Click within the Edit box to see other parts of the pattern. Switch Background and Foreground colors Click this button to switch the colors. Edit box Create and modify patterns in this box. Changes appear in the Preview box. Preview box Patterns are displayed in this box while being modified.
Canvas 12 User Guide To save a Favorite inks palette: 1. Click on the Favorite inks icon. 2. Open the Presets palette menu. 3. Select Save Favorites Inks. 4. Enter a file name and click Save. Loading, appending, and clearing inks You can load, and append inks for one ink type at a time in the Presets palette. Load: Loads inks from a palette file, replacing the ink type currently open in the Presets palette. In the dialog box, select a file and click Open.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes were closed by a straight segment between its endpoints. This object has a pen ink and a fill ink; both are basic color inks. This object has a pen ink but no fill ink, so the rectangle in back is visible through it. This path has a pen ink and no fill ink. This path has a pen ink and a fill ink. Default and current inks By default, Canvas applies white fill ink, black pen ink, and a 1-point stroke to new vector objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Color Dropper Use the Color Dropper tool to select and apply colors. The Color Dropper tool is located in the Toolbox. The Color Dropper can select colors from any object in a document. Colors you select with the Color Dropper become the current foreground or background colors for painting and the current pen inks and fill inks for new vector objects. This tool helps keep color consistency within a document and is useful for photo retouching.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes In paint objects, paint colors are selected, not colors you see due to transfer modes, channel masks, or other transparency effects; i.e., if you click a black area that is 50% transparent, you select solid black. Pixel Color This mode works the same whether you click a paint, vector, or text object. The color of the pixel is selected. The Color manager in the Attributes palette indicates the color values. Color Mode Select RGB, CMYK, or Grayscale.
Canvas 12 User Guide To select a color (Pixel Color mode): 1. Click the Color Dropper tool in the Toolbox. 2. Select Pixel Color for the mode in the Properties bar. 3. Click a color to set the current fill ink color (vector and text objects) and background color (image objects). Right-click to set the current pen ink color (vector and text objects) and foreground color (image objects). To select colors outside Canvas: With the Color Dropper selected, drag from the Canvas window to anywhere on screen.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To add inks from objects to the Presets palette: 1. Select either the pen ink or fill ink icon on the Presets palette, depending on the type of ink you want to add. 2. Drag the vector or text object onto the preset inks area of the appropriate ink type in the Presets palette; i.e., gradient inks only apply to the gradient ink type, hatch inks to the hatch ink type, etc.
Canvas 12 User Guide Standard: Strokes made of a single line. You can specify the width, type of line joins, and shape of end caps. Calligraphic: Strokes that have a weight, width, and angle. Neon: Strokes shaded like glowing tubes. You can specify width, colors, tube shape, line joins, and end caps. Parallel: Strokes made of two or more lines. You can specify width, dashes, colors, and spacing. Symbol: Strokes made of symbols.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes you draw will have a 3-pt pen stroke. Canvas does not apply the current stroke to text (see "Applying strokes to text" on page 259). To change the current stroke: 1. Make sure no objects are selected in the document. 2. Click the Stroke icon in the Toolbox. 3. Select a stroke. To change the stroke for a selected object: 1. Select an object. 2. Click the Stroke icon in the Toolbox. 3. Select a stroke.
Canvas 12 User Guide Calligraphic pen stroke Neon stroke The appearance of a parallel stroke applied to text might not appear as you expect, especially on characters with hollow centers (such as “O” and “P”) and characters with tight corners or paths that meet or cross (including “G” and “X”). Removing a neon or parallel stroke from text (by choosing “no stroke”) does not remove the stroke entirely. Instead, the stroke reverts to a black 1-pt pen stroke.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes A number of icons are located at the top of the Pen tab, which you click to access the available stroke types. The circular icon with a diagonal line represents “no stroke”. For dashes and arrows, click on their respective tabs in the palette. See "Types of strokes" on page 257. Deleting strokes and stroke attributes You can remove default and custom presets from the Presets palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide To remove all preset strokes or stroke attributes: 1. Select the stroke type or stroke attribute in the Presets palette. 2. Open the palette menu and choose Clear Palette Presets. If you delete all arrowheads from the palette, dimension objects will not have arrows. Saving and loading strokes settings You can save preset strokes, arrows, and dashes in files on disk, and load the presets into the Presets palette.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes 3. Open the palette menu and select Load Presets. The menu command will reflect the selected stroke type or stroke attribute. 4. In the dialog box, navigate to the file and click Open. To apply preset strokes to objects: Use the following general procedure to apply a preset stroke to one or more objects. 1. Select the objects for which you want to change strokes. 2. Click the Strokes icon in the Toolbox to open the Presets palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. Select the standard stroke type. 4. Select the pen stroke width from the presets list. To change the pen stroke width of specific objects: Select one or more objects, then select a new pen stroke from the presets list for standard strokes. To change the ink of a pen stroke: The color of a pen stroke comes from the object’s pen ink. The pen ink can be any of the available ink types; i.e., gradient, pattern, symbol, color, hatch, or texture. 1.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes You can also create custom arrowheads that you can add to the preset arrowheads (see "Creating custom arrowheads" on page 281). To add arrows to strokes: Use the following procedure to apply arrows to objects or the current stroke: 1. Depending on how you want arrows to apply, do one of the following: To add an arrow to the current stroke: Deselect all objects. To add arrows to specific objects’ strokes: Select the objects. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide To select a starting or ending arrowhead: Click either side of the icon. The left or right arrow icon will be highlighted. To select a double-sided arrowhead: Click the round button in the middle. Both the left and right arrow icons are highlighted. The arrows in the scroll list preview the selected arrowhead. Starting arrow Ending arrow Double-sided To apply different arrowheads to each end of a stroke: 1. Select object to which you want to apply arrowheads. 2.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Removing arrows, dashes, and strokes You can remove a selected object’s stroke, or set the current stroke to “no stroke,” so you can create objects that have no stroke. An object that has no stroke has no visible outline. Objects drawn with the Line tool become invisible without a stroke; other objects are still visible if they have a visible fill ink. You can also remove dashes and arrows from a stroke.
Canvas 12 User Guide Neon stroke with tapered corners To apply tapered ends to strokes: 1. Depending on how you want to apply tapered ends, do one of the following: To add tapered ends to an object: Select the object. To add tapered ends to the current stroke: Deselect all objects. 268 2. Click on the Strokes icon in the Toolbox to open the Presets palette. 3. Click on the Pen tab and select either standard pen stroke or neon stroke. 4.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Use the Tapered End controls in the Standard Pen Stroke manager. Select from no taper, end-toend taper, left taper, and right taper.
Canvas 12 User Guide In the Neon Stroke manager, open the Corners menu and select Tapered. Both ends of the stroke will be tapered. Using symbol strokes Canvas offers a number of preset symbol strokes which you can use as is, or customize. Or you can create your own custom symbol strokes using any of the symbols in the symbol library or using your own symbols. See "Customizing strokes" on page 271. To use a symbol stroke: 270 1. Click on the Strokes icon in the Toolbox to open the Presets palette. 2.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Customizing strokes You can customize strokes in the Attributes palette: Display the strokes settings of selected objects. Create custom pen, parallel, calligraphic, and neon strokes. Create custom arrowheads and dash sequences. Apply custom settings to objects or the current stroke. Store custom strokes as presets in the palette. Using the Attributes palette To open the Attributes palette: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide To add settings from an object to the palette: 1. Choose Window | Palettes | Attributes. 2. Select an object. The respective stroke type manager or stroke attribute tab opens in the Attributes palette. 3. Click the Add Preset button. When you end a Canvas session, the program stores the stroke type and attribute presets with the program.The same presets are available, whether you work with new documents, documents you created, or documents created by another Canvas user.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Weight Enter the weight of the pen stroke. Strokes are normally defined in points but you can select another unit of measurement from the menu. Tapered End Select either no taper, end-to-end taper, left taper, or right taper. Offset Select above path, center of path, or below path. Cap Select an endcap: flat, round, or square. Join Select a line join style: miter, round, or bevel. Miter Limit This setting is measured in degrees.
Canvas 12 User Guide To create a calligraphic stroke: 1. Enter a value in the Weight field or drag the blue arrows in the edit box. The Weight refers to the thickness of the stroke. 2. Enter a value in the Width field or drag the red arrow in the edit box. The Width refers to the thinnest part of the stroke. The Width should differ from the Weight. 3. Enter a value (in degrees) in the Angle field. You can also adjust the angle by moving the blue arrows or red arrows in a circular motion.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Bevel: Squares off path segment corners, so that the joint appears flat rather than rounded or pointed. Miter join, miter limit = 10° Bevel join Round join Miter join, miter limit = 20° End caps Canvas has three types of end caps. For preset pen strokes, Canvas indicates the type of end cap in the respective manager in the Attributes palette. Flat: The end of the stroke is flush and square with the end of an open path or dash. By default, end caps use this setting.
Canvas 12 User Guide To create custom parallel line strokes: 1. Open the Attributes palette, if necessary. 2. Click the Pen tab. 3. Select the Parallel line as the stroke type. The Parallel manager comes to the front. Parallel manager Use these controls to create parallel line pen strokes. Total lines 276 Enter the number of parallel lines for the stroke. The minimum and maximum are 2 and 12, respectively.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Orientation Specify the placement of parallel lines relative to the object’s path. Choose Center, Outside, or Inside. Line Attributes Use these controls to define the appearance of the stroke. Pen: Select a pen width from the palette. Color: Select a color from the palette. You can also specify custom pen colors (see"The color editor" on page 235). Dash: Select a dash if you want the stroke to contain one.
Canvas 12 User Guide 4. Select colors for the neon stroke from the pop-up palettes. Canvas blends these colors to create the neon effect. Neon stroke with square corners Neon stroke with tapered corners Neon stroke with round corners Neon manager Use these options to define a Neon pen stroke.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Weight Enter a value in the Weight field. The Weight refers to the thickness of the stroke. Width Enter a value in the Width field. The Width refers to the thinnest part of the stroke. For a standard stroke, the Width is equal to the Weight. For a calligraphic effect, the Width should differ from the Weight. Angle Enter a value (in degrees) in the Angle field. For a calligraphic stroke, the angle is typically set to 45°.
Canvas 12 User Guide Add Preset Click the Add Preset button when you have finished defining the stroke. Customizing symbol strokes You can create custom symbol strokes using the Symbol manager in the Attributes palette. Select a symbol, and specify the width, color, gap, offset, angle and centerline of the stroke. Symbol manager Select Symbol 280 Click the Select Symbol button to select a different symbol.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes Canvas symbol files are located in: C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\Canvas 12\Symbols Color Select the color for the symbol stroke. This overrides the color of the symbol. Width Enter the width of the thinnest part of the stroke. Gap Enter the gap between symbols. Offset Enter the offset between symbols and the centerline. This can be a positive or negative value.
Canvas 12 User Guide To modify classic arrowheads: 1. Click on the Arrow tab of the Attributes palette. 2. Select the arrow type (triangle, pie, diamond, circle, line, or custom) so you can access its respective manager. 3. Use the arrow manager controls to define the new arrow. You can even modify the arrow within the edit box. 4. Click the Add Preset button to add this new arrow to the Presets palette. Classic arrow options Witness Adds an adjustable witness line to the end of the arrowhead.
Chapter 3: Objects And Attributes To create a custom arrowhead: 1. In the Attributes palette, select Custom from the Type menu. 2. Select the Arrow settings you want to use. 3. Click the Add Preset button to add the custom arrow to the Presets palette. Custom arrow options Type Select Custom from the menu. Flip Click the buttons to flip the arrow horizontally and vertically. Create Click the Create button and the object appears in the edit box. Edit box Modify the arrowhead in this box.
Canvas 12 User Guide To create a dash: 1. Click on the Dash tab of the Attributes palette. 2. Use the dash manager controls to define the new dash. 3. Click the Add Preset button to the new dash to the Presets palette. Creating custom dashes Use these options to create a custom dash for your stroke. Dash/Gap controls Enter the size of the dashes and gaps in points. Proportional Tells Canvas to scale the length of the segments to match the pen width of the object.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects
Canvas 12 User Guide Drawing basics This section describes how to draw and resize vector objects. The Canvas drawing tools let you easily draw basic shapes—lines, rectangles, ovals, and arcs — and create precise squares, circles, and straight lines. Specialized tools let you draw grids, stars, polygons, concentric circles, cubes, and spirals.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Drawing shapes Lines Drag from the starting point to the end point in any direction Lines at a 45° angle (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) Press Shift and drag from the starting point to the end point Rectangles Drag from one corner to the opposite corner Squares Press Shift and drag from one corner to the opposite corner Rounded rectangles Drag from one corner to the opposite corner Rounded squares Press Shift and drag from one corner to the opposite corn
Canvas 12 User Guide Arcs Drag from one corner to the opposite corner of the arc’s bounding box Circlesegment arcs Press Shift and drag from one corner to the opposite corner of the arc’s bounding box When you draw a vector object, Canvas applies the current ink and stroke settings. The inks and stroke icons in the Toolbox show a preview of the current settings.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To draw circles by 3 points: 1. Select the Circle 3 Points tool. 2. Click in the document to set a first point on the circle’s circumference. 3. Move to a second point on the circle’s circumference. A line indicates the chord from the first point as you move the pointer. 4. Click to set the second point. 5. Move to a third point on the circumference.
Canvas 12 User Guide 5. Move to a point on the perimeter of the arc. A line indicates the chord from the second point, while the arc expands or contracts as you move the pointer. 6. Click to set the perimeter point and finish the arc. To draw arcs by radius: 1. Select the Arc Radius tool. 2. Click in the document to set the center of the arc. 3. Move to one endpoint of the arc. A line extends from the center and indicates the arc’s radius. 4. Click to set the endpoint. 5.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Resizing and reshaping vector objects You can resize and reshape a vector object by changing the size and shape of the object’s bounding box. You can also change the length of arc segments and the corner radius of rounded rectangles. These techniques are described in the following section. You can also edit most vector objects by changing the anchor points and segments that form their paths.
Canvas 12 User Guide Press Shift and drag a corner handle to resize the object proportionally. Use the Scale command and select the Proportional option in the Scale dialog box. This keeps the vertical and horizontal scaling factor in the dialog box equal. Use the Scale control in the Properties bar. Click the Scale button and select Scale Proportional. Then enter a value in the width or height field. Use the Objects Specs command and select the Keep Proportions option in the Object Specs palette.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To use snap options: 1. Select the Line tool or another tool (the available tools are listed previously). 2. Point to the object to which you want to snap. (To use the Vanishing Point option, skip this step; you do not need to point to an object.) To draw parallel to a line: Place the pointer anywhere on the line. To draw parallel to a rectangle or polygon: Point to the side to which you want to draw parallel.
Canvas 12 User Guide Perpendicular: Lets you set a reference line perpendicular to a line or the side of an object. After selecting this option, move the mouse to position the reference line, then click to set it. Begin drawing and the object will snap to the reference line. Tangent: Lets you set a reference line tangent to a circle, an oval, or an arc. After selecting this option, move the mouse to position the reference line, then click to set it.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To draw objects with the Properties bar: 1. Select one of the previously mentioned tools. The related value fields appear in the Properties bar. 2. Select a reference point by clicking a handle in the bounding box icon; e.g., to center an oval where you clicked in a document, for example, click the center handle in the bounding box illustration. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Registration Marks: Registration marks around a graphic for which you intend to print separations EasyShapes: All kinds of shapes, including arrows, flow chart boxes, dialog balloons, symbols, and banners Calendar: Calendars Smart Lines: Connect objects with smart lines. In most cases, you can treat these vector objects like all others. You can move them and resize their bounding boxes. They can be rotated, flipped, and scaled. You can apply strokes, pen inks and fill inks to them.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To draw true concentric circles: Press Shift to constrain the bounding box to a square when you drag the Concentric Circles tool. To draw from the center: Press Ctrl to draw from the center outward with the Concentric Circles tool. Press Shift also to draw perfect circles outward from the center. To edit a Concentric Circles object: 1. Select the Concentric Circles object. 2. In the Properties bar, adjust the settings such as the number of rings and the spacing.
Canvas 12 User Guide To constrain the faces of the cube to perfect squares, hold down the Shift key while drawing the back face. To give the cube a perspective effect by enlarging the front face: Hold down the Alt key before you anchor the cube. To edit cubes: Do one or more of the following: To change the height or width of a cube, click the cube to select it, and then drag a corner handle. To reshape a cube by moving a side, double-click the cube to place it in edit mode.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To change the number of spirals in an object: 1. Select the Spiral object. 2. In the Properties bar, change the number of spirals and press Enter. Drawing grids The Gridmaker tool draws grids of rows and columns. Set the number of rows and columns before or after you draw a grid object. To use the Gridmaker tool: 1. 2. Select the Gridmaker tool. Drag diagonally to define the grid’s bounding box. To create a square grid: Press Shift and drag.
Canvas 12 User Guide Drawing multigon shapes Use the Multigon tool to draw all types of multi-sided objects, including triangles, hexagons, pentagons, octagons, stars, circular starbursts, and similar shapes. To set the number of sides and the style of a multigon, configure the Multigon tool before you draw. To draw with the Multigon tool: 1. 2. Select the Multigon tool. Drag diagonally to define the multigon’s bounding box. To make the bounding box square: Press Shift and drag.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Pinwheel angle For stars, enter a value of more or less than 0 degrees to bend the points. Negative values bend the points counterclockwise. Presets Choose a preset style in the pop-up menu. To save Multigon presets: 1. Select the Multigon shape you want to save as a preset. 2. In the Properties bar, click the Presets menu, and select Save shape. 3. In the Save Shape dialog box, enter a name for the shape, then click OK. To delete Multigon presets: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide Drawing registration marks manually Use the Registration Mark tool to manually draw registration marks around a graphic for which you intend to print separations. Use the Registration Mark tool when: The size of the graphic occupies the printable area, therefore preventing the print separation marks from appearing. You layout different graphics on a single sheet and plan to print each graphic individually. To draw registration marks: 1. 2. Select the Registration Mark tool.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 2. Choose Object | Options | Crop Marks. 3. In the Crop Marks dialog box, in the Outset box, enter the distance you want the crop boundary to be from the selection. If one object is selected, the selection boundary is the object’s bounding box. If more than one object is selected, the selection boundary is the smallest rectangle that would enclose all the selected objects. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the EasyShapes tool: 1. Select the EasyShapes tool. 2. Select an EasyShapes tool from the palette. The cursor switches to a crosshair in the drawing area. 3. Drag the cursor in the drawing area. The new object appears with the current fill ink, pen ink, and stroke properties, and is selected. 4. If the EasyShapes tool you used is one that creates a preset text object, an insertion point appears inside the shape. Type the text.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Basic Kinked Smooth Kinked Dogleg Connector Polygon Smooth Polygon Connection Point To use a Smart Line tool: 1. Select a Smart Line tool. 2. Drag from one object to another object. When you release the mouse button, Canvas creates the Smart Line. To change Smart Line type: 1. Select the Smart Line with the Selection tool. The Type menu appears in the Properties bar. 2. Choose another Smart Line type from the menu. The line changes immediately.
Canvas 12 User Guide Tab Length: This value refers to the horizontal portion of a dogleg connection created with the Dogleg Connector tool. Enter a value in this field and press Enter. The angled portion of the connection does not change. If the Dogleg Connector or a Kinked or Smooth Kinked Smart Line is selected, the Properties bar contains additional information, which is not applicable to Basic Smart Lines.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects If you move one of the objects, the connecting polygon line retains the connections between the objects. Using the Smart Vector Fill tool With the Smart Vector Fill tool you can apply a fill to overlapping areas of vector objects. The tool creates a closed vector object which is equivalent to the area defined by multiple vector segments. To use the Smart Vector Fill tool: 1. 2. Draw two or more vector objects with the objects overlapping.
Canvas 12 User Guide Smart Vector Fill properties Attributes Default Fill Ink: Creates a vector object using the fill ink selected in the Toolbox. Default Fill and Pen Ink, and Stroke: Creates a vector object using the fill ink, pen ink, and stroke selected in the Toolbox. If you want to use the Fill, Pen Ink, and Stroke option, you might want to set these attributes before you create your overlapping objects and use the Smart Vector Fill tool.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Flowchart: Creates a simple flowchart. When you draw in the Layout area with these tools, Canvas creates an object shape and connector lines. You can change the shape of the object or the type of connector line in the Properties bar. You can also edit the label (before you place the annotation), and modify the font and style of the text. You can also modify the outline and fill of the flowchart shapes and connectors using the Pen and Fill inks in the Toolbox.
Canvas 12 User Guide 4. Move the cursor to place another annotation, then click. 5. When you have finished adding annotations, press Esc or double-click to release the tool. 6. Double-click the annotation text to edit it. To create a simple flowchart: 1. Select the Flowchart annotation tool. 2. In the Properties bar, click the Shape icon to open the Shape popup palette, then select a flowchart shape to start the flowchart. 3. In the Layout area, click to place the first flowchart shape. 4.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Creating flowcharts In Canvas, you can use the Flowchart palette to create a flowchart using standard flowchart symbols and lines. You can adjust the pen, fill, dash, and arrow attributes of the lines, the amount of offset spacing between symbols, the size of the symbols, and the position of symbols relative to each other. To create a flowchart: 1. Choose Window | Palettes | Flowchart. 2. Drag a flowchart symbol into your document. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide To replace one symbol with another: 1. Select the symbol you want to replace in your document. 2. Select the replacement symbol in the Flowchart palette. 3. Click the Replace button. To add text to symbols and lines: 1. 2. 3. In the document, select the symbol or line that you want to add text to. Select the Selection tool from the Toolbox. Type the text you want to add.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Flowchart options Symbols Click and drag symbols into your document. You must place at least one symbol in your document before you can use the Create and Branch buttons. Create Select a symbol in your document, and then select a symbol in the palette and use the following buttons: Add Top: Places the symbol above the symbol selected in the document. Add Bottom: Places the symbol below the symbol selected in the document.
Canvas 12 User Guide Dash Arrow Loading additional symbols Canvas comes with a set of standard flowchart symbols, but if you have additional symbols you want to use, you can load them into the Flowchart palette. Any new symbols you add must be in the Canvas symbol file format (.CSY). To load an additional set of symbols: 1. Save the symbols you want to use in Canvas symbol format (.CSY) and note the location of the folder where you have saved them.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To use the Math Expression 2-D Plot commands: 1. Define the mathematical equation using the Categories and Items scroll boxes. 2. Double-click an item to add it to the Expression field. The lower portion of the dialog box indicates the correct syntax and shows an example of the expression. 3. Enter values in the range fields. The maximum range must be greater than the minimum range. You can also enter a value in the “1 Unit of” fields to set a scale. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide Formula: r=1-sin(q) Expression: r=1-sin(x) x: 0 - 6.29 r: -10 - 10 Counterclockwise 1/1 Formula: r=sin(2q) Expression: r=sin(x) x: 0 - 6.29 r: -10 - 10 Counterclockwise 1/1 Formula: r=sin(6q)+log(1.5) Expression: r=sin(6*x)+log(1.5) x: 0 - 6.29 r: -10 - 10 Counterclockwise 1/1 Formula: r=qsin 2(q) Expression: r=x*(sin(x))^2 x: 0 - 6.29 r: -10 - 10 Counterclockwise 1/3 Formula: r=2q Expression: r=2*x x: -31.4 - 31.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Drawing with the Path tools You can use the Curve, Polygon, Smooth Polygon, Freehand, and Auto Curve tools to draw vector objects as open or closed paths. When you use the Curve, Polygon, Smooth Polygon, and Auto Curve tools, you set anchor points to define path segments. With the Freehand tool, you simply drag to draw a path. The Reshape and Push tools let you edit paths.
Canvas 12 User Guide To constrain placement of a segment to 45° intervals, press Shift while drawing the segment. 4. Repeat the last step to draw more segments. To remove the last segment you drew, press the Delete key. 5. To complete the polygon: For an open polygon, after you place the last anchor point, press Esc or double-click to place the last anchor point. For a closed polygon, click the starting anchor point, and then press Esc or double-click the starting anchor point.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Smoothing polygons with straight segments If you created a path object with the Polygon tool, use the Smooth command to convert a straightsegment polygon to a path with smooth curves. You can smooth any paths made of straight segments, including rectangles and paths drawn with the Curve tool, as long as they have only straight segments. The Smooth command is a convenient way for those who haven’t mastered curve drawing to create smooth shapes.
Canvas 12 User Guide Paths drawn with the Freehand tool As with any path object, you can later edit the path and reshape its segments; see "Editing object paths" on page 324. To draw a freehand path: 1. Select the Freehand tool in the Path Tools toolbar. 2. Position the pointer where you want the path to begin. Drag to create a path. To create a closed path, release the mouse button when the pointer is on the starting point.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Defining curves Anchor points determine where path segments start and end. Tangent lines at each anchor point control the shape of curve segments. A tangent line affects the adjacent segment. The tangent line of a segment’s other anchor point (not shown) also affects the segment’s shape. You can also draw straight paths by clicking with the Curve tool, similar to the way you use the Polygon tool (see "Drawing polygons " on page 317).
Canvas 12 User Guide 5. To complete the path, use one of the following options: For an open path, after you place the last anchor point, press Esc. You can also doubleclick to place the last anchor point. For a closed path, click the starting anchor point, and then press Esc. You can also double-click the starting anchor point. Shaping and editing segments as you draw As you draw with the Curve tool, you can use modifier keys to constrain and edit the path segments.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To use the Auto Curve tool: 1. Select the Auto Curve tool. 2. Click in the drawing area to set the beginning point of a path. If you are editing a path, click to set the path’s next anchor point. 3. Move the mouse and click to set the second anchor point. A straight segment connects the first and second points. You can press Shift when you click to snap the first segment to a 45° angle. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide Click to set point 3. The first and second segments bend to form a smooth curve. You can click to set more anchor points and draw additional curved segments. Press Esc to finish the path. Path with pen and fill inks Editing object paths Most vector objects in Canvas are paths.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects You can change the path-editing display at any time. To use the Live Curve Editing command, objects do not have to be selected or be in path edit mode. Editing paths with the Reshape tool The Reshape tool provides an easy-to-use, interactive way to edit paths. Using the tool is as simple as dragging the mouse. The tool will reshape the parts of a path that you drag over. To use the Reshape tool: 1. 2. Select an object to edit.
Canvas 12 User Guide In general, if you drag in one direction along a path, the tool will change the shape of a segment without removing the rest of the path or opening the path. For example, if you follow the curve of a circle as you drag from the top toward the bottom, you can make the circle narrower. If you drag from one part of the circle and change direction, you can create a segment that changes the circle to an open path.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To change the range of the Push tool: Use the Range settings in the Properties bar when the tool is selected. The Range value is expressed in the rulers’ measurement units. To specify the range value: Enter a value in the Range text box. You can type an abbreviation for the measurement units following the range value; e.g., to set the Range to 10 picas when the ruler units are inches, enter “10p” in the text box.
Canvas 12 User Guide Object path drawn with Curve tool Object in edit mode, with anchor points visible When an object is in edit mode, you can select one or more anchor points. You can even select anchor points and segments on more than one object at once, as long as the objects are in edit mode. To place an object in edit mode: Do one of the following to place a path object in edit mode: Select the object with the Direct edit selection tool. Double-click the object with the Selection tool.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To place multiple objects in edit mode: Place two or more objects in edit mode by selecting them with the Direct edit lasso selection tool or by selecting them with the Selection tool and then choosing Path | Edit Path. To return from edit mode: When you finish editing an object, click outside the object with either the Direct edit selection tool or Direct edit lasso selection tool. You can also double-click outside the object with the Selection tool.
Canvas 12 User Guide Smooth: Available when two or more points of an object are selected. You can smooth any paths made of straight segments. Fillet: Available when the pointer is on a corner point (with less than two tangent lines between two segments. Fillet creates a radius corner between the two segments. When you choose Fillet, in the dialog box, enter a radius value in the text box and click OK. The larger the radius value, the larger the curved segment.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects You can select points in more than one path. When you move any selected point, all points in the selection move the same way. (If all the points in a path are selected and you drag one, the entire path moves.) This also works for segments belonging to separate paths. Use the Selection tool to select multiple anchor points. To select anchor points and segments: With the path object in edit mode, click an anchor point or segment to select it.
Canvas 12 User Guide segments that touch the selected anchor point also appear. When you select a segment, the anchor point at each end is selected. Adding and deleting points and segments If a segment’s anchor points are too far apart for you to adjust the shape as needed, add more. If you create or add more anchor points than you need, delete unnecessary ones. Keep in mind that the more points on a path, the more complex and system resource-intensive it becomes.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 4. To add additional segments, repeat the previous step. When you finish, press Esc to leave edit mode. To add points to a curve: Often technical illustrators need to quickly add more editing points to a Bézier curve. 1. Select the object. 2. Choose Path | Add Points. 3. In the Add Points dialog box, enter the number of points that you wish to add to the object. 4. Click OK to accept your choice.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Scissors tool: 1. Select the Scissors tool. The pointer changes to a pair of scissors. 2. Point to the path where you want to split it (you don’t need to select the object first). The pointer becomes a crosshair when it is on a point or segment that can be split. 3. Click the path when the crosshair is displayed. Canvas adds two endpoints where you click the path, and the path opens. 4.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Constraining the path: To constrain the path of the Knife tool to 45° increments, press Shift as you drag. Release the Shift key to drag freely. Partial cuts: If you stop dragging before the cutting path intersects a second point on an object's perimeter, the cutting path appears but the object stays intact. To use this cutting path to divide the object, drag a second cutting path so it intersects the perimeter of the object and the first cutting path.
Canvas 12 User Guide You cannot crop text objects or images to which a soft rotate effect has been applied. If you plan on using or editing the original file in the future, ensure that you save a copy of the file before applying the Page Crop tool. To use the Page Crop tool: 1. Select the Page Crop tool. The cursor changes to a crosshair. 2. Drag the crosshair diagonally across the objects to form a cropping rectangle. 3. Move the cropping rectangle, if necessary.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Waveform examples Joining two paths Use the Join command to create one path from two separate, open path objects. Remember that the object must have an open path. If the object’s path is closed, you must break it (see "Editing paths with the context menu" on page 329). To join two paths: Select the two open path objects that you want to join. Choose Path | Join. Canvas connects the two paths by extending the existing segments or creating a new segment.
Canvas 12 User Guide To join paths at selected endpoints: Canvas, by default, joins paths at the closest endpoints; however, you can select which endpoints to join. 1. Place an open object or multiple open objects in edit mode. 2. Click an endpoint you want to join to another path. The endpoint becomes hollow to indicate that it is selected. You can also draw a selection box around the object’s endpoints with either the Selection tool or Direct edit selection tool. 3. Shift-click another endpoint.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Smooth point: An anchor point that connects two curve segments where the curve flows smoothly through the anchor point without a sharp change in direction. Circles and sine waves are examples of paths that have only smooth anchor points. Corner point: An anchor point where the path makes a sharp turn at the anchor point. Corner points can connect two straight segments, two curved segments, or one curved and one straight segment.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. With the object in edit mode, click the anchor point to reveal its tangent lines. 2. Press Tab and drag one of the handles to move one of the tangent lines. The tangent line pivots at the anchor point and affects only one side of the anchor point.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To change a corner point to a smooth point: To smooth out a sharp turn in curved segments, change the corner point between them to a smooth point. The corner point must have two tangent lines for this procedure. If it has fewer than two, first add tangent lines to the point. 1. With the object in edit mode, click the anchor point to display its tangent lines. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide To simultaneously delete both tangent lines of an anchor point: Tab-click the point. Straightening curve segments Straighten a curved segment by selecting it and using the Straighten command in the context menu. This command deletes the tangent line(s) that curve the segment. To straighten a segment: 1. With the object in edit mode, right-click the curved segment that you want to straighten. 2. Choose Straighten in the context menu.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Path editing shortcuts To do this Shortcut Add an anchor point Ctrl-click path Delete an anchor point Ctrl+Shift-click anchor point Change the length of the tangent lines on both sides of a smooth anchor point at the same time Ctrl-drag tangent line handle Constrain tangent line to 45-degree increments Shift-drag tangent line handle Move tangent line segment independently (change anchor point from smooth to cusp) Tab-drag tangent line handle Align tangent l
Canvas 12 User Guide “holes” in them (such as a, b, d, e, g, o, p, r, and q) are converted to composite paths, which cannot be extruded. To convert an object to paths: 1. Select the object you want to convert. 2. Choose Path | Convert To Paths. Canvas converts the object to one or more paths. To convert objects to simple paths: This operation facilitates the rapid conversion of vector objects into a simple path. Now any Canvas object or a group of objects can be converted into simple paths.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Illustration with a 6—point stroke resized to be 50% smaller Illustration with a converted stroke resized by 50% Even when reduced, the object maintains stroke size After conversion, the stroke size is no longer a factor when reducing objects To outline a path stroke: Select the vector object and choose Path | Outline Path Stroke. You can apply this command to more than one selected vector object or even a grouped object.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original illustration Illustration with outlined path stroke To ungroup objects made of multiple paths: When you convert multiple objects, characters, or specialized vector objects to paths, Canvas creates a separate path for each shape and groups them. Choose Object | Ungroup to separate them. For example, if you convert a five-letter word to paths, the resulting object is a group of five paths. To edit just one of the five paths, first choose Object | Ungroup.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To symmetrically resize path points: When using the Symmetrical Drag feature, you can easily create a symmetrical design from a circle, rectangle, or a complex group of objects. 1. Select an object and place it into path edit mode. 2. Right-click to open the context menu. You also have the ability to select all of the control points, and drag. Doing so will allow you to quickly resize the object while retaining proper object constraints. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Simplifying vector paths The Reduce Points command lets you simplify vector paths by reducing the number of anchor points in the path. Simplifying is a good practice when paths you import or create have a very high number of anchor points. These paths can cause slow printing or printer errors, especially when memory is limited. If you have problems printing a complex vector path, try simplifying it.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Using this command can have varied results, depending on the settings you use. You can convert a polygon without changing its shape. Or, use the command to smooth the straight segments of a polygon into gentle curves. To use the Fit Bézier command: 1. Select a polygon (open or closed). A polygon can be created with the Polygon tool, Smooth Polygon tool, or Curve tool if the path has only corner points, not smooth points.
Canvas 12 User Guide 4. Do one of the following: Click Apply. The objects are joined according to the Smart Join options, but the dialog box remains open. If you want to change the options you can do so and click Apply again, or you can click Cancel to discard the changes and close the dialog box. Click OK. The objects are joined according to the Smart Join options, and the dialog box is closed.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Exporting geometric data To export geometric data: 1. Open a Canvas document that contains simple, geometric vector objects. 2. Choose Path | Geometric Export. 3. In the Geometric Export Options dialog, select the options you want to use. 4. Click OK. 5. In the Geometric Export dialog box, select the location where you want to save the file, type a file name, and click Save.
Canvas 12 User Guide Geometric Export options File Coordinates System Displays the current coordinates. File Coordinates Unit Displays the current document unit. Delimiter Option Select a delimiter option. Object Type to Export Select the type of object you want to export. Objects that are not simple vector objects such as Rounded Rectangles, Smooth Polygons, Concentric Circles, Spirals, EasyShapes, Multigons, and Smart Lines should be converted to paths and/or ungrouped.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Geometric Import options File Select a .TXT or .CSV file to import. File Coordinates System Select the document coordinate system. File Coordinates Unit Select the document unit. Delimiter Option Select a delimiter option. Object Type to Import Select the type of object you want to import.
Canvas 12 User Guide To place a 2D view of a 3D object: 1. Select the 3D View tool from the Toolbox. 2. Drag and define a rectangular area where the view of the 3D object will be placed. 3. In the AutoCAD 3D File Import dialog box, click the Browse button, select the 3D DWG or DXF file you want to place, then click Open. 4. Click OK. A 2D view of the object is placed in the document. By default, the object is cached at a resolution of 300 ppi to optimize redrawing.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 3D View Editor dialog box View Controls Adjust the orientation, rotation, and zoom of the object. Magnifying glass: Select this tool, then click on the preview image to zoom in. To zoom out, click the tool, then right-click the preview image. Hand tool: Select this tool, then drag the preview to change the part of the image that is displayed in the view. Free rotation: Drag the preview image through any angle. X-axis rotation : Drag the preview image along the X axis.
Canvas 12 User Guide Wireframe Displays the preview image in wireframe. Background Select the background color of the image. By default the color comes from the original file, or it's set to black. Only opaque, solid colors can be used. ie. Transparent is not a valid background color. Precision drawing & dimensioning This section describes precision drawing tools and techniques that can help you create scale drawings, floor plans, architectural designs, and other types of technical drawings.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Number Form: A setting in the Ruler manager affects the format of data in the Properties br and other displays. This option controls the precision of data and the number format (decimal or fractions) (see "To set up rulers:" on page 75). Dimensions: You can customize individual dimension objects with the Dimensioning controls in the Properties bar.
Canvas 12 User Guide To display dimensions when you use drawing tools: Choose Layout | Display | Show Size. When you select a drawing tool and drag the pointer in an illustration, the object’s vertical and horizontal measurements appear at the pointer. The Show Size option can also be toggled in the Display Options manager in the Configuration Center. To turn off the dimensions display: Choose Layout | Display | Hide Size.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects ŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ Dimensioning tool Prompts Procedure Click 1st Point, Click 2nd Point Click the start point for the measurement, then click the end point and anchor the dimension object. Click 1st Point, Click Next Point Click the start point and then click the end point for the first measurement; anchor the first part of the dimension object. Click the next measurement point and anchor the next part of the dimension object.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Chain and Baseline Dimensioning tools: 1. Select either the Chain or Baseline Dimensioning tool. When you move the cursor into the drawing area, a prompt appears. 2. Define the first two points of the dimension as indicated by the prompt. Depending on the cursor’s position, the type of dimension changes according to the mouse movement. 3. Click the third time to create the first dimension. 4. Click on other points to add them to the dimension object.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Dimensioning settings Prefix Select a prefix from the menu. The available prefixes depend on the Dimensioning tool used. You can also enter a customized prefix. Value Indicates the size of the dimension object. You can change the text value of the dimension object by entering a value in this field. The actual object size does not change. If you want to change the actual size of the dimension object, select the Allow Change Size check box.
Canvas 12 User Guide Separate Thousands Select this check box if you want to have a comma separator for digit grouping. Outside Lines Only Select this check box to keep the dimension object outside of the object. This option applies to Radius and Diameter objects. Use Secondary Units Select this check box if you want your dimensioning object to display two different units of measurement; e.g., inches and centimeters (cm). Choose the secondary unit of measurement from the menu.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Attributes of dimension objects When you are using a dimensioning tool, the pen ink of the dimension object appears black with a 1pt stroke; however, once you complete the object, the pen ink switches to the current ink and stroke settings. By default, the dimension text is 10 pt and uses Arial. In addition, the current stroke color is applied to the dimension text.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can also change the font, size, and styles by using the Text menu or Type palette. Style and Text Display settings Use the following style options in the Properties bar to customize the appearance of dimension objects. Text Always Centered Select this option to keep the text between the arrows. Must be off to drag dimension text outside the witness lines. Frame Text Turn this option on to frame the dimension text.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects ISO: International Organization for Standardization JIS: Japanese Industrial Standard To add a custom standard definition: 1. Click the Add button. 2. In the New Standard Definition dialog box, use the controls to create and define dimensioning standards (see "New standard definition" on page 365). New standard definition Once defined, custom standards appear in the Standard menu in the Properties bar. Standard Name Enter a name for the new standard.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. Click the Remove button. Using Smart Mouse for precise alignment Smart Mouse is a drawing aid that can help the cursor precisely snap to a point on another object when you are drawing. Snap constraints like Smart Mouse are particularly useful when creating technical illustrations or documents in which micron-precision is paramount since it can snap the pointer to the corners, edges, and other points of objects. Turn off Snap To Grid by choosing Layout | Snap To | Grid.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Smart Mouse constraints When this constraint is Smart Mouse snaps objects and constrains the pointer to active Angle A specified angle Diagonal Straight diagonal movement — all multiples of 45° Horizontal Straight horizontal movement— 90° and 270°, or 0° and 180°, depending on the current coordinate system Vertical Straight vertical movement — 0° and 180°, or 90° and 270°, depending on the current coordinate system Length A specified length in points (based on
Canvas 12 User Guide For this constraint Enter this value Object Bounds Fractions, Object Paths Fractions Number of divisions; e.g., type 2 if you want the constraint to snap to the middle (1/2 point) of an object or object path. Angular Angular measurement in degrees. Length The distance All constraints require a Snap Tolerance, which is indicated in points.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Smart Mouse settings To access Smart Mouse settings: Open the Smart Mouse palette menu and select Smart Mouse settings. Select the Show Snap Indicators check box if you want to show that Smart Mouse is active. This setting also indicates that constraints are met. If this option is selected, you’ll notice that a small square appears by the cursor. You can also select the range for the snap function.
Canvas 12 User Guide To view the points of multiple objects: 1. Press Shift and double-click each object to place it in edit mode. 2. Open the Object Path Editor (Object | Object Path Editor). The Curve menu is now active. 3. Select the curve whose points you want to appear. The curve number in the menu is according to the stacking order. The individual points are listed in the left column with their corresponding X/Y coordinates in the middle and right columns. To edit X/Y coordinates: 1.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To save a path: 1. Open the menu of the Object Path Editor palette. 2. Select Save Path. 3. Enter a name for the file in the dialog box and navigate to the folder. You can use .txt, .csv, or .prn format. 4. Click Save. To insert points: With the Object Path Editor, you can insert points within a path. 1. Place an object into edit mode. 2. Select an anchor point. 3. Open the Object Path Editor palette menu. 4. Select Insert Point. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide About the vanishing point The Perspective commands apply perspective effects based on a vanishing point. There is one global vanishing point in a Canvas document. When you use the 1 Side or 2 Sides commands, you set the vanishing point by dragging a control handle. When you use the Vanishing Point command, you can set the vanishing point by clicking in the document or entering coordinates.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 1 Side perspective 2 Sides perspective Using the Vanishing Point command The Vanishing Point command applies a perspective effect to one or more vector objects. The command slants the bounding boxes of selected vector objects so the objects appear in perspective based on a vanishing point that you select. The Vanishing Point command is available when vector objects or groups of vector objects are selected.
Canvas 12 User Guide The Effects | Remove Effects command will not remove perspective effects that have been applied to objects. Offsetting paths Use the Offset Path command to create new objects that follow the path of a vector object. Composite objects created by the Concentric Circles, Spiral, Cube, Gridmaker, or Multigon tools cannot be offset. An offset object’s path follows the inside or outside of the original object’s path. Specify the offset distance and the number of objects to create.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects You can apply a clipping path to one or more objects. The clipping path frames the objects to which it is applied. Anything inside the clipping path remains visible, while anything outside the path is hidden, or “clipped.” If you apply an oval clipping path to a photo, for example, the photo is visible inside the oval, while any part of the photo outside the oval is not visible.
Canvas 12 User Guide Text in front of paint object Text clipping path Editing clipping paths After applying a clipping path, you can move it and the clipped objects independently. Dragging the clipping path frames a different part of the clipped objects. Dragging a clipped object changes its position inside the frame of the clipping path. You can apply several effects to a clipping path.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Because clipping paths are special objects, they do not display the pen inks, fill inks, or strokes of their original objects. Canvas displays clipping paths with 1-point black strokes (which the Clipping Path | Hide command makes invisible).
Canvas 12 User Guide Original objects Trim applied Outline: Creates one path around the selected objects and fills the interior of the new shape with the ink of the front object. Original objects: two circles and a rotated square Objects combined with the Outline method Outline shape smoothed into a heart using pathediting techniques Add: Joins two objects where they overlap to create a compound path, and fills the new shape with the ink of the front object.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Original objects Combined with Add method Intersect: Creates a new object from the intersection of all selected objects and fills the new object with the ink of the front object. All selected objects must be closed paths and share a common area. The Intersect method helps you create some useful, basic shapes. Here, the intersection of two circles (highlighted) results in an eye shape.
Canvas 12 User Guide Create and group objects With objects selected, Finished choose Subtract Front object Subtract Back: Removes from the front object the areas of overlapping objects behind it. The front object retains its ink attributes. Crop: Removes areas of objects that are not behind the top object. Oval used to crop a vector drawing of an airplane A symbol-filled oval provides a background Divide: Creates new objects where selected objects overlap.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects and uses the highest value of each color. (If you are using RGB colors, Canvas first converts the colors to CMYK.) For example: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Color 1 50 30 25 5 Color 2 25 40 20 0 New Color 50 40 25 5 Transparency: Creates new objects where selected objects overlap, and fills overlapping areas with a new RGB color (the original colors must be solid). However, transparency lets you specify the level of transparency.
Canvas 12 User Guide Artists often use blends to create highlights and shadows in vector drawings that provide the illusion of roundness and lighting. In addition, use blends to copy and evenly distribute objects around shapes to create borders. To blend objects: 1. Select two or more vector objects. 2. Choose Effects | Blend. 3. Configure the settings. 4. Click Apply. Blend Object options # of shapes The number of objects Canvas creates for the blend. Higher numbers result in smoother blends.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects objects do not appear as distinct objects. This effect is often used to add realistic highlights and shadows to objects so they appear three-dimensional. When configuring the blend settings, remember that the size of the final output affects the number of shapes required to make the blend appear smooth. For large posters, you might need to use a lot of shapes, but fewer shapes are required for small illustrations.
Canvas 12 User Guide Enveloping objects The Envelope command lets you distort shapes and text, as if an illustration was drawn on a rubber sheet and then stretched. When an object is in envelope edit mode, its bounding box acts like the rubber sheet. Canvas includes several envelope styles that offer various handles you can use to stretch an object’s bounding box.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To save an envelope as a template: To store an object’s envelope as a template, you must first use the envelope effect on the object (see "To apply an envelope effect:" on page 385). You can’t acquire a standard vector shape, such as a circle, unless you first apply the envelope effect. 1. Select an object that has been edited using the envelope effect. The object cannot be in envelope edit mode. 2. Choose Effects | Envelope to open the Envelope palette. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Envelope styles and editing options Example 386 Style Number of handles Envelope behavior Warp Enter the number of horizontal and vertical handles in the text boxes. Each handle behaves like a path anchor point and can move in any direction. Distort Four Each side of the envelope edit box is a straight line; handles can move in all directions. This style is useful for creating perspective. Straight Line Eight All handles are connected by straight lines.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Extruding objects The Extrude command lets you create objects that appear to have three dimensions. Extrude vector and text objects in parallel style, and vector objects in circular and semi-circular (“sweep”) style. You can rotate and scale extruded objects in three-dimensional space. You can set the placement, intensity, and color of a simulated light source for shading extruded objects. Solid color fill inks can be applied to extruded objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Parallel presets Circular presets Lighting presets Completing a circular or sweep extrusion When you set up a circular or sweep extrusion, specify the number of steps you want Canvas to use. The more steps, the smoother and less “blocky” the extrusion appears. To specify the number of steps for a circular or sweep extrusion: In the Extrude palette, enter a number between six and 60 in the “# of Steps” text box.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Extrusion options Use palettes of extrusion and lighting presets in the Extrusion palette to modify extruded objects. If you expand the Extrude palette, you can use options to control lighting and rotation of extrusions. You can set these options before you extrude an object, or to edit an extruded object. Before extruding a selected object, set up the options you want and click Apply to extrude the object.
Canvas 12 User Guide Extrude options Extrusion style Select an extrusion style. For Sweep style, also enter the angular length, from 10° to 360°. # of Steps For Circular or Sweep style, number of steps controls the number of facets on the surface of the extrusion. Enter a value from 6 to 60. Light color Choose a light source color from the palette. Back/Front Drag the slider to specify the depth of the light source in 3D space (along the Z axis).
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To change the shape of extruded objects: When an extruded object is not in edit mode, you can resize and reshape it like other twodimensional vector objects: Drag a handle on the bounding box to resize the object. Place the object in Freeform mode to skew the object. Use the Scale command or Properties bar to resize the object. In addition to these two-dimensional editing functions, extruded objects have unique, threedimensional properties.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. Rotate an edge of the object toward you. 2. With the rotation pointer, drag a side in the direction you want to rotate the object. As you drag, Canvas displays a circle to show the space in which the object can rotate. 3. Drag inside the circle to rotate the object in all three dimensions. 4. Drag outside the circle to rotate the object on the plane that is facing you.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects between the tint and the original color. Then, Canvas multiplies the differences by the percentage you specify, and adds these values to the original color values. Colorization calculations An object’s color has a red value of 40%. To tint 50% with a color that has a red value of 100%, Canvas calculates a new red value of 70%. The same calculations apply to the green and blue values for an RGB color.
Canvas 12 User Guide Fractalize options Wiggle The amount a fractalized path can deviate from the original path. Enter a number between 0 and 20; higher numbers increase the amount of wiggle. Density The smoothness of the fractalized path. Enter a number between 0 and 5. Higher values increase the number of anchor points Canvas add to the path. Lower densities result in sharper angles.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Vector and image type shadows with different offsets You can apply shadow effects to any vector or text object except dimension objects and Smart Lines. If you apply a vector shadow to a group of objects, Canvas groups the shadow objects and places the shadow behind the original group. If you apply a shadow to a paint object, Canvas creates a shadow of the paint object’s bounding box. To create an offset shadow: 1. Select an object and choose Effects | Shadow. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide Shadow options Shadow type Select Object to create a vector object shadow. Select Image to create a paint object shadow. A vector shadow has a hard edge and can be edited like any vector object. An image shadow can be softened using the Gaussian Blur option and can be edited like any paint object. Shadow color Select the color to apply to the shadow object from the color palette. Offset Specify the location of the shadow relative to the original object.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects To bind an object to a path: 1. First create the path to which you are going to bind an object. 2. Then create the object and then select both. 3. Choose Effects | Bind to Path to open the Bind to Path dialog box. Enter number of copies of objects. Choose alignment of Top, Centers, or Bottom of path. Rotate Objects to Path. When checked, the object will rotate based on the direction of the path. 4. Click the OK button to accept.
Canvas 12 User Guide To change the symbol preview size: 1. Click the Symbol Library palette menu button. 2. Select Toggle Preview Size. Symbol Library options To set the Symbol Library options: 1. Click the Symbol Library palette menu button. 2. Select Symbol Library Options. Replace Options Select the options for replacing an element with a symbol: Preserve source object size: Preserves the size of the object you are replacing with a symbol.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects Original size Uses the symbol's original size. Use original color Uses the symbol's original color. If you do not select this check box, the symbol uses the default attributes from the Toolbox. Preserve original proportions Uses the symbol's original proportions. Create Click Create to place the selected symbol in the document. Placing symbols To place symbols: 1. Select the symbol in the Symbol Library palette. 2. Move the cursor into the layout area.
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas searches your document and selects every instance of the symbol. To replace a symbol: 1. Select the symbol you want to replace in the document. 2. Select the replacement symbol in the Symbol Library palette. 3. Click Replace. The symbol in the document is replaced with the symbol selected in the Symbol Library palette. Managing and organizing symbols and categories To create a new category: 1.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 1. In the Symbol Library palette, select the symbol you want to delete. 2. Right-click and select Delete. To select more than one symbol, hold down the Shift key while you click one or more symbols. To add a set of symbols to the Symbol Library: If you have an existing set of symbols you want to add to the Symbol Library, you can simply add the directory path to the Symbol Library Options dialog box. 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide Save your new symbols in the My Symbols folder so that they are available in the Symbol Library palette. If you prefer to create a new folder for your symbols, you can add the path to the folder in the Symbol Library Options dialog box so that you can see the symbols in the Symbol Library palette. To create a symbol: 1. Create a vector object, group of vector objects, or composite object in Canvas. 2. Select Object | Export As Symbol. 3.
Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects 5. If the symbol contains objects stacked on top of each other, arranged the objects in an appropriate stacking order. Select an object, then choose Object | Arrange | Bring to Front or Send to Back. 6. To modify the Pen Ink, select the objects you want to edit, then select a Pen Ink in the Toolbox. 7. To modify the Fill Ink, select the objects you want to edit, then do one of the following: Select a Fill Ink in the Toolbox.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. In the Convert Macro File dialog box, do one or more of the following: If you want to add a prefix to the filenames of the symbols contained in the Macro file, enter the prefix. If you want to add a keyword to the symbols, enter a keyword. 4. Click Export. 5. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select a location for the symbols, and click OK. A message is displayed when the file has been successfully converted. 6. 404 Click OK.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
Canvas 12 User Guide Painting & image-editing Canvas provides a full palette of painting tools, including the digital equivalents of markers, airbrushes, and paintbrushes, plus tools for creating effects like neon and blends. The Painting tools palette also provides tools to select, retouch, color-correct, and clone images (see "Tool palettes" on page 23). This section explains how to use these painting tools, choose image modes, and convert objects into images.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Using the Paint Object Creator tool The Paint Object Creator tool creates blank paint objects that you can use as a painting canvas. In the Properties bar, you can select settings for image mode, resolution, and background to be applied to new paint objects you create with the Paint Object Creator tool or any painting tool (except the Crop tool). To select settings for new paint objects: 1. 2. Select the Paint Object Creator tool from the Toolbox.
Canvas 12 User Guide A paint object in edit mode, indicated by crop marks at each corner. If the Auto Create check box is selected in the Properties bar for a painting tool, only the Paint Object Creator tool can be used to create blank paint objects. If the Auto Create check box is not selected, you can use any painting tool (except Crop) to create blank paint objects.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Setting paint object dimensions When you use the Create command, you can set the dimensions of a paint object using relative or absolute values, depending on what you choose in the menus next to the Width and Height text boxes. If you choose pixels to set the dimensions of the paint object, the size of the object is relative to its resolution; higher resolution makes pixels smaller, so the resulting object is smaller at the same width and height values.
Canvas 12 User Guide Working with painting tools Apply color, make selections, edit, retouch, color-correct, and clone images with Painting tools. For some tools, you can adjust opacity, pressure, exposure, or other settings. See the specific tool entries in this section for details. These tools are located in the Painting tools palette.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 4. Click in the image to apply a spot of color, or drag to paint a brush stroke, depending on the tool. To constrain a brush stroke to horizontal or vertical, press Shift as you drag. Selected paint object Paint object in edit mode Paint tool options Painting opacity Painting opacity affects the intensity of painting. Adjust this setting in the Properties bar for the following painting tools: Eraser, Marker, Paintbrush, Bucket, Blend, and Rubber Stamp.
Canvas 12 User Guide To set painting opacity: 1. Select a painting tool that uses the opacity setting. 2. Move the Opacity slider or enter a percentage in the text box. Canvas remembers each tool’s painting opacity setting; e.g., if you use the Blend tool at 30% opacity and then use the Paintbrush tool at 100% opacity, the setting changes back to 30% when you select the Blend tool again. The Opacity slider in the Brushes palette affects subsequent brush strokes by the current painting tool only.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Painting with the Paintbrush tool The Paintbrush tool applies the foreground color. Apply a soft (anti-aliased) brush stroke by choosing a soft-edged brush in the Properties bar or Brushes palette. Use the settings in the Properties bar to configure this tool. Spraying soft strokes with the Airbrush tool The Airbrush tool applies the foreground color with a very soft (anti-aliased) stroke. The Airbrush tool paints as long as you press the mouse.
Canvas 12 User Guide Tolerance The Tolerance setting is located in the Properties bar. To affect only identically-colored pixels: Type 0 in the Tolerance text box. To affect more pixels: Type a larger number. To soften the edge of the filled area: Turn on Anti-Aliased. Painting in the background color with the Eraser tool Paint with the background color using the Eraser tool. If a paint object has a visibility mask, the Eraser clears the pixels it touches, revealing a clear background.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To create a linear blend: Enter a Skew value and select a Behavior. Drag in the direction of the blend. Shift-drag to confine the blend’s direction to a 90° or 45° angle. To create a radial blend: Enter both a Skew and Offset value. Drag from the center of the image. Blend options Style Choose Radial or Linear. Skew To set the midpoint between blend colors, enter a number from 13 to 87. The default is 50.
Canvas 12 User Guide Copying areas with the Rubber Stamp tool Make a copy (“clone”) of an image area with the Rubber Stamp tool. This tool is very useful for retouching scanned photographs, removing lines and scratches, as well as hiding seams when compositing images. Use the settings in the Properties bar to configure the Rubber Stamp tool. Cloning styles The effect of dragging the Rubber Stamp tool in an image depends on the option you choose in the Style menu in the Properties bar.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Clone (aligned option) Clone (Non-aligned option) Smudging colors With the Smudge tool, pull color from one area of an image and drag it into adjacent areas. Use the settings in the Properties bar to configure the tool. To use the Smudge tool: 1. Configure the tool using the settings in the Properties bar. Select a brush size and shape from the Brushes palette (see "Selecting brushes and painting options" on page 420). Adjust the Pressure setting.
Canvas 12 User Guide Lightening (‘dodge’) areas The Dodge tool lightens specific areas of an image. Use the settings in the Properties bar to configure the tool. To use the Dodge tool: 1. Configure the tool using the settings in the Properties bar. Select a brush size and shape from the Brushes palette (see "Selecting brushes and painting options" on page 420). Adjust the Exposure setting. Increasing the Exposure increases the lightening effect of the tool. Decreasing the setting decreases the effect.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Select the Blur tool and click a paint object to put the image in edit mode, if necessary. To use the Blur tool: 1. Configure the tool using the settings in the Properties bar. Select a brush size and shape from the Brushes palette (see "Selecting brushes and painting options" on page 420). Adjust the Pressure setting. A setting of 1 affects the image slightly; 85 softens the image greatly. Choose Normal, Darken, or Lighten from the Mode menu.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Sponge tool: 1. Configure the tool using the settings in the Properties bar. Select a brush size and shape from the Brushes palette (see "Selecting brushes and painting options" on page 420). Adjust the Pressure setting. Increase the pressure to increase the effect. Choose Saturate or Desaturate in the Mode menu. Saturate removes gray; desaturate increases the amount of gray. 2. Drag the Sponge tool over the image area you want to edit.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 1. Click on the Brush icon in the Properties bar to open the Brush Options dialog box. 2. Make any adjustments to the current brush’s settings (see "New brush options" on page 422). You can also add the brush to the Brushes palette by clicking the button located in the upper right corner. You do not have to add the brush to the Brushes palette to be able to use it; however, if you plan on using a brush more than once, we recommend that you add it to the palette. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide New brush options Create brush shapes by specifying diameter, hardness, spacing, roundness, and angle. These same options are available in the Brush Options dialog box. Diameter Enter the diameter in pixels of the new brush. Hardness Enter a percentage to tell Canvas how much of the brush shape is solid. Spacing This percentage sets the amount of brush overlap when you drag a painting tool.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing save brushes on disk is also compatible with the file format used by the Photoshop image-editing program for saving brushes. 1. In the Brushes palette, add or remove brushes until you have the collection you want to save. 2. Choose Save Brushes in the menu. 3. In the directory dialog box, type a name for the brushes file, select a location, and click OK.
Canvas 12 User Guide To set the foreground color to black and background color to white: Press the “C” key. To select a color for painting: 1. Click the foreground or background color icon in the Toolbox. 2. In the Presets palette, on the Ink tab, click on an ink type and select a color. You can also create new colors by using the various Inks managers located in the Attributes palette (see "Creating color inks" on page 231).
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing The Mode menu is in the Properties bar and Brushes palette when you use the following tools: Marker, Paintbrush, Airbrush, Bucket, Blend, Blur, Sharpen, and Rubber Stamp. Painting modes that are available for most painting tools are listed here. To choose a painting mode: 1. Select a painting tool. 2. Open the Mode menu and select a mode. Not all modes are available for all painting tools.
Canvas 12 User Guide Mode Function Hard Light Paints in Multiply or Screen mode, depending on the applied color’s lightness value. This mode is similar to Soft Light. However, painting with black produces black; painting with white produces white. Darken Compares the underlying color and the applied color, and the result is whichever color is darker.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To access the context menu: 1. Select a paint object. 2. Right-click the selected paint object. 3. Choose a command when the menu opens. Canvas applies the command and hides the menu. Context menu options The following commands are available in the painting context menu: Command Use Next Brush Selects the brush shape in the Brushes palette to the right of the current brush.
Canvas 12 User Guide Fat Bits When you choose Show Fat Bits, the resolution and magnification affect the display. Fat Bits are visible when the magnification-to-resolution ratio is about eight to one; e.g., if the image resolution is 72 ppi, fat bits appear at 600% magnification and higher. If the image resolution is 144 ppi, fat bits appear at 1,200% magnification. To show fat bits: Press the Plus key or choose Show Fat Bits in the context menu to display pixels as individual tiles in a grid.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To add a visibility mask: 1. Select a paint object that does not have a visibility mask. 2. Choose Image | Add Visibility Mask. This command is not available if a Duotone, Indexed, or Multichannel image is selected. Adding a visibility mask does not change the appearance of a paint object; e.g., white pixels do not become transparent. When a paint object has a visibility mask, you can select Preserve Visibility in the Channels palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide A rectangle and text are blocked by an opaque paint object in front A transparent background lets objects show through it Rendering objects and images Rendering converts objects into paint objects; e.g., you can use the Render command to create a paint object from text, and then use the Airbrush tool to paint highlights on the image of the text. You can create paint objects by rendering selected vector objects, text objects, and group objects.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing The Render Image dialog box lets you specify resolution and other settings for the resulting paint object. 2. Click OK to render the selection. Canvas creates a paint object containing an image of the original objects. The paint object appears in front. The Render command does not change the original selected objects. To see the original objects: Drag the paint object away.
Canvas 12 User Guide Width and Height Enter the pixel dimensions for the paint object. When you change a value, Canvas adjusts the others to maintain the size and proportions of the original objects. Res Choose pixels per inch or pixels per centimeter in the pop-up menu. The value shown after “Size” is the amount of data in the image, based on the mode, resolution, and dimensions.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To render with the Camera tool: 1. Select the Camera tool. 2. Drag to draw a rectangle around the area you want to render. View the dimensions and coordinates of the rectangle in the Status bar. A bounding box with handles appears around the area you selected. 3. Adjust the box to select exactly the area you want to render by using the controls in the Properties bar or manually changing the shape and size with the handles. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. Choose File | Configuration Center and select the Painting manager in the General settings. 2. Set the preferences you want to apply to objects placed in images and click OK. To soften selections pasted from the Clipboard: Select “Anti-Aliased Clipboard.” To soften objects or type created in paint objects in edit mode: Select “AntiAliased Canvas Objects.” To draw objects within images: Use any of the drawing tools in a paint object in edit mode to “paint” shapes.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Image modes for Canvas paint objects In Canvas, image modes define the color model and number of colors that can be used in images. When you create a new paint object in Canvas, you select an image mode: Black & White, Grayscale, RGB Color, CMYK Color, or LAB Color. When you select a paint object, Canvas displays the image mode in the Properties bar. The image mode also appears in the Status bar if Object Details has been selected to appear in an information field.
Canvas 12 User Guide How Canvas assigns image modes When you import an image from another source either by opening, placing, or pasting an image file, Canvas assigns an image mode based on the number of colors and the color model used in the image. The following table shows the image modes that Canvas assigns when you import images in some common image formats.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Black & White image mode Black & White image mode is used for scanned line art and black-and-white (“bitmap”) images, which contain only black and white pixels. Images in Black & White mode require the least amount of memory and disk space. To convert to Black & White mode: Grayscale mode images and Multichannel mode images are the only images you can directly convert to Black & White mode.
Canvas 12 User Guide Indexed image mode Indexed color mode uses a palette of 256 colors for images. Since this mode stores fewer colors, it requires significantly less memory than RGB and CMYK color modes, both of which support millions of colors. Smaller memory requirements make Indexed mode especially useful for images used on Web pages. An Indexed image includes a color table, or palette, of colors used in the image.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 3. Choose a color-distribution option in the Dither area: None Changes colors to their closest equivalent in the selected color table without dithering. Pattern Approximates colors not in the palette by arranging palette color in geometric patterns (available for Uniform/System method only). Diffusion Approximates non-palette colors by randomly dithering available colors; creates the most natural effect. 4. Click OK after choosing the settings you want.
Canvas 12 User Guide Web browsers. This option is also referred to as a “browser safe” palette. Windows System The palette of colors supported by Windows. You can also create a custom color table (see "To customize individual colors:" on page 440 and "To customize a color table by blending colors:" on page 441).
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To customize a color table by blending colors: Canvas lets you create blends of selected swatches in the color table. When you do this, the first and last swatches you select don’t affect the final blend in the color table. How the blend appears in the color table is determined by the two colors you choose in the Color Picker in step 2 of this procedure. 1. Drag across multiple color swatches to select them (the more you select, the more gradual the blend will be).
Canvas 12 User Guide CMYK Color image mode CMYK color mode is based on the four color inks used in commercial printing (and by some desktop printers): cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Some color scanners can produce CMYK images. In a CMYK color image, each pixel has a cyan, magenta, yellow, and black component. Each of these color channels has 256 intensity levels. The combination of the intensity value in each channel creates each pixel’s color.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To create a Duotone image: 1. Select paint object and choose Grayscale from the Image Mode menu to convert to Grayscale mode. You can also select image modes by choosing Image | Mode. 2. Click OK when Canvas prompts to discard color information. Then, choose Duotone from the Image Mode menu. 3. Choose Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone from the Type menu in the Duotone Options dialog box.
Canvas 12 User Guide Duotone options You can select and change the following ink settings for images in Duotone mode. Type Choose Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone. Inks Click the palette icons and select colors in the palettes for each ink. Type process and spot color names in the text boxes. Overprint Colors Click to adjust the screen display of the Duotone inks.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Multichannel image mode Multichannel image mode lets you work with multiple channels of grayscale information for a grayscale image. In multichannel mode, each channel contains lightness values as in other image modes, but the values do not relate to color components. When you convert an image to Multichannel mode, the image data does not change; e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Red Eye Reduction tool with Automatic Selection method: 1. With the Automatic Selection method, you can correct the red eye effect in two ways: Click the cursor within the red area of the eye. Click-drag the cursor to form a rectangle over the eye area. 2. Place the image into paint edit mode. 3. Magnify the eye area that needs to be retouched, if necessary. 4. Select the Red Eye Reduction tool. 5. Select the Automatic Selection radio button in the Properties bar.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Using TWAIN-compatible scanners Scanner manufacturers created the TWAIN interface to standardize interaction between scanners and computer software. Scanners that comply with the TWAIN standard provide a “source manager” file, which translates scanner information into data that Canvas can use. You must install the TWAIN scanner software on your system before you can select the scanner and scan images in Canvas.
Canvas 12 User Guide Are you scanning line art or text?: Line art, such as pen and ink drawings, and highcontrast images with sharp edges or type, should be scanned at the highest resolution possible. Text scans that will be processed with character-recognition software should also be scanned at high resolution for accurate translation. What halftone screen frequency will be used for printing?: For continuous-tone images (photographs), a common rule of thumb is to scan at a resolution of 1.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing You can also remove effects via the Undos palette or by using the keyboard command: Ctrl+Z. If an image is too big for a particular layout, consider cropping the image, rather than resizing or scaling it to fit. If a photographic image requires higher resolution, try re-scanning the original at a higher resolution, rather than increasing the resolution in Canvas.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. Click a square in the Placement grid to set the position of the resulting image; e.g., to crop the image from the right side and bottom, click the upper-left square in the Placement grid. To expand the image on all sides, click the center square. 4. Click OK to resize the image. If you are reducing the image area, Canvas warns you it will delete pixels; click OK to proceed.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To apply a crop command: 1. Select the image object. The image should not be in paint edit mode. The center of the cropping rectangle is indicated by a square icon. 2. In the Properties bar, click the Crop & Scale drop-down list and select a preset crop size or Custom. You cannot manually resize the cropping rectangle when using a preset crop size. You have to select another crop size from the menu. Select Custom to be able to resize the cropping rectangle. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide To trim an image to path: 1. Position a text or vector object (trimming object) in front of the image to be trimmed. The trimming object cannot be larger than the image. If a part of the path doesn’t touch the image, an error occurs. 2. If necessary, select the text or vector object and choose Object | Arrange | Bring to Front to put it in front of the image object. 3. Select both the trimming object and image. 4. Choose Image | Trim to Path.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing You can also use the Crop tool to “hard-crop” an image, which adds or removes pixels, as an alternative to using the Area | Crop command. To perform a soft crop: 1. 2. Select the Crop tool from the Toolbox. Right-click and select Soft Crop Image. To perform a hard crop: 1. Select the Crop tool from the Toolbox. 2. Right-click and select Hard Crop Image. Crop Icons Soft crop pointer indicates cropping will be temporary.
Canvas 12 User Guide To restore a cropped image: You can select a paint object and choose Effects | Remove Effects to remove a soft crop. Or, use the following procedure: 1. Click the image with the Crop tool. Canvas displays the full image area and the cropping rectangle. 2. Drag the corner handles outward so the entire image is inside the cropping rectangle, and then press Esc, or click in the image. Cropping an image Adjust the cropping rectangle with the Crop tool by dragging a handle.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 1. Select the Crop tool and Ctrl-click the image you want to crop. Canvas displays a cropping rectangle around the boundary of the image. 2. Position the cropping rectangle so it frames the part of the image you want to keep. Drag a handle to resize the cropping rectangle. To move the cropping rectangle, point to any side, and the pointer changes to a hand. Drag the cropping rectangle to reposition it. 3. Press Esc or click in the image to complete the crop.
Canvas 12 User Guide To constrain the height and width of the cropping rectangle symmetrically from the center: Release the Ctrl key and then press it again while dragging. To constrain the height and width of the cropping rectangle both proportionally and symmetrically: Release the Ctrl key and then press Ctrl+Shift while dragging. Changing resolution Change the resolution of paint objects in two ways: If you do not want to change an object’s size, resample the image. Resampling merges or divides pixels.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing If you select Pixels in the Width and Height menus, you cannot change these values, because the number of pixels cannot change when Preserve Data is selected. Width and Height: Specify a size for the paint object by entering values in these text boxes. Select measurement units in the adjacent menus. The width and height boxes show the size a paint object will become if you change the resolution when Preserve Data is selected.
Canvas 12 User Guide To calculate resolution: If only one object is selected, you can calculate an appropriate resolution based on a halftone screen frequency. 1. Click Auto in the Image Resolution dialog box. 2. Enter the screen frequency and choose Draft, Good, or Best. Canvas calculates the resolution by multiplying the screen frequency by 1 (draft), 1.5 (good), or 2 (best). 3. Click OK to enter the calculated resolution in the Image Resolution dialog box.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Selection handles (highlighted) surround the objects produced by auto-tracing the sailboat image Original scan at 600 ppi resolution Paths created with the Auto Trace command To auto-trace an image: 1. Select a paint object to trace and choose Image | Auto Trace. 2. In the Auto Trace dialog box, choose either all channels or a specific color channel to trace from the Channel menu. The options also depend on the type of image. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Auto Trace settings Input The Input section contains information about the image being traced. Channels: Depending on the image type, you can select All Channels or a specific color Channel from the menu. If the image contains only one color channel, like grayscale or black & white, the Channel option and menu is disabled. Blur: Use the slider to apply a blur radius to the input image. Blurring removes noise.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Make polygons: Select this option to create polygons rather than Bézier curves. The Output preview displays a portion of the resulting vector objects. Image adjustment & correction You can adjust images in Canvas using built-in filters and third-party plug-ins. For example, you can use the Levels filter to adjust image highlights and shadows, and sharpen scanned photos with the Unsharp Mask filter.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can apply filters to one or more selected paint objects. If a single paint object is in edit mode, a filter applies to the entire image or an active selection. Image Measurement command can be applied to paint objects that are selected or in edit mode. Many commands in the Adjust menu can be used to uniformly adjust one or more selected paint objects, or a paint object in edit mode.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing If you select an area within an image, Canvas applies the adjustment only to that area. Otherwise, Canvas adjusts the selected paint objects. Setting a brightness threshold Use the Threshold command to convert any image to black and white. The Threshold command compares each pixel’s brightness value to a threshold value that you set. It changes brighter pixels to white and darker pixels to black.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original RGB image Posterize 8 levels Posterize 4 levels Posterize 2 levels The Posterize command’s effect depends on the mode of the image you posterize; e.g., if you apply the Posterize command with a setting of 2 levels to a grayscale-mode image, the image becomes black and white.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To posterize an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to posterize all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to posterize the selected area only. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image is affected. 2. Choose Image | Adjust | Posterize. 3. Enter a level from 2 to 255. Higher numbers produce subtle effects. Lower numbers produce high-contrast images. 4. Click OK after you enter the Levels setting.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original RGB Inverted RGB Green channel selected Inverted Green channe The Invert command can be particularly useful in channel editing, as colored pixels can denote either masked or selected areas. To invert an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to invert all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to invert the selected area only. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image in edit mode is affected.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Desaturating image colors You can use the Desaturate command to remove color from images completely, while retaining the relative brightness levels of shadows, midtones, and highlights. The command converts an entire image to shades of gray without changing the image mode. To desaturate an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to desaturate all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to desaturate the selected area only.
Canvas 12 User Guide 4. Enter a Contrast value from -100 to 100. Increasing contrast moves the color values of pixels to the extremes of the brightness spectrum. Decreasing contrast moves color values toward medium gray. 5. After entering the settings you want, click OK. Color balance The Color Balance command lets you adjust color in shadows, midtones, and highlights. You can use it with paint objects in CMYK Color or RGB Color modes. To use the Color Balance command: 1.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 2. Choose Image | Adjust | Levels. 3. Select a channel or combination of channels in the pop-up menu. The Levels command will affect only the specified channels. 4. Do one or more of the following: Lighten highlights: Enter a positive number less than 255 in the right Input Levels box, or drag the white slider under the histogram. Canvas assigns the maximum output level to all pixels on the right of the slider.
Canvas 12 User Guide Levels dialog box Use the Levels dialog box to control different aspects of brightness levels. Channel Choose an individual color channel or the composite channel. Input Levels Type values in the Input Levels boxes or drag the slider under the histogram to set the minimum input level, midtone ratio, and maximum input levels. Output Levels Type values in the Output Levels boxes or drag the sliders to set the minimum and maximum output levels.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Grayscale ramp The grayscale ramp shows the lightness scale, either 0-255 (dark to light) or 0-100 percent (light to dark). Click the ramp to reverse the scale and the curve. Input and Output Type brightness values in the Input and Output boxes. Or, drag the pointer (circled) to specify brightness values. Icon Click this icon and drag a point on the curve to reshape the curve. Click the curve to add up to 19 control points.
Canvas 12 User Guide Saving and loading Curves dialog box settings You can save Curves dialog box settings to use again; e.g., after correcting the brightness curve for a particular Photo CD image, you can save these settings and later apply them to other images from the same source. To save Curves settings: In the Curves dialog box, click Save. In the directory dialog box, type a name for the settings file, select a location, and click Save. To load Curves settings: In the Curves dialog box, click Load.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 3. On the left of the dialog box, click the color range to adjust, or click Master to affect all colors equally. 4. To change the selected color, enter the amount of the color shift, from -180 to 180°, in the Hue text box. Negative values indicate a counter-clockwise shift around the color wheel; positive values indicate a clockwise shift; e.g., with the Master option selected, setting Hue to 60 changes red to magenta, magenta to blue, blue to cyan, and so on. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide lightness levels of pixels. 1. Select a paint object. You can select an area in the image to adjust only the selection. 2. Choose Image | Adjust | Hue/Saturation. 3. Select the Colorize option. 4. Enter a value from -180° to 180° in the Hue text box. Positive values shift counter-clockwise around the color wheel, negative values shift clockwise around the color wheel. For example, Hue 120 creates a green-toned image. 5.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To use Blur and Blur More: Blur slightly modifies an image. Blur More is about four times stronger than Blur. Both commands work with all image modes except Black & White and Indexed. 1. Select one or more paint objects to blur. You can select an area in one image to blur the selected area only. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Blur | Blur or Blur More. Gaussian and Average blur Create a softening effect by using the Gaussian Blur or Average blur filters.
Canvas 12 User Guide Motion Blur The Motion Blur filter can create the effect of linear movement. You can specify the direction and magnitude of the effect. This command works with all image modes except Black & White, Indexed, and Duotone. To apply motion blur: 1. Select one or more paint objects to blur. You can select an area in one image to blur the selected area only. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Blur | Motion Blur.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Motion Blur dialog box Direction Establishes the angle of the blur and the object “movement.” Enter a value from -90 to 90 degrees. You can drag the slider or drag the solid dot inside the circle to set the Direction value. A value of 0 degrees creates a horizontal blur; 90 degrees creates a vertical blur. Distance The magnitude of the blur. Enter a number from 1 to 999, or drag the slider to set the Distance. A lower number creates less blurring.
Canvas 12 User Guide Radial Blur dialog box Spin Controls the magnitude of the apparent rotation in the image. Type a number from 1 to 100 or drag the slider to set the value. Or, drag the solid area inside the circle. Drag clockwise to simulate slower rotation; drag counterclockwise to simulate faster rotation and produce more blurring. Quality Higher quality creates a smoother image but takes more time.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Zoom Blur dialog box Span Sets the depth, (length) of the zoom effect. Type a number from 1 to 100 or drag the slider to set the value. A larger number simulates a greater zoom depth and a more blurred effect. Zoom In/Out Establishes the direction of the blur effect toward or away from the viewer. Type a number from -100 to 100 or drag the slider to set the value.
Canvas 12 User Guide To sharpen an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to sharpen. You can select an area in one image to sharpen the selected area only. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Sharpen, and then choose a filter. Original Sharpen More applied 5 times Sharpen Edges applied 8 times Unsharp Mask Amount = 113 Radius = 4.5 Threshold = 0 To apply the Unsharp Mask filter: 1. Select one or more paint objects to sharpen. Select an area in an image to sharpen the selected area only. 2.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To add noise to selections: 1. Select one or more paint objects to adjust. Select an area in one image to adjust the selected area only. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Noise | Add Noise. 3. Enter 1 to 999 for Amount to specify how far the color of the noise can vary from the original color. 4. Choose the Uniform or Gaussian distribution option: Uniform: To apply colors randomly picked within the Amount specified.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Despeckle filter: The Despeckle filter can remove defects such as dust and other speckling in images. The filter blends pixels with the lightness values of neighboring pixels. It’s a good idea to select areas that need correction before applying the filter. 1. Select an area in an image to adjust. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image is affected. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Noise | Despeckle. 3.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 2. Choose Image | Filter | Video | De-Interlace. 3. Click Odd fields or Even fields to select bands to eliminate. 4. Choose a replacement method for the eliminated pixels: Duplication: To fill the area by inserting a copy of an adjacent band. Interpolation: To fill the area by inserting intermediate color values based on the color values of neighboring pixels. This option creates a smoother, more accurate fill than Duplication. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide A dashed border outlines the selected area in a photograph Selection borders The selected pixels in an image are referred to collectively as a selection. When you make a selection, Canvas surrounds the selected pixels with a moving dashed border. You can hide and display the border without affecting the selection. To hide the border: Choose Image | Select | Hide Edges. To display the selection border: Choose Image | Select | Show Edges.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To select all pixels, with a paint object in edit mode: Choose Image | Select | All. A selection border appears around the entire image. Using pixel selection tools Use the Marquee, Oval Marquee, Row Selection, Column Selection, and Lasso tools to select areas in images. Marquee Row Selection Oval Marquee Column Selection The Marquee tool selects rectangular areas. The Oval Marquee tool selects oval areas.
Canvas 12 User Guide To make a circular selection: If no selection exists, press Shift and drag the Oval Marquee tool in an image. If a selection exists in the image, pressing Shift adds to the selection. To expand a selection marquee from the center: If no selection exists, press Ctrl and drag the Marquee or Oval Marquee tool. You can press Ctrl+Shift to constrain the selection marquee and expand it from the center. To select single rows or columns: 1.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing selected by the Lasso tool, select the Omit Color check box and then choose Background Color. Select Click Point to omit the color where you first click with the Lasso tool. Modifying selections After you make a selection using any selection technique, you can use modifier keys to alter the selection with the Marquee, Oval Marquee, Row Selection, Column Selection, and Lasso tools. To add to a selection: Press Shift when you use a selection tool.
Canvas 12 User Guide To use the Wand tool: 1. Select the Wand tool. Point to the object you want to edit. If the paint object is not in edit mode, the pointer becomes a hand. Click the object to put the image in edit mode. The pointer becomes a wand. 2. Click the color area you want to select. To add to a selection: Shift-click the Wand in the image. The pointer displays a ‘+’ to show that it adds to the current selection. To subtract from a selection: Ctrl-click the Wand in the image.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 3. Adjust the Fuzziness setting. To select pixels of exactly the same color, set the Fuzziness to zero. Increase the Fuzziness to widen the range of colors to be selected. 4. Click a color in the preview image in the dialog box. Canvas selects a range of similarly colored pixels, depending on the Fuzziness setting. To add colors to the selection, click the ‘+’ dropper icon, then click a color in the image in the dialog box.
Canvas 12 User Guide Selecting unselected areas Use the Inverse command to simultaneously select all pixels not in the current selection while deselecting the current selection. To select areas not included in the current selection: Choose Image | Select | Inverse.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing The range of colors selected by Grow and Similar is based on the Tolerance setting in the Wand dialog box (see "To adjust the tolerance of the Wand tool:" on page 488). The Grow command selects similar colors that are adjacent to the current selection. The Similar command selects similar colors throughout the image. The Grow and Similar commands are available for all image modes except Black & White. To use the Grow command: 1. Ensure the image is in image edit mode.
Canvas 12 User Guide Image after tapping Magic Wand on the indicated area and choosing Image | Select | Grow Image after choosing Image | Select | Similar You can repeat the Grow and Similar commands to continue expanding a selection. As more colors are added to the selection, more colors are in the range of colors similar to the selection. Therefore, even though the Tolerance doesn’t change, repeating Grow or Similar can expand a selection incrementally.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing A filled object will select the area covered by the fill. If the object also has a visible stroke, the selection will include the area covered by the stroke. An unfilled object will select the area covered by just the stroke of the object. An object without a visible fill or stroke will not select anything. The type of fill ink or pen ink applied to an object is not significant for the selection it will make. However, the shape of the stroke is significant.
Canvas 12 User Guide Keep in mind that “deleting” a selection doesn’t leave a hole or transparent area in the paint object, unless the paint object has a visibility mask, as described later in this section. If you want Canvas to recall a selection, be sure to save it before leaving edit mode. See "Saving and loading selections in channels" on page 501. To place a copy of a selection on the Clipboard without clearing the area in the original image, choose Edit | Copy.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To paste into a selection: 1. Place an object or selection on the Clipboard by choosing Edit | Copy or Edit | Cut. 2. Make a selection in an image (or a channel mask), and choose Edit | Paste Into. The Clipboard contents appear in the selection. 3. You can drag the pasted item or press the arrow keys on the keyboard to move it, to display the areas you want to see. When you finish adjusting the selection, deselect it to merge it into the image.
Canvas 12 User Guide Deselecting and defloating selections Deselecting a floating selection makes it part of the original image. To deselect a floating selection: Press Esc twice or choose Image | Select | None. Dragging a selection floats it and leaves an area filled with the current background color. To make the floating selection part of the image but still retain the selection: Press Esc or choose Image | Select | Defloat.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing You cannot make selections partially transparent in Indexed or Black & White image modes. To change the opacity of floating selections: 1. With a paint object in edit mode, select part of the image. 2. Click on the Background color icon in the Toolbox. 3. Select a color to use behind the floating selection. This color will start to appear when you make the selection transparent.
Canvas 12 User Guide To modify an active selection: Choose Image | Select | Modify | Contract. Type a value in the text box and then click OK. Canvas subtracts the specified area from the selection and the dashed border contracts. Smoothing a selection The Smooth command is useful after you have made a color-based selection that has left stray pixels inside or outside of the selected area. The Smooth command includes or eliminates the stray pixels to even out the selection.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To create a paint object from a selection: With a selection in an image, choose New Image from Selection in the context menu. To display the context menu, right-click within the selection. New images from selections and floating selections When you choose New Image from Selection, Canvas removes the selection from the image or deselects the selection in the image. The selection appears as a new paint object in the same location.
Canvas 12 User Guide The accuracy of a path made from a selection depends on the settings you specify and the complexity of the selection border. A very complex selection border can result in a path with hundreds of anchor points, which can cause problems in printing and other operations. Paths created from selections have no fill ink, black pen ink, and the current stroke setting. To convert a selection to a path: 1. Make a selection in an image. 2. Choose Image | Selection to Path. 3.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Saving and loading selections in channels When you have made a selection in an image, you can create an alpha channel from the selection. An alpha channel preserves the shape and opacity of a selection, so you can use it to make the same selection in the image again. You can think of an alpha channel as a mask that selects some areas and protects other areas from painting and image editing.
Canvas 12 User Guide Option Result New Selection Removes any current selections and creates a new selection Add to Selection Preserves the current selection and selects additional pixels based on the channel Subtract from Selection Removes pixels from the current selection based on the channel Intersect with Selection Creates a new selection composed of pixels that appear in both the current selection and the channel you are loading Preserving channels in exported images Canvas image channels are
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To display the Channels palette: Choose Image | Show Channels. Vector objects and text objects do not have color or image channels. However, you can create a channel mask for any object. If an object has a channel mask, you can place the channel mask in edit mode, and use the Channels palette to work with the channel mask and create alpha channels. Alpha channels are stored with an object as long as the object has a channel mask.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Channels palette The Channels palette displays the channels contained in a paint object when the paint object is in edit mode. The palette also displays the channels contained in any object that has a channel mask when you edit the mask. You can use the palette to create, duplicate, and delete channels; to change channel options; and to make selections by loading channels. To open the Channels palette: Choose Image | Show Channels.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Active channels are shaded. Editing affects the active channels only. To make a channel active, click the channel name. Composite channel Select this channel to make all color channels visible and active. Color channels Color channels appear below composite channels. Alpha channels Alpha channels contain grayscale pixels which represent a selection.
Canvas 12 User Guide Channel Options: Lets you specify options for the active channel. You can change the name, mask tint color, and opacity of an alpha channel. You also can double-click a channel to set options for it. Working with alpha channels To add to the current selection: Shift-drag a channel to the button. To subtract from the current selection: Ctrl-drag a channel to the button.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Deleting alpha channels Although Canvas can store up to 24 channels in an image, you might want to delete unnecessary ones to save memory and disk space. You can delete alpha channels and channel masks, but you cannot delete color channels. To delete an alpha channel: With an object in image edit mode, drag the alpha channel you want to delete to the trash can icon at the bottom of the Channels palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide Activating channels To edit a channel: Click the channel name in the Channels palette to make it active. Canvas uses shading to indicate that a channel is active. You can make more than one channel active by Shift-clicking the names of the channels in the palette. To make a channel visible but not active, click the left column to make an eye icon appear. You can make more than one channel visible by dragging in the left column in the Channels palette.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 1. With an image in edit mode, choose Image | Show Channels. 2. Create a new channel to use as a selection mask by doing one of the following: If you have a selection in the image that you want to customize by editing in a channel, use the Save command to create a channel from the selection (see "To save a selection in a channel:" on page 501). To start with a “blank” alpha channel, use the New Channel command.
Canvas 12 User Guide To create a channel mask: Do one of the following: Ctrl+double-click the object to be masked. Select the object to be masked and choose Object | Transparency | New Channel Mask. Click on the object with the Sprite tool. Select the object to be masked. In the Transparency palette, choose Channel in the Mask menu. Canvas creates the channel mask and puts the new mask in edit mode. If the object is a paint object, Canvas creates a channel mask with the same resolution as the paint object.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing An eye symbol in the Channels palette appears to the left of a channel that is visible. The eye symbol disappears if a channel is hidden. When you edit a channel mask, the top channel in the palette represents the object itself. For a typical paint object this channel is labeled with the image mode, such as RGB or CMYK. For other objects, the first channel is labeled “Object” (see "Transparency masks" on page 671).
Canvas 12 User Guide When you detach a channel mask, Canvas removes the channel mask from the object and places it in the document as a separate grayscale paint object. If the channel mask was detached from a vector object, the resulting paint object will contain any alpha channels that were contained in the vector object. To delete a channel mask: 1. Select the masked object. 2. In the Transparency palette, choose None in the Mask pop-up menu.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing areas of the image. To create transparent areas from the selection, you need to invert the channel. 3. Press Esc to deselect the selection in the image. Then, click the alpha channel in the Channels palette to make it active. 4. Choose Image | Adjust | Invert. This reverses the white and black areas in the channel. 5. Drag the alpha channel into the Channel Mask slot in the Channels palette. Black areas in the channel mask produce transparent areas in the image.
Canvas 12 User Guide When you make a new paint object by pasting a non-rectangular selection copied from an image, Canvas makes a channel mask to hide white pixels surrounding the selection. Original Channel mask from alpha channel Vignette Preserving transparency in images Select the Preserve Visibility check box in the Channels palette to preserve transparency when you paint or apply filters to an image.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing When Preserve Visibility is selected and you use the Eraser tool, pixels you “erase” are painted with the current background color; they are not erased to clear. Also, when you use any painting tool to apply color, you cannot make pixels more or less transparent. This is why you cannot apply any color in clear areas when Preserve Visibility is selected.
Canvas 12 User Guide Image with translucent clouds The Clouds filter completely replaces the original image or selection. To apply the Clouds filter to an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to adjust all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to adjust the selected area only. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image in edit mode is affected. This filter doesn’t work with paint objects in Black & White mode, and Indexed mode. 2.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 3. Drag the selected channel to the new channel button to create a copy of the channel. The channel copy is in black & white. 4. Select the channel copy in the Channels palette and double-click to open the Channel Options dialog box. 5. Enter a name for the channel copy in the dialog box. 6. With the painting tools, apply white to the areas where clouds are to appear. Apply black to the area where clouds won’t appear. 7.
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Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Composite channel with channel loaded Final image Rendering a color wheel Fill a selection with a radial blend of colors by choosing Image | Filter | Render | Wheel. The rendered effect looks like the color wheel preview in the Hue/Saturation dialog box.
Canvas 12 User Guide paint objects in RGB Color and CMYK Color. Unless you make a selection in the image, the Wheel filter replaces the entire image. If you want to apply a translucent wheel effect, follow the steps for the procedure "To applying the Clouds filter to selections:" on page 516, but in the seventh step, choose the Wheel command. Embossing an image Make an image appear raised with the Emboss filter.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Embossed Angle = 15 Height = 3, Amount = 110 To apply the Emboss filter: 1. Select one or more paint objects to emboss. To apply the emboss filter to a limited area in one image, select the area. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Stylize | Emboss or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. 3. Enter an Angle from 0 to 360. An angle of 0 is straight right with higher numbers going counter-clockwise. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide To solarize an image: 1. Select one or more paint objects to solarize. To apply the Solarize filter to a limited area in one image, select the area. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Stylize | Solarize or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. Original Solarized Outlining areas based on color value With the Trace Contour filter, you can outline image areas that border a particular color.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To use the Trace Contour filter: 1. Select one or more paint objects to adjust all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to adjust the selected area only. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image in edit mode is affected. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Stylize | Trace Contour or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. 3. Enter a Level value from 0 to 255.
Canvas 12 User Guide Offsetting selections You can shift an image area with the Offset filter. Canvas fills the vacated area with color, duplicated pixels, or parts of the offset area.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Repeat Edge Pixels Wrap Around To offset image areas: 1. With an image in edit mode, select an image area. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Other | Offset or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. 3. Enter horizontal and vertical offset amounts in pixels. Positive values result in offsets to the right and down; use negative numbers (preceded by a minus sign) to offset up and left. 4. Choose an option under Undefined Areas.
Canvas 12 User Guide 5. Turn on Preview to see the effect of the settings. 6. Click OK when the settings are correct. Ripple effects With the Ripple filter, create the impression of ripples in an image, like the ripples made by dropping a stone into smooth water. By varying the controls in the Ripple dialog box, produce a range of effects in an image, from slight rippling to extreme distortion. To apply the Ripple filter: 1. Select a paint object.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Wave Decay creates the impression of blending the waves farthest from the center of the disturbance, especially when Include Corners is selected. Enter a Wave Decay value of 0 to 100. The higher the value, the more the waves appear stretched toward the edge of the image. High Frequency The High Frequency option causes an approximate doubling of the effect of the Frequency setting.
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Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Spin = 20 Frequency = 10 Clustering = 0 Wave Decay = 10 Same settings (above) with Bullseye Mode Twirl effects The Twirl filter twists an image around its center to create interesting spiral distortions. To apply the Twirl filter: 1. Select a paint object. To limit the effect to a particular area, select the area where you want to apply the filter. If you don’t make a selection, the filter affects the entire image. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Other | Twirl.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original Twirl Angle 90 Twirl Angle 180 Spherical distortion The Spherize filter can distort an image to simulate a reflection on a curved surface. To apply the Spherize filter: 530 1. Select a paint object. Make a selection to limit the effect to an area. If you don’t make a selection, the filter affects the entire image. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Other | Spherize or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. 3.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Original paint object Spherize: Amount = 5 Vignette option selected Spherize options Amount The extent of the distortion. Type a number from 1 to 10 or drag the slider. A higher number simulates a stronger curve. Projection Mode The shape of the distortion. Select Spherical/Ellipsoid to simulate reflection on a spherical surface like a globe. Select Cylindrical to simulate reflection on a cylinder, such as a can.
Canvas 12 User Guide No Anti-Alias Turns off smoothing of edges in the image. Deselect this option for a smoother effect. Preview Displays the current effect before you apply the filter. Artistic Effects The artistic filters, Crystallize, Lens Flare, Oil Painting, and Stained Glass, can be applied to images, text, and vector objects. For images, access the filters by choosing Image | Filter | Artistic or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing After Crystallize filter is applied Crystallize dialog box Crystal Size The size and saturation of the crystals can be adjusted numerically or by moving the appropriate slider bar. Crystal Saturation The color of the background will influence the appearance of your image. Use White Background By default, the background is set to black. You have the option to set the background to white. You may do this by checking the “Use White Background.
Canvas 12 User Guide Before Lens Flare After Lens Flare Lens Flare dialog box Light Source Position The flare may be adjusted by using your mouse to move the flare highlight in the preview window. X and Y The flare may also be moved by entering numerical values in the X or Y coordinates box. Zoom Adjust the slider or numerical values to adjust the zoom. Light Intensity Adjust the slider or numerical values to adjust the light intensity.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Before Oil Painting After Oil Painting filter Oil Painting dialog box Brush Size Adjust the size of the brush effect by moving the slider bar. You also have the option to enter a numerical value in the brush size field. Preview If you wish to preview the effects of the filter, then select the Preview check box. Stained Glass This filter applies a stained- glass appearance to an object.
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Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Stained Glass Tile Size Adjust the effect of the filter by moving the Tile Size slider or by changing the numerical value in the field. Tile Shape Select either square or hexagon tile shapes. Anti-Alias If your work is for the Web, select the Anti-alias Tiles option. Border Thickness Adjust the size and the thickness of the space that separates each piece of “stained glass”. Bevel Use the Bevel filter to give any 2D image a 3D appearance.
Canvas 12 User Guide Bevel dialog box Direction Direction of the light source can be entered by a numeric value, slider bar, or preview handle. Elevation Elevation of light source can be entered by a numeric value or slider bar. Brightness Brightness of light source can be entered by a numeric value or slider bar. Bevel Width Bevel width can be entered by a numeric value or slider bar. Edge Smoothness Edge Smoothness can be entered by a numeric value or slider bar.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To isolate images with the High Pass filter: 1. With an image in edit mode, choose Image | Select | All. Then choose Edit | Copy. 2. Choose Image | Show Channels. 3. Create a new alpha channel by clicking the button in the lower-left corner of the Channels palette. 4. Select the new alpha channel and choose Edit | Paste. 5. Choose Image | Filter | Other | High Pass and enter a radius value. Click OK. 6. Choose Image | Adjust | Threshold.
Canvas 12 User Guide Editing with Paint tools Finished alpha channel Isolated subject Maximizing and minimizing bright areas in an image Increase or decrease light areas in an image with the Maximum and Minimum filters. The Maximum filter adds light to shadows. The Minimum filter shrinks light areas. To apply a choke or spread to an image manually, use the Maximum or Minimum filters in a color channel.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Filling selections with color The Fill command lets you quickly and uniformly fill a selection with the foreground or background color, black, white, or gray. In addition, select an opacity level and transfer mode for application of the color. To fill a selection with a color: 1. With an area of an image selected, choose Image | Filter | Other | Fill or use the Filter menu in the Properties bar. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide Blurred image Custom filter Embossed image Custom filter To use Custom filters: 542 1. Select one or more paint objects to adjust all the images. You can select an area in one image in edit mode to adjust the selected area only. If you don’t make a selection, the entire image in edit mode is affected. This command doesn’t work with paint objects in Black & White mode, and Indexed mode. 2. Choose Image | Filter | Other | Custom. 3.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Grid entries Sum Scale 2 2 1 -1 -1 3 2+2+1-1-1+3=6 6 -1574-328 -15+7+4-3+2+8=3 3 5. Enter an Offset value from -9,999 to 9,999. Positive values increase the brightness of the final outcome while negative values decrease the brightness. 6. Turn on the Preview option to check the filter effect. When the settings are correct, click OK. To save a custom filter: In the Custom dialog box, enter the filter settings and click Save.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original bitmap before rotation. Original bitmap after rotation with Anti-aliasing off. Bitmaps will not attain a pixelated appearance after rotation if Anti-aliasing is on. To quickly rotate images at multiples of 90°: 1. Select the image. 2. Click on the Rotate button in the Properties bar. 3. Select a hard rotate option in the menu and enter a value of 90° (or a multiple) in the field and press Enter.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing ^ŚĂƉĞ ĞĨĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ Control points Click to add control points to both the source and target. Every source point must have a corresponding target point. At least 3 points must be defined to enable the Create button. Control points are saved in relative position to object, so if you drag or scale an object, the points will be scaled correspondingly. Save the document after change the control points configuration.
Canvas 12 User Guide Opacity Adjust the transparency of the created object. Source & Target colors Select a color from the palettes to distinguish the source and target. By default, the source is red and the target is green. Create Click this button to perform the effect. Delete Click this button to delete the created object. Exit Click this button to leave the warp effect before or after clicking Create. The image is the Source and the vector object is the Target.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing When an image object is in envelope edit mode, its bounding box acts like the rubber sheet. Canvas includes several envelope styles that offer various handles you can use to manipulate an object’s bounding box. To learn about the envelope styles and their respective uses, see "Enveloping objects" on page 384.
Canvas 12 User Guide To combine channels: 1. With an image in edit mode, choose Image | Calculate. 2. Choose the first channel in the Source 1 menu. If you want to invert the channel, select Invert. For more information, see "Inverting colors in images" on page 465. 3. In the Source 2 menu, choose the channel you want to combine with the Source 1 channel. If you want to invert the channel, select Invert. 4. In the Blending area, choose an option in the Use menu.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Hard Light Lightens or darkens pixels in Source 2 depending on the brightness value of the corresponding pixels in Source 1. Hard Light works similarly to Soft Light. However, black in Source 1 produces black in the resulting channel and white produces white. Darken Replaces pixels in Source 2 with the corresponding pixels in Source 1, if the pixels in Source 1 are darker.
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Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Add Subtract Difference Image proxies Proxies are low-resolution images you can use in Canvas documents. A proxy is a placeholder that is linked to an original image. The original high-resolution image is stored in a Canvas Image File on disk. Using proxies Proxies can significantly reduce the time required to redraw the screen while you work.
Canvas 12 User Guide A high-resolution image stored in a Canvas Image File on disk. A low-resolution proxy replaces the image in a Canvas document. The proxy is linked to the Canvas Image File. Replacing an image with a proxy The procedure described in this section lets you replace an image contained in a Canvas document with a low-resolution proxy. When you do this, Canvas exports the original image to a Canvas Image File, and links the Canvas Image File to the proxy.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing 3. In the dialog box, select a file type and location to save the file. 4. Type a name for the image file that Canvas will create. 5. Click Save. 6. In the Make Proxy dialog box, type a value in the “Make...Times Smaller” box. The larger this number, the lower the proxy resolution and the less memory required by the proxy in the document. The value must be from 1 to 1,000. 7. Click OK.
Canvas 12 User Guide Make sure when you copy the documents to another disk, that you maintain the original folder structure. It is a good idea to open the Canvas document that you copied, and check that the links have not been broken (see "To verify proxy links:" on page 556 for more information). You can also replace a proxy with its linked image to eliminate the need to copy the image file. To learn how to do this, see "To replace a proxy with its linked image:" on page 556.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing Paint object in image-edit mode Object editing Changes you make to a proxy when you do not edit the pixels in the image are object-level edits. You can skew and scale proxies like other objects. Skewing, scaling, and other object-level editing do not affect the image file to which the proxy is linked.
Canvas 12 User Guide To replace a proxy with its linked image: 1. Select the proxy you want to replace. 2. Choose Image | Proxy | Unlink Proxy. Canvas asks if you are sure you want to remove the link between the image file and the proxy. 3. Click OK to replace the proxy and remove the link to the image file.
Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing To re-link a proxy: If you are using the Check Proxies command and Canvas finds an unlinked proxy, you can link the proxy to an image file. 1. After Canvas identifies an unlinked proxy, click Fix in the message box. 2. In the Proxy Info dialog box, do one of the following: Click OK to skip the proxy and continues checking other proxies. Click Cancel to end the check. 3. Click File in the Proxy Info dialog box. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide To update all proxies in the active document: Choose Image | Proxy | Update Proxies. To update a specific proxy: Select the proxy object you want to update and choose Image | Proxy | Update Proxy. Exporting Canvas Image Files You can export any image from a Canvas document to create a Canvas Image File on disk. You can then create proxies linked to the Canvas Image File.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography
Canvas 12 User Guide Text entry & layout Typing text in a document Canvas has a full range of text and typography features that let you integrate text with illustrations and images. You can enter, format, edit, and arrange text in Canvas. You can also import text files and use Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) to place text in documents. To help you edit and proof text, Canvas provides spell-checking and text-searching tools.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Link Info: Use the Link Info tool to check text flows in a document. The tool displays arrows showing the flow of text among linked text objects. Text Path: Use the Path Text tool to type text along a vector path. Text Form Field: Use the Text Form Field tool to create form text boxes. Text Section: Use the Text Section tool to create sections and columns in the text. Text Format Brush: Use the Text Format Brush tool to copy a text format and apply it to other text.
Canvas 12 User Guide To type text with the Text tool: 1. 2. Select the Text tool from the Toolbox. Do one of the following to set the location and type the text: To enter one line of text: Click in the document. An insertion point appears where you click. Begin typing and the right margin extends to fit the line of text that you type. To define a text column: Drag diagonally to create a rectangular text object. The object’s width matters, but not its length.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Using the Text Format Brush Use the Text Format Brush to copy text attributes, such as font, font style, fill ink, pen ink, as well as pen stroke, so that you can apply them to other text. This tool does not copy frame ink, frame stroke, or background ink. To apply these items to text, see "To apply a background ink:" on page 633, "To apply a frame stroke:" on page 633, and "To apply a frame ink:" on page 633. To copy and apply text attributes: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide To create an empty text object: 1. Select the Text Object tool. When you move into the document window, the pointer is an I-beam with an arrow. 2. Drag to set the width and length of a rectangular text object. 3. Canvas deselects the Text Object tool and either selects the Selection tool or Text tool. 4. Double-click in the text object to select the Text tool. The new text object is in edit mode with an insertion point at the top of the column.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography The Vertical Text tool appears in the Toolbox. The Vertical Text Object tool appears in the Toolbox. “Vertical” options appear in the Column Guides dialog box and the Type palette. The Inline tab appears in the Configuration Center. Using Vertical Text tool The Vertical Text tool types text in vertical columns that flow from top to bottom and right to left.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using Vertical Text Object tool The Vertical Text Object tool lets you create empty text blocks for vertical text. Text objects created with the Vertical Text Object tool maintain their width and length. To create text objects for vertical text: 1. Select the Vertical Text Object tool. The pointer changes to a horizontal I-beam indicating that text will flow from top to bottom. 2. Drag to define the width and length of the text object.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To use the Vertical option for text objects: Use the Vertical option in the Type palette to set up the Text tool for vertical text and to orient text objects to contain vertical text. When you set the Text tool to create vertical text, lines of text that you type are vertical, with text flowing from top to bottom and lines running from right to left. This is the same as the orientation of text within an existing text object when you apply the Vertical option. 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide Sections make it easy to arrange and modify text in columns. You can place one or more sections on a page. After you place text in a section, you can change the number or the size of the columns in the section and Canvas will adjust the text to fit. To create text columns in a document, you could manually arrange separate text objects; however, the Section tool and column guides automate text layout.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Column Guides dialog box Section Name Canvas applies a default name when you create a section. Type a new name in the text box to change a section’s name. Section options menu Delete sections, fit sections to a page, or fit sections to the top half or bottom half of a page. Choose an option from the menu. Apply Depending on the layout, choose from This Page, All Pages, All Left Pages, Left Page, Right Page, or All Right Pages (see "Apply To menu options" on page 571).
Canvas 12 User Guide To create sections with the Column Guides command: 1. Go to the page where you want to place a new section and choose Layout | Column Guides. 2. In the Column Guides dialog box, select a preset column arrangement or define custom columns. In the Apply To menu, choose where to place the new section. See "Column Guides dialog box" on page 569. 3. Click OK to create a new section with the current settings.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To change the width of a section: Drag one of its sides. To change the height of a section: Drag the top or bottom border of the section. To change both dimensions at once, drag a corner of the section. To adjust the width of columns in a section: Use the Section tool to drag column guides. The Fixed Widths and Fixed Gutters options in the Column Guides dialog box limit how sections can be resized.
Canvas 12 User Guide Displaying column guides You can display or hide all the section column guides in a document. To show column guides: Choose Layout | Display | Show Guides when column guides are not displayed. To hide column guides: Choose Layout | Display | Hide Guides when column guides are displayed. Typing text in a section Use the Text tool to type text in a column in a section. To type text in a section: 1. Select the Text tool and click at the top of the first column in the section.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Resizing a text column can result in overset text If you click the flow symbol, the text flow pointer appears Clicking with the flow pointer creates a new column the same size as the original, and flows the overset text into it. A plus sign replaces the overset sign on the first column, indicating that text flows to another column. Flowing text from column to column Create text flows so that text runs from one text object to another.
Canvas 12 User Guide Defining text flow bars & flow symbols A text flow bar is a solid line with a flow symbol. Text flow bars appear at the bottom of text objects when they contain overset text or are part of text flows. The flow symbol indicates the flow condition. An arrow indicates that a text object contains overset text. A plus sign indicates that text flows to another text object. The last object in a text flow does not display a flow bar unless text is overset.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To link text objects: You can use this procedure to link an object containing text or an empty text object to other text objects. If text boxes aren’t visible, choose Display | Show Text Boxes in the Layout menu; this makes it easier to find and link empty text objects. 1. 2. With the Text or Text Object tool, create at least two text objects. Select the Text Link tool. The pointer displays the number “1”. 3. Click the first text object, the object you want to flow from.
Canvas 12 User Guide To check a text flow: 1. 2. Select the Link Info tool. Point to a text object. Press and hold down the mouse to display flow arrows. If the text object is part of a linked text flow, arrows show the flow sequence. Flow arrows are displayed until you release the mouse button. If the text object is not linked, no flow arrows appear.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To convert Form Text objects to Normal text: Right-click the Form Text box, and select Convert to Normal Text. Formatting text You can control all aspects of text formatting in Canvas. This section explains how to specify font, font styles, type size, character position and scaling, kerning, letter and word spacing, paragraph alignment and spacing, and hyphenation. This section also explains how to select text for formatting and how to apply format settings.
Canvas 12 User Guide To select all text objects: 1. Select the Text tool from the Toolbox. 2. Choose Edit | Select All. Illustration: This procedure selects all text objects on the current layer. Publication: This procedure selects all text objects on the current page or current twopage spread. Animation: This procedure selects all text objects on the current layer of the current frame. Presentation: This procedure selects all text objects on the current layer of the current slide.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To Do this Select a word Double-click the word with the I-beam pointer. Select a line of text Triple-click the line with the I-beam pointer. Select all text in the text object Choose Edit | Select All. Deselect all highlighted text Click anywhere in the text object or layout. Clicking outside the selected text object creates another text object at that location. Choosing another tool in the Toolbox ends text edit mode.
Canvas 12 User Guide Applying text formats Canvas provides three ways to format text: the Properties bar, Text menu, and Type palette. The Type palette is also used when you create and save paragraph and character styles (see "Working with type styles" on page 605). The Type palette can be used to apply the paragraph and character styles. You must apply or save the new settings before clicking the pointer anywhere outside the Type palette. If you don’t, the settings will be lost.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography 2. Place the insertion point by clicking the I-beam where you want the new formatting to begin. 3. Use one of the methods to choose formatting options. If you use the Type palette, be sure to click the Apply button after making changes. 4. Begin typing. The text appears with the chosen formatting. If you begin typing in the middle of a paragraph, only the new text has the new settings.
Canvas 12 User Guide Specifying fonts Select a font using any of the methods (see "Formatting text with the Properties bar" on page 581 and "Using the Type palette" on page 589). In Windows, the Font menu may also be set to display in single or multi-column mode. To select a font from the Text menu: 1. Choose Text | Font. A checkmark appears next to the current font. 2. Choose a font from one of the sub-menus.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Tips for font installation and use On Windows systems, Canvas uses fonts installed in the Fonts folder. You can access the Fonts folder via the Control Panel. Use the Install New Font command in the File menu to add fonts to your system. You can also drag and drop font files or font file shortcuts to the Fonts folder. To specify that you want to see only TrueType fonts in your programs, you can use the Options command in the Views menu.
Canvas 12 User Guide To set type size using menu commands: 1. Choose Text | Size. A checkmark appears next to the current type size. 2. Choose one of the sizes in the submenu. The size setting applies immediately. Applying font styles Font styles are different character types, such as bold, italic, or superscript, as well as capitalization modes. Styles can be chosen and applied with either the Properties bar, Text menu, or Type palette.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography change, reduce the type size of shifted text by the same amount (or more) of the baseline shift, or you can specify leading in points (see "Setting line and paragraph spacing" on page 590). If you use the Style submenu to change baseline position, you can choose either Superscript or Subscript to shift text the baseline by roughly 27 to 33 percent of point size of the line; e.g., superscript text in a line of 12-point text appears 4.0 points above the normal baseline.
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas does not apply kerning to text characters based on kerning pairs defined in a particular font. Kern individual characters by placing the insertion point and choosing Text | Kerning or using the Kerning controls in the Properties bar or on the Character tab of the Type palette. In the Kerning submenu, you can choose a standard kerning amount: Very Tight, Tight, Normal, Loose, and Very Loose. Kern characters in half-point increments using the Tighten and Loosen commands.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Positioning tabs You can add tabs as well as adjust margins and indents in the document ruler while a text object is selected or you are in text edit mode. To indicate a selected a text object or text edit mode, the ruler turns light blue. Margin icons and preset tabs appear as well. The document ruler shows tab positions for one selected object. You cannot set tabs for multiple selected text objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Tab menu Left: The left edge of the text is flush with the tab position. Center: Text is centered around the tab position. Right: The right edge of text is flush with the tab position. Decimal: The first decimal (or period) in a string of text aligns directly under the tab position; e.g., if you align “123.45.678” to a decimal tab, the decimal between the “3” and “4” will fall under the tab position. Comma: The first comma in a string of text aligns directly under the tab position.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography 3. Then click OK. You can also select the tab in the ruler and drag it off the ruler either up, down, left, or right. Using the Type palette To open the Type palette: 1. Choose Text | Type. 2. Adjust the settings for Character, Hyphens, Indents, Paragraph, Spacing, and Styles. 3. Click Apply When you adjust settings in the Type palette, the new settings don’t take effect until you click Apply.
Canvas 12 User Guide Applying paragraph formatting In Canvas, you can control paragraph attributes, such as justification and leading. Paragraph attributes affect entire paragraphs, even if you select a single character, or place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph. If you select text in multiple paragraphs, all the paragraphs will be affected.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography A page of text with “after paragraph” spacing A page of text that does not have paragraph spacing, but uses both “before” and “after paragraph” spacing for block quotes To set leading using menu commands: 1. Choose Text | Leading. A checkmark appears next to the current leading setting. 2. Choose a standard leading in the submenu, or choose Tighten or Loosen. Canvas applies the setting immediately.
Canvas 12 User Guide Before paragraph To insert space before the first line of a paragraph, specify the number of points in the Before paragraph box. This option does not apply to the first paragraph in a column. After paragraph To insert space after the last line of a paragraph, specify the number of points in the After paragraph box. Canvas inserts space after every paragraph, including the last paragraph in a column. Force a line break without creating a new paragraph by pressing Shift-Return.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Left 1 in. Left 1 in., Right 1 in. First line 1.5 in., Left 1 in. First line 1 in., Left 1.5 in The Properties bar shows indent positions for one selected object at a time; therefore, you cannot use it to set indents for the preset format or for multiple selected objects. To set indents on the Type palette: 1. Click the Indent tab of the Type palette. 2. Enter the indent settings. 3. Click Apply to implement the indent settings.
Canvas 12 User Guide Type options Left To specify the distance between the left border of a text object and the left indent of a paragraph, enter the distance in the Left box. Right To specify the distance between the right border of a text object and the right indent of a paragraph, enter the distance in the Right box. First Line To specify a different indent for the first line of a paragraph, enter the distance in the First Line box.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Full-justified Center-justified Full justification may create wide letter or word spacing, especially in narrow text columns. Other justification settings (without hyphenation) might appear too ragged on one or both sides. You can set letter- and word-spacing parameters to improve the appearance of text (see "Adjusting letter and word spacing" on page 599). To set justification using menu commands: 1. Choose Text | Justification.
Canvas 12 User Guide 3. Click Apply to implement the justification setting. Using vertical justification Canvas can align text relative to the top and bottom borders of text objects. Canvas has four vertical justification, or alignment, settings: Top, Bottom, Vertical Full, and Vertical Center. Vertical justification applies to an entire text object. Top vertical justification is the default setting for new text objects.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography object. Because it distributes type from the top to the bottom of a text object, Vertical Full justification can cause very wide spacing between lines if a large text object contains a little text. You can drag a handle at the top or bottom of a text object to adjust its height and alter the spacing between lines of text.
Canvas 12 User Guide To apply paragraph rules: 1. Place the insertion point or make a selection in the paragraph. You can highlight multiple paragraphs to select them. 2. Choose Text | Rules. 3. In the Paragraph Rules dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below. You can select either or both options. The options for Rule Above and Rule Below can be set independently. 4. Select rule options, then click Apply to preview the rules. 5. Click OK to apply the rules and close the dialog box.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Pen Select a stroke for the rule from the Pen pop-up palette. You can select a solid pen, neon, or parallel stroke. Dash To apply a dash to the rule, select a dash style from the Dash pop-up palette. Color Select a color for the rule from the Color pop-up palette. Adjusting letter and word spacing Depending on the type of justification you choose, you might want to adjust letter and word spacing to reduce raggedness or eliminate unusual spacing; e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide so that each line is at least 1.5 inches wide. Only the last line in a paragraph is unaffected by the “Minimum line widths” setting. For full-justified text: To tell Canvas when the last line of a paragraph is wide enough to be justified (flush with both right and left margins), enter a percentage in the “Justify Last Line Within” box; e.g., you create a two-inch wide, full-justified paragraph and tell Canvas to justify the last line within 75%. If the last line is less than 1.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Hyphenation settings on the Type palette After word beginning Specify the minimum number of letters that must precede a hyphen. Before word ending Specify the minimum number of letters that must follow a hyphen. Smallest word Specify the minimum number of letters that a word must have to be hyphenated. Consecutive line limit Specify the number of consecutive lines that can end in hyphens; e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide Widow Turn on to activate widow protection. Specify the minimum number of lines that can appear in the last paragraph of a column. Orphan Turn on to activate orphan protection. Specify the minimum number of lines that can appear at the top of a column in a linked flow. Keep all lines To prevent Canvas from inserting a column break in a paragraph, turn on this option. This prevents widows and orphans, but might leave a lot of blank space at the bottom of a column.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To apply to Do this All other paragraphs Place the insertion point in a paragraph, or select a paragraph. You can also select multiple consecutive paragraphs. A new paragraph you are about to type Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph. The preset format Deselect all objects. Canvas will apply drop caps to the first paragraph of all new text objects you create with the Text tool. 4. Configure the drop cap options described below. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide To insert header and footer text objects: Choose Text | Insert | Header or Text | Insert | Footer. Canvas creates the text object, and places it in edit mode. Inserting dates, times, and page numbers Insert date, time, and page number codes in header and footer text objects. Canvas will update the values for these codes each time it redraws the screen, unless the Date Stamp and Time Stamp commands are used. Canvas uses the date and time as set in the operating system.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Page numbering commands To insert In this type of object Do this Current page number Header or footer (page count is static in normal text objects) Choose Text | Insert | Page #, or type $p Total page count Header or footer (page count is static in normal text objects) Choose Text | Insert | Total Page #, or type $t Page # of total pages e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide To open the Type palette: Choose Text | Type or double-click the Text tool. Creating new type styles You can create two kinds of styles, character and paragraph. Use a paragraph style for an entire paragraph of text. Use a character style for a character, word, phrase, or part of a paragraph. After establishing character and paragraph styles, apply them to your text.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To create a new style: 1. Choose Text | Type. 2. In the Type palette, choose the paragraph and character formatting you want to use for the new style. 3. Click the Styles tab to bring it to the front. Example: Displays a sample of text with the current formatting settings applied. Description: Lists the current character or paragraph attributes. The C and ¶ icons toggle between descriptions of character and paragraph attributes. 4. Click Create. 5.
Canvas 12 User Guide Create Type Style dialog box Character or Paragraph Click a button to specify what kind of style you want to create. Based on If there are existing styles, choose a style name on which to base the new style. To disable this feature, choose None (see "Using style families" on page 608). Include Select the attributes to save as part of the style. You can include ink settings (fill and stroke attributes that have been applied to existing text) in character and paragraph styles.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography family; e.g., if you base ten styles on Body1, and later decide that you want Body1 (but not the whole family of styles) to be double spaced, you must first change the leading for Body1, then remove the leading setting from each of the other ten styles. Saving and loading type styles You can save type styles to files and then load them into other documents. This feature helps maintain consistency between documents, and lets you share type styles with other Canvas users.
Canvas 12 User Guide Using type styles Once you’ve created your document’s type styles, you can start applying them, modifying their attributes, and deleting them from the document. All these processes are done with the Type palette. Applying type styles You can apply type styles with the Type palette.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Create a “normal” type style. This will make it easy to revert formatted text to a basic style. When you apply the normal style, it will have the effect of removing or overriding other styles. Name styles by their function; e.g., a heading style might consist of boldface type. Rather than name this style “Bold,” name it “Heading,” or something that similarly describes its usage. This will make it easier to remember when to use which style. Always apply a style.
Canvas 12 User Guide To delete a style: 1. Click Delete on the Styles tab of the Type palette. 2. In the Delete Type Style dialog box, choose the style to delete from the Name menu. 3. Click OK. Applying character formatting Canvas gives you precise control over the appearance of each character. Set the font, type size, font style, kerning, capitalization style, scale, and baseline position using menu commands, Properties bar, or the Character tab of the Type palette.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Preventing changes to character attributes On the Character tab in the Type palette, you can lock the current font, type size, and font style to prevent accidental changes. This feature is especially useful when several people are using the same Canvas document. In addition, you can also use this feature to selectively exempt sections of text from global formatting changes. Once you lock a setting, no one can change it without first unlocking it.
Canvas 12 User Guide To enter edit mode using the Selection tool: With the Selection tool, double-click a text object. If you double-click on a word, the word becomes selected and is highlighted. The Text tool is selected, and you can begin typing or editing. To edit text bound to a path: With the Path Text tool or the Text tool, click the text. An insertion point appears in the bound text, and you can begin typing or editing. To leave text edit mode: Press Esc when you finish text editing.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Using the keyboard for text editing While editing text, use the key combinations listed in the following table to move the insertion point and select text.
Canvas 12 User Guide "Text edit mode" on page 613. Mouse actions for text editing To do this in text Do this with the pointer Select a continuous block of text Drag over the text you want to select Select all text between the insertion point and another location Press the Shift key and click where you want the selection to end. Windows users can use the right mouse button like the Shift key (hold down the right button and click with the left).
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To copy and paste selected text: When you copy selected text, you can create a new text object or insert the text into an existing text object. 1. Select the text you want to copy. 2. Choose Edit | Copy to copy the selection to the Clipboard. 3. Depending how you want to paste the selection, do one of the following: To paste text into an existing text object: Put the insertion point in the text where you want to paste the insertion.
Canvas 12 User Guide Finding and changing text Use the Text tab in the Find palette to search for specific text or characters in selected text objects and entire documents. You can replace or delete found text selections one at a time or all at once (see "Text search options" on page 619). The Text tab also lets you search for text with specific font, size, and style attributes, and change the attributes of found text. To find and change text: 1. Choose Edit | Find to open the Find palette.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To search for text attributes: 1. Click the arrow at the bottom-left corner of the Find palette. 2. In the Find Attributes section, select a font name from the font pop-up menu. Type a size (in points) or select a size from the size pop-up menu. Click the style buttons to set the styles you want. 3. In the Change Attributes To section, specify replacement attributes in the same way that you specify the Find attributes. 4.
Canvas 12 User Guide box and attributes specified in the Find Attributes area. Find Attributes The text attributes that you specify here tell Canvas what to search for. Click to display Attributes options. To search for a particular font, select the font name from the pop-up menu. To search for a type size, enter the size or select the size from the popup menu. To search for a type style, select a style button. You can select bold, italic, underline, outline, strikethrough, and shadow styles.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To set up automatic correction: 1. Choose Text | Spell Checker | Auto Correct. 2. In the Auto Correct manager, select the replacement options to use. 3. Click OK to implement the current settings. Setting up text replacement Specify abbreviations, common misspellings, and other text that you want Canvas to replace as you type. Use this feature to expand abbreviations for common phrases and long names that you type throughout a document: e.g.
Canvas 12 User Guide Inserting special characters and graphics in text Sometimes it is necessary to enter special typographic symbols into text. You can insert special characters using the command Text | Insert and the Character Map. To insert a symbol: 1. While in text edit mode, place the text I-beam at the location in which you wish to insert the symbol. 2. Choose Text | Insert. 3. Select a symbol from the submenu list and release the mouse. The selected symbol will automatically be inserted.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Text with an inserted picture Some text formatting features do not apply to inserted pictures. If you scale the surrounding text, an inserted picture does not distort or scale with the text. Spread and Overprint commands do not affect inserted pictures. Strokes or inks applied to the text don’t affect inserted pictures. Inserted pictures might not be imported from the Clipboard by other applications.
Canvas 12 User Guide 4. Click in the text where you want to insert the graphic. An insertion point appears where you click. 5. Choose Text | Insert Picture. The Clipboard contents appear at the insertion point.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography original in the Symbol Library palette, the inserted picture dynamic object will change to match the original. For example, you can use the Insert Picture command to place simple placeholder dynamic objects (such as small squares) where you want finished graphics to appear in text. When the final graphic is available, replace the placeholder dynamic object in the Symbol Library palette with the finished graphic.
Canvas 12 User Guide Showing and hiding unrecognized words Canvas marks words that it can’t find in either the Canvas Dictionary or the User Dictionary with a red wavy underline. Canvas can check spelling while you type or after you finish entering text. When Show Spelling Errors is active, Canvas checks the spelling of a word after you type it and press the Spacebar, tab, or deselect the text object. Canvas marks an unrecognized word with a red wavy underline.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Ignore Word: To ignore the spelling of the unrecognized word, click Ignore Word. If you choose Ignore Word, Canvas will ignore the word in any document until you quit Canvas. Cancel: To close the spelling menu without making any changes, choose Cancel or click outside the menu. Spell checking a selection or document Check the spelling of selected text, a selected text object, and an entire document using commands in the Spell Checker menu.
Canvas 12 User Guide Replace Click this button to replace the unrecognized word with the contents of the text box and continue to spell check the document. Add If Canvas doesn’t recognize a word that is actually spelled correctly, add the word to the User Dictionary so that Canvas recognizes it in future documents (see "Modifying the User Dictionary" on page 628). After saving the word, Canvas continues to spell check.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Importing text from other applications You can import text created in other applications into Canvas. This capability is especially useful if you are compiling documents from different applications into a Canvas layout; e.g., you might need to assemble a publication with contributions from several writers who each use different word processors. Canvas supports several methods for importing text.
Canvas 12 User Guide To place text using the same margins as the original file, click the Place icon in the document. If the file you are importing contains text only (no images or objects), you can also drag the Place pointer to simultaneously import and set margins for the text. However, if the file you want to import has images or objects, dragging the Place icon scales the text, images, and objects as a group.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography cases, such as rotated text, the export filters might rasterize the characters, and you will not be able to edit them as text. Always save a copy in Canvas format of files you want to export, in case the file conversion doesn’t give the results that you expected. To export text to other file formats: 1. Choose File | Save As. 2. In the Save as type menu, choose a file format. Type a name for the file, and then click Save.
Canvas 12 User Guide Applying inks and strokes You can apply the following attributes to one or more text objects, and to text selections. Fill ink An ink applied to the inside, as opposed to the outline, of the characters in a text object or text selection. You can also apply a fill ink with the Fill Ink icon in the Toolbox. Background ink An ink applied to the background of a text object or a text selection. Outline ink An ink applied to the stroke of text characters.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To apply a fill ink: 1. Select a text object, text characters, or place the insertion point in existing text. 2. Click on the Fill ink icon in the Properties bar and select an ink from the popup palette. Or, select an ink from the Fill Ink palette in the Toolbox. To apply a background ink: 1. Select a text object or text characters. 2. Click on the Background ink icon in the Properties bar and select an ink from the popup palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide Wrapping and repelling text Make text flow around or inside objects by using the Text | Wrap commands. Wrapping text inside an object When you wrap text inside a vector object, Canvas adjusts the text object’s margins so that text fits within the shape of the vector object. A text object can be wrapped inside only one object at a time. Canvas has two methods of wrapping text inside an object. Select an existing text object and a vector object and choose the Text | Wrap | Inside Shape.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To type new text inside an object: 1. Activate the Auto type into object preference (see "Setting preferences" on page 97 ). 2. Select a vector object. 3. Begin typing. Canvas adjusts margins so that text you type remains within the left and right borders of the object. If the object is too small to contain all the text you type, the text object extends below the object.
Canvas 12 User Guide An object with a repel setting repels all text. Move the object and it will repel text wherever you place it. You can apply repel settings to objects before any text has been created or placed in a document. You can also apply a repel setting to a text object to make it repel the text in other text objects. An object can repel text that is contained in text objects. A repel setting does not repel text that has been bound to a path with the Path Text tool or the Bind Text command.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography 3. Click Apply to view the effect of the current settings. Click OK to apply the settings and close the dialog box. To remove a repel setting: Select an object that you do not want to repel text. Choose Text | Wrap | Remove Wrap. Canvas removes the repel setting from the selected object. Binding text to vector objects Bind the baseline of text to the path of most types of vector objects. Canvas adjusts the vertical orientation of each character to match the path.
Canvas 12 User Guide This text is center-justified. The I-beam pointer (which appears after choosing the Bind Text command or the Path Text tool) determines where text binds. In the example, the pointer is clicked in the upper-right quadrant of the oval. The inset shows the bound text, centered around the point where the pointer was clicked. For open-ended objects, such as arcs, bound text initially flows in the direction the object was drawn.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography 2. Click where you want to start typing on the path. An insertion point appears. 3. Begin typing. The text aligns to the location where you placed the insertion point and follows the path of the object. Working with bound text Once you bind text, you can change its starting position, alignment, baseline position, and flow direction. In addition, you can edit the shape and location of the vector object to which text is bound, and Canvas will fit the text to the new path.
Canvas 12 User Guide Bind Position handles Handle Description Reverse Flow handle Click to switch the vertical orientation of type relative to the object path and reverse the flow direction. Alignment handle Drag to specify the point where you want type to align. For example, center-justified text will center around the location of this handle. Canvas spreads fulljustified text along the entire path or object starting at the location of the handle.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Changing the appearance of bound text Once you bind text to a path using the Path Text tool or Bind Text command, use the context menu to change the orientation of the text characters relative to the path, and to make the path visible or invisible. The bound text commands appear in the context menu when a bound text object is selected. To access the context menu: Select an object with bound text and right-click (see "Using context-sensitive menus" on page 46).
Canvas 12 User Guide To create a circular logo: 1. Create a circular object using the Oval tool and then two text objects. 2. Use the Path Text tool to create and bind the first text object. Then create the second text object and bind it to the vector object by using the Bind Text command. One text object is bound to the top of the circle, the other to the bottom of the circle. Text initially flows clockwise. 3. Clicking the Reverse Flow handle makes “FACTOR” flow counter-clockwise inside the circle.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To use text as a clipping path: 1. Position the text object in front of the object to be clipped, and then select both objects. 2. Choose Object | Clipping Path | Make. Text object in front of image object Clipping path appears filled with image object Applying vector effects to type Apply the following vector effects to text objects: Envelope, Extrude, Rotate, Freeform rotate and skew, Flip, Shadow, and Path editing.
Canvas 12 User Guide To freeform edit a text object: Select a text object. Choose Effects | Freeform. Drag a circular selection handle to rotate the text object, or a square handle to skew the text. To rotate a text object an exact amount: Choose Effects | Rotate | Other to open the Rotate dialog box. Specify the degree and center of rotation. Click Apply to see the effect of the settings, or click OK to accept the settings. This design consists of rotated (black) and skewed (color) type.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography Shadow effects In Canvas, when you apply a shadow to text, the shadow is a separate object that you can color, edit, and apply effects to independently of the original text object. By applying the right combination of effects, you can achieve oblique shadows and other lighting effects. Since Canvas creates a separate object for the shadow, changes to the original text object do not change the shadow.
Canvas 12 User Guide You cannot edit text after applying an envelope effect. however, you can apply an extrusion to an enveloped object. To edit the envelope of a text object: 1. Select a text object and choose Effects | Envelope. 2. Choose a type of envelope effect in the pop-up menu and click Apply. 3. Drag the envelope handles to reshape the text. Extruding text Extrude text and add lighting effects to make text appear three-dimensional.
Chapter 6: Text And Typography To extrude text: 1. Select a text object and choose Effects | Extrude to open the Extrude palette. 2. Choose Parallel in the menu. 3. Configure the settings and click Apply. 4. Use the extrusion handles to shape and rotate the text. Converting text to paths Canvas can create path outlines of characters so you can edit the shape of each character. Once you convert text to paths, Canvas treats the paths as objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide 2. Click the path to set the insertion point. Begin typing and the text follows the vector path. You can type multiple lines of text. To start a new line, press Enter at the end of the previous line. 3. When you finish typing, press Esc. The text object becomes selected. Vector path Flowing text As you type text on a path, if you reach the end, you can flow text to another path. Click the overset symbol at the end of the text object.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology
Canvas 12 User Guide SpriteEffects In Canvas, you could always modify objects with image-editing techniques — if you converted the objects to images; however, you lost the ability to edit vector paths and text. Also, applying filters and adjustments would change an image permanently. The Canvas SpriteEffects technology lets you apply image filters and adjustments to vector objects, images, text, and grouped objects.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Applying an effect Because many types of filters and adjustments can be applied through SpriteEffects, general procedures are given here. You can locate specific information for effects commands by looking up the commands in the index. When a vector or text object is selected, the SpriteEffects icon and SpriteEffects menu appear in the Properties bar. To apply an effect: 1. Select an object or a lens. 2.
Canvas 12 User Guide which are in the Object | SpriteEffects submenu. If an object is selected, its SpriteEffects settings are shown in the palette. When no object is selected, the controls in the palette are not available. To display the SpriteEffects palette: Do one of the following: Choose Window | Palettes | SpriteEffects. In the Properties bar, click the SpriteEffects icon. You can keep the palette open while you work or dock it on the Docking bar.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To show and hide effects: 1. Select the object whose effects you want to hide/show. 2. In the SpriteEffects palette, click the eye symbol to hide/show the effect. Hiding an effect temporarily removes the effect from the object. Showing an effect re-applies the effect to the selected object. To duplicate or remove effects: Use the SpriteEffects palette to duplicate or remove effects that have been applied to a selected object.
Canvas 12 User Guide To save effects: You can save effects that have been applied to an object as a set. After saving an effects set, you can apply the set to other objects. 1. Open the SpriteEffects palette. 2. Select an object or lens that has effects you want to save. 3. Choose Save Effects from the SpriteEffects palette menu. 4. In the dialog box, enter a name and select a location to save the effects set. 5. Click Save to save the set in a file. To apply saved effects: 1.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Detaching and attaching SpriteEffects The Detach and Attach commands transfer filters and adjustments between objects and lenses. Detach: Removes effects from a selected object and applies the effects to a new lens that is the same size as the object’s bounding box. Attach: Applies effects from a lens directly to an object. Attaching is a way to apply multiple effects to an object at once.
Canvas 12 User Guide The Mode option is used for rendering all the effects applied to an object; e.g., if you choose Grayscale, the object and effects applied to it will appear in gray shades on screen and when the object is printed or exported. Select a mode that is appropriate for the medium you use. RGB is best for Web graphics, screen display, and output to a film recorder. CMYK is appropriate for process-color printing and color separations for commercial printing.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Noise applied to vector graphic Mask on Mask off For a built-in effect, Canvas uses the best selection mask setting. For third-party effects, you might need to change the mask setting for the best results. Blur effects usually require the selection mask to be off, so the blur can extend beyond the outline of an object. Other effects look best when they are based on a selection; e.g., a flame effect will cover an entire bounding box if the selection mask is off.
Canvas 12 User Guide outline. Also, if text characters extend outside the text object border, an effect applied to the text could be cut off. If you make the effects area smaller than an object’s bounding box, the object and the effects will be cropped by the effects area border. To size the effects area automatically: 1. Select the object whose effects area you want to adjust. 2. In the SpriteEffects palette, click the smart-crop icon. 3. Click OK when the prompt appears.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology 1. Select the object whose effects area you want to adjust. 2. In the SpriteEffects palette, choose Size of Effects Area from the palette menu. 3. In the Effect Dimensions dialog box, do one of the following: Set the size of the effects area by entering the distance from the rulers’ zero point to the left, top, right, and bottom sides of the effects area rectangle. Click a button to enlarge ( ) or reduce ( ) the size of the effects area.
Canvas 12 User Guide In the SpriteEffects palette, select the Lens check box. The object becomes a lens and remains selected. To copy a lens object: 1. Select the lens object to be copied. 2. Do one of the following: Choose Edit | Copy, then Edit | Paste. Choose Edit | Duplicate. Setting lens magnification You can set the magnification level of a lens so objects appear magnified (or reduced) in the lens. The default lens effect is normal (100%) magnification.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To set magnification: 1. Select the lens object. 2. Do one of the following: In the Properties bar, enter the magnification value in the Lens Mag text box. In the SpriteEffects palette, enter the magnification value in the Mag text box. Lens object settings (Properties bar) Lens X/Y If Absolute is selected, these settings refer to the distance from the rulers’ zero point to the viewpoint.
Canvas 12 User Guide Setting a lens viewpoint The viewpoint of a lens is a point in the document that appears in the lens. The default viewpoint is at the center of the lens, so the lens displays whatever is directly behind it. You can move the viewpoint of a lens to make any location appear in the lens, which is useful for displaying close-ups of illustrations. The center of a lens is focused on the lens viewpoint. If you move the viewpoint, the new location appears centered in the lens object.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To reset a viewpoint: 1. Select the lens object. 2. In the SpriteEffects palette, click the Reset button to reset the viewpoint to the center of the lens object. This resets the location values to 0, 0 if Relative is selected. If Absolute is selected, the location is measured from the rulers’ zero point to the lens center. Absolute and relative viewpoints An absolute viewpoint is set at a specific location in a document and does not move.
Canvas 12 User Guide 1. Select the lens object and choose a viewpoint. 2. In the Properties bar, click the Advanced button. 3. In the SpriteEffects palette, select Create Object at ViewPoint from the palette menu. You can modify the inks and strokes of the new object and also apply any vector effect. Lenses and stacking order The view through a lens depends on the stacking order of the lens, as well as the position of the viewpoint.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To freeze a lens: 1. Select the lens object. 2. In the SpriteEffects palette, select the Frozen check box. 3. Deselect the Frozen check box to show the new viewpoint. Sharing documents with SpriteEffects Since SpriteEffects are “live” effects that can be edited and updated, there are a few issues to consider if you plan to share documents that contain SpriteEffects.
Canvas 12 User Guide Save a document in an image file format, such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, or TIFF. Canvas renders the document as an image before saving the file. SpriteLayer effects SpriteLayer effects let you apply transparency to objects and text. You can use SpriteLayer transparency to create collages, Web graphics, layered illustrations, “ghosted” text, vignettes, and texturing. Using the Transparency palette The Transparency palette is a control center for SpriteLayer effects.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Transparency palette options Options for opacity, transfer mode, scope, and masks appear in the Transparency palette. When an object is selected, the Transparency palette displays the object’s opacity and transfer mode. Opacity Drag the slider or enter a percentage to set the opacity of a selected object. Scope Set the transparency scope for a selected vector object. Transfer Mode Select a transfer mode. This is the method for blending a color with the background color.
Canvas 12 User Guide Opacity affects the overall transparency of an object, so the Opacity slider is a master control for all transparency effects applied to an object. For example, you can use a channel mask to make an oval vignette from a photograph. At the edge of the oval, the photograph becomes completely transparent. If you then reduce the opacity, the visible part of the image becomes partly transparent.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To set the opacity of an object: You can use either the Opacity slider in the Properties bar or Transparency palette. 1. Select the object whose opacity you want to change. 2. Drag the Opacity slider to the left to decrease opacity; drag to the right to increase opacity. The opacity percentage appears at the right of the slider. To set opacity for multiple objects: Use the Opacity slider in the Properties bar to set the opacity for more than one object.
Canvas 12 User Guide Consider a group of three objects whose opacities are 30%, 60%, and 100%. If you set the opacity of the group object to 50%, the opacities of the individual objects will appear to be 15%, 30%, and 50% relative to the background. If you ungroup the objects, their opacities will be restored to 30%, 60%, and 100%. Controlling the scope of transparency effects All vector objects have scope settings that control what parts of the objects are affected by transparency.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To set an object’s transparency scope: 1. Select a vector object. 2. Select a Scope option in the Properties bar or Transparency palette: To apply transparency effects to the entire object: Select Fill & Stroke. To apply transparency effects to the object’s fill ink only: Select Fill. Transparency masks Transparency masks let you create complex transparency effects. You can use transparency masks with vector, paint, text, and group objects.
Canvas 12 User Guide To turn off the transparency preview: Press the Asterisk (*) key, or choose Hide Transparency Preview in the context menu. To restore the transparency preview: Choose Show Transparency Preview in the context menu. If you don’t choose the command, Canvas restores the preview setting each time you leave edit mode. To set the Transparency preview: Choose File | Configuration Center. Open the Screen Rendering manager and select an option in the Transparency area.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Transparency effect Like an alpha channel in a paint object, a channel mask is basically a grayscale image. Channel masks can be edited using image-editing tools and techniques, similar to alpha channels. You can think of a channel mask as a template for transparency. The channel mask is the same size as the masked object and is aligned with it. In the case of a paint object, the channel mask has the same resolution and number of pixels as the paint object.
Canvas 12 User Guide Masked object Keep in mind that an object’s appearance can be affected by its transfer mode, scope setting, and opacity, in addition to a channel mask. Changing the transfer mode can completely change the appearance of an object that has a channel mask (see "Using transfer modes" on page 685). Creating channel masks You can create a blank channel mask, or create a channel mask from a paint object.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology 3. The object appears in channel mask edit mode, with the object visible and the channel mask selected. You can edit the channel mask with painting tools (see "Editing channel masks" on page 676). 4. Press Esc to leave edit mode when you finish. When you create a new channel mask, the channel is filled with white pixels. At this point, the channel mask produces no transparency because white pixels in the channel mask produce 0% transparency in the masked object.
Canvas 12 User Guide If the paint object and the object to be masked aren’t the same size, Canvas scales the image of the paint object to fit the masked object. A channel mask created from a paint object is the same as any channel mask. You can edit it the same as if you created a blank channel mask. Like any other channel mask, a channel mask created from a paint object produces transparency relative to its gray values.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology To edit a channel mask: 1. Select the masked object. 2. Choose Object | SpriteLayers | Edit Channel Mask. The masked object appears in channel mask edit mode. In this mode, the channel mask is active and the object is also visible. You can paint in the channel or modify it to change the transparency of the underlying object. 3. Press Esc to leave edit mode when you finish editing. The object remains selected.
Canvas 12 User Guide When you detach a channel mask, Canvas converts the channel mask to a paint object and places it in the document. The paint object includes the alpha channels from the masked object if it had alpha channels. Vector masks A vector mask creates a transparency effect based on a style of gradient ink, such as radial or rectangular. You can choose the style when you apply a vector mask, or you can apply an existing vector object as a vector mask.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology you examine this object, you see that it has a vector gradient. The gradient style is similar to the vector mask style. The vector gradient fades from black to white in the same way that the vector mask caused the masked object to fade from transparent to opaque. The relationship between vector masks and vector gradients also works in reverse; use a vector gradient-filled object as a vector mask (see "Masking with a vector object" on page 681).
Canvas 12 User Guide To create a vector mask: 1. Select a text, paint, vector, or group object to mask. 2. Select a Vector Transparency tool. These tools are in the Transparency tools palette. Select the tool for the style of vector mask you want to apply: Radial, Directional, Rectangular, or Elliptical. 3. Drag the tool near or over the selected object. As you drag, a vector line or shape appears, which represents the position of the vector transparency effect. 4.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology 3. To adjust the effect, drag the handles to reposition the transparency vector. When you finish, press Esc to leave edit mode. To set the vector mask scope: When you apply a vector mask to a vector object, the mask affects the vector object’s fill ink or its fill ink and stroke (pen ink). To change the effect, change the Scope option in the Properties bar or Transparency palette (see "Controlling the scope of transparency effects" on page 670).
Canvas 12 User Guide mask. 2. Drag the vector mask editing handles to adjust the position and boundaries of the vector mask. 3. Press Esc when you finish editing. Editing values in the Transparency palette Change values in the Transparency palette to make precise changes to a vector mask. When you change the mask settings, Canvas updates the mask handles to match the current position values. To edit a vector mask via the Transparency palette: 1.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Adding nodes The default handles that appear in vector mask edit mode indicate the start and end points of the transparency gradient. For a directional mask (the most basic style), a hollow handle represents the point of 100% transparency, and the solid handle represents the point of 100% opacity. When a vector mask is in edit mode, you can add nodes to set additional opacity levels.
Canvas 12 User Guide Setting node opacity Directional Rectangular When you edit rectangular or elliptical vector mask styles, add nodes to the horizontal vector that joins the inner box (which represents the area of 100% opacity) to the object’s bounding box. When you edit radial mask styles, you can add nodes to the circle, which represents the 360° sweep of the mask. Removing a vector mask Removing a vector mask from an object removes the transparency effect produced by the mask. 1.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology Click Cancel to return to editing the paint object without destroying the vector mask. Click Yes if you want Canvas to convert the vector mask to a channel mask that can be edited with painting tools (see "Editing channel masks" on page 510). Using transfer modes All objects—vector objects, text objects, paint objects, and group objects— have transfer modes, which are like invisible filters that affect the appearance of colors.
Canvas 12 User Guide Overlay: A front object’s color overlays colors in the background, while preserving highlights and shadows. White and black in the background are not affected. Soft Light: Underlying colors are lightened or darkened depending on the brightness of the front color. Colors in front that are lighter than 50% gray lighten the underlying object. Colors in front that are darker than 50% gray darken the underlying object.
Chapter 7: Sprite Technology In particular, you must display transfer mode effects in CMYK if the document will be separated for printing with process (CMYK) colors. Otherwise, the color separations could produce colors that are completely different from the colors you see on screen. For an example of this effect, draw several overlapping objects with different colors. Set the transfer mode of the front object to Difference (see "Available transfer modes" on page 685). Choose Layout | Display Options.
Canvas 12 User Guide If a transparent paint object overlaps other paint objects, Canvas rasterizes all the objects at the same resolution as the paint object that has the highest resolution. If a vector object is transparent or is behind a transparent object, Canvas rasterizes the vector object at the resolution specified for printing. You can set the resolution for printing in the Output Settings manager in the Configuration Center (see "Setting preferences" on page 97).
Chapter 8: Multimedia
Canvas 12 User Guide Designing for the Web Canvas is an ideal tool for creating graphics and layouts for the World Wide Web. This section explores how to prepare graphics and documents for publishing on the Web or an Intranet. It includes information on hyperlinks, slices, animations, Web buttons, and exporting to PDF and Flash.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Text selections and entire text objects. Buttons and animations. To prevent unintended changes, you can’t assign URLs to objects on locked layers, pages, or slides. You must unlock these items prior to making changes. Using the Link Manager palette With the Link Manager palette, you can assign hyperlinks to page elements so they jump to files or Web pages on the Internet, a local hard drive, or an Intranet.
Canvas 12 User Guide Link Manager palette Link Manager menu Open this menu to define an anchor or select an anchor. Prefixes Click the radio button to select a hyperlink protocol or command from the Link drop-down list. http://www. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A Web address starts with http, followed by the Internet address, path, and name of a Web page; e.g., http://www.acdsystems.com/English/index.htm http:// Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
Chapter 8: Multimedia file list. To link to Web pages, be sure to select files that have the htm extension. Title Enter a descriptive title for the link. Once published online, when you hover over the link, the Title appears like a tool tip. Target Decide how the link will appear in the browser window. The target is the frame in which the linked content will open. Select one of the following: _top: The linked document loads in the full browser window. All frames are removed.
Canvas 12 User Guide Apply Click this button to apply the link to the selected element. Remove Select a link and click this button to delete the link. Creating hyperlinks and anchors To assign a hyperlink to an element: 1. In your document, select the element that will contain the hyperlink. You can assign hyperlinks to elements such as text, or vector or image objects. 2. In the Link Manager palette, enter the hyperlink in the Link field, or click the Open File button to search for a file. 3.
Chapter 8: Multimedia 3. In the Anchors dialog box, enter a name for the anchor in the Define a new Anchor field. 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. The defined anchor will appear in the Link drop-down list in the Link Manager palette when the Anchors radio button is selected. If you redefine an anchor, make sure you select the Replace existing anchor check box. If it is deselected and you use the name of an existing anchor, a warning dialog box appears. To create a link to an anchor: 1.
Canvas 12 User Guide With page links, you would generally select _ self for the Target since internal links should open in the current window. 5. Click the Apply button. To remove a page link: 1. In your document, select the element that contains the link to a page. In the Link Manager palette, the hyperlink appears in the Link field. 2. Click the Remove button. Canvas creates links among pages using file names rather than complete URLs.
Chapter 8: Multimedia To test a hyperlink: 1. Select the Hyperlink pointer from the Toolbox. 2. Move the cursor over an object that contains a hyperlink. The cursor changes to a hand. 3. Click the hand on the object and the associated program launches; e.g., Web browser, email program. About file locations and URLs In most cases, Web files are created on one computer and transferred to a Web server that is connected to the Internet.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can enter a relative path or a complete URL in the Link field. When you use the Browse button in the Link Manager palette, Canvas can enter a relative path or a complete URL. Creating PDF hotspots In Canvas you can create hotspot links for selected areas of a graphic. For example, if you wanted to use a graphic for navigation between the pages, you could add hotspots to the graphic so that users can jump from page to page in the PDF.
Chapter 8: Multimedia The hotspot link is deleted, but the hotspot object remains so that you can enter a new hotspot link. To delete a hotspot: 1. Select the hotspot object. 2. Choose Object | Unlock. 3. Press the Delete key. The hotspot object and link are deleted. To print hotspots: 1. Select the hotspots you want to print. 2. Choose Object | Unlock. 3. Choose Window | Palettes | Document Layout. 4. In the Document Layout palette, set the hotspot objects to Printable.
Canvas 12 User Guide We suggest that you preview your work in a browser to ensure that your document will appear correctly. Also, remember that an image may appear differently when it is viewed on other platforms. Slice Creator Slice Selector The tools that you need to use are the Slice Creator and the Slice Selector. The creation and manipulation of slices can only be accomplished when either of these two tools are activated.
Chapter 8: Multimedia choice. The Splitting preference remains in effect for all overlapping slices. Changing this preference affects all existing (overlapping) slices, but not those that are hard-split using the Split command. Default image options Image format: Automatic: Canvas chooses the file format for images (see "How images are handled" on page 718). JPEG or GIF: Select either option to save all images in one format or the other. JPEG Quality: Best: least compression (100% quality).
Canvas 12 User Guide Using the Slice Creator The Slice Creator tool gives you the ability to actually create a rectangular (horizontal or vertical) Slice box; i.e., you can define the area of the object that is to be sliced. Select the Slice Creator icon. Slice Creator cursor appears as a (+) plus sign. At this point, manually slice each desired area by clicking and dragging your mouse over the image. The Slice box contains a yellow transparent fill and has a red outline.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Each yellow-shaded box represents a sliced area. Using the Slice Selector Once you have sliced the image, you may need to edit and move it. To do this, select the Slice Selector tool. The Slice Selector tool allows you to select, move, resize, copy, or delete the slice. You also have the option to both Undo and Redo any of the previously mentioned procedures. Slices can’t be rotated or skewed.
Canvas 12 User Guide Certain slice properties are available in the Properties bar when a slice is selected. Slice properties Change slice’s index to Change the index of any selected slice. This function could be necessary if the index is part of the slice’s name when using either the ‘#’ or ‘&’ formatting symbol. It is available only if one slice has been selected. First select the Change slices index to box. Enter either a number or choose one of the existing indices available in the menu.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Alt text: assigned alternative text won’t take effect until it is exported to HTML. Some browsers display alternative text by default while the image is being downloaded. Alt text may have up to 64 characters and does not have to be in ASCII format. Image title: A title will take effect only if it is exported to HTML. By default, a browser will display the title as either a tool tip or on the status bar when you move the cursor above the image.
Canvas 12 User Guide Slice operations context menu The context menu can only be accessed if the Slice Selector tool is selected. Some of the commands are available only if they are relevant to the context of the current situation. To open the slice operations context menu: Right-click the Slice Selector tool on a slice. Select this slice: selects the slice at the cursor’s current position. Deselect this slice: Deselects a slice if it is the only one selected.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Arrangement commands: Will arrange selected slices in a certain order: Shuffle Up, Shuffle Down, Bring to Front, Bring to Back (see "Arranging objects in the stacking order" on page 180). Exporting slices Once you have finished slicing your work, you can export the images (GIFs or JPEGs). You can also create an HTML file with a table that contains all of the images. The options to perform these functions are available in the Slicer Export Options dialog box.
Canvas 12 User Guide invalid characters are encoded so that the HTML output will always be valid. Force default image options If this option is turned on, then the individual image parameters will be overwritten by the Slicer’s default options. This image setting is temporary and will not affect parameters of individual slices. See "HTML options" on page 715 for the image options, which are Image format, JPEG quality, and Anti-aliasing.
Chapter 8: Multimedia When you create a button, you can use a separate object or image for each of the button’s states. Dynamic Web buttons may also be referred to as rollovers. All vector or text objects to be used as Web buttons must have a pen ink and fill ink. Objects that have the pen and fill inks set to “none” can’t be dragged into the Web Buttons palette. Web Buttons palette Double-click the Web Button tool to open the Web Buttons palette.
Canvas 12 User Guide To modify a Web button’s state: Drag the object from the Up, Over, or Down box into the document. Modify the object and drag it back into its respective box. Store the updated button and place a copy in your document. You can’t edit a button’s attributes, such as pen ink, fill ink, and stroke. To test Web buttons: Before storing a new button, test it in the Web Buttons palette (see "Web Buttons palette" on page 709).
Chapter 8: Multimedia To place additional Web buttons: To place copies of the same button, use the Web button tool again or select the first button and choose Edit | Duplicate to create duplicates. To resize Web buttons: Select the placed Web button and drag a handle to resize its bounding rectangle. To attach a URL to a Web button: Use the Link Manager palette to link buttons to other HTML files or URLs (see "Using the Link Manager palette" on page 691).
Canvas 12 User Guide To add buttons to the palette: Choose Append Buttons from the menu. Select a button file and click Open. Working with animated GIFs Animations are an attractive visual element that can be added to a Web site. The flexibility in Canvas allows you to create animated GIFs. Creating animations Create animated GIFs in Canvas by assembling images within an Animation document and then saving the file as an animated GIF.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Custom: Choose this option to display any number of frames adjacent to the current frame. Enter the number of frames to display. When onion-skinning is active, names of the displayed frames are tinted in the layout list. Exporting an animated GIF Once you’ve created your animation, it is time to export it as an animated GIF. You should save your file first in Canvas format (.CVX). To save as animated GIF: 1. Choose File | Save As. 2. Select GIF Animated as the file type. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide Optimize frames This feature minimizes the size of a file that will be created. We recommend this setting if you are working with colorful GIFs or pictures. The Optimize frame setting has no effect on simple graphics, like rectangles, ovals etc. Differential frames This option searches for the smallest frame possible in the set that contains all of the changes from a previous frame. After the search, it creates a new rectangle which becomes the new frame.
Chapter 8: Multimedia 4. In the HTML Options dialog box, select options for saving the Web pages (see "HTML options" on page 715). 5. Click OK to save them. HTML options General options Create new folder: Organizes files for a Web page by placing them in a new folder in the specified location. The name that you enter when you are saving a Web page is used for the folder’s name. Put images in subfolder: Creates a subfolder for the image files.
Canvas 12 User Guide CSS2 (Cascading Style Sheet): Graphics and text objects will be positioned using the “absolute position” property (defined by the CSS2 specification). In this mode, objects can overlap each other without the need for you to render them. Some browsers have problems dealing with CSS2 format. Only Internet Explorer 4.x + (as well as AOL 4+) and Netscape Navigator 6.x can support CSS2 layout without problems.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Text options Render Text: Rendering converts text objects to images to ensure that text appears the same on the Web. Rendered text can’t be selected as text on a Web page. Automatically: Canvas decides when to render text. Always Never: Preserve all text as text objects. Image options Image format: Automatic: Canvas chooses the file format for images (see "How images are handled" on page 718). JPEG or GIF: Select either option to save all images in one format or the other.
Canvas 12 User Guide Metatags When Canvas creates an HTML file from a document, it uses metatags in the HTML file header to include data entered in the document Properties dialog box. This data includes information such as Title, Subject Keywords, Author, and Category from the fields on the Summary tab in the Document Properties dialog box. To add metatags to a document: Choose File | Properties and click the Summary tab. Enter any keywords in the fields.
Chapter 8: Multimedia EXIF extension (JPEG) EXIF is the abbreviation for Exchangeable Image File, a format that is a standard for storing interchange information in digital images using JPEG compression. Almost all new digital cameras use the EXIF annotation, storing information on the image such as shutter speed, exposure compensation, F number, what metering system was used, if a flash was used, ISO number, date and time the image was taken, whitebalance, auxiliary lenses that were used, and resolution.
Canvas 12 User Guide 5. Select an anti-aliasing method to smooth the edges of objects that Canvas renders for export. Coarse uses the least number of colors and Finest uses the most. Exporting as a Flash file Canvas provides compatibility for designing Web content to be used in a Flash®-enabled Web site. As a result, all Canvas documents can be saved in the .SWF format. To save a Flash file: 1. After completing your document, choose File | Save As. 2.
Chapter 8: Multimedia This option may make the export process slower. Image options This feature allows you to choose an image format that will be applied to the original Canvas file when exported as an .SWF file. Image format: JPEG: Produces well compressed images. Loss of data may have an impact on image quality. LossLess: Does not affect the quality, but the compression ratio is usually lower than using .JPEG.
Canvas 12 User Guide Save these settings as default Select this option if you wish to save these settings as the default for all subsequent SWF files. Exporting as PDF You can export Canvas documents to the Portable Document File (PDF) format. Canvas has the ability to apply security settings and embed fonts, and halftone settings. A specific color mode is also available so that it may be applied to all PDF objects. Also, the whole file can be compressed by the PDF export filter. To export to PDF: 1.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Embed font subsets: Select this option to embed subsets of all TrueType and PostScript (Type1) fonts. Click the Settings button to view the various font embedding options (see "Embedding font subsets" on page 724). Current page only: Select this option to export the current page. Create PDF layers: Select this option to export the document layers in the PDF. If not selected, all objects export on one layer. If a layer is hidden, that layer will not export.
Canvas 12 User Guide Transparency Use the Render and Color mode options to decide how colors of a transparent object are rendered (see "Transparency settings" on page 725). Specify halftone settings Select halftone information to store inside the PDF. If no settings specified, custom halftone information isn’t applied to a document. The halftone setting of the output device isn’t used when printing your PDF (see "Halftone settings" on page 725).
Chapter 8: Multimedia Embed all fonts: Select this option to embed all fonts. Embed all fonts except standard PS fonts: Select this option to embed only the fonts that are not standard postscript fonts. Embed all fonts except these: Select this option if you want exclude specific fonts from being embedded. Embed none but these fonts: Select this option to specify which fonts should be embedded. For the last two options, click the Add fonts button if you don’t find the font in the list.
Canvas 12 User Guide Shape: Specifies the shape of the halftone dots. Each shape is defined by a simple function as is described in the PDF (and PostScript) documentation. LPI and Angle: Specifies the halftone grid. Lines Per Inch (LPI) defines the density of the grid, while Angle defines orientation of the grid. Transition effects Canvas can embed presentation slide transition effects within PDF files.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Canvas Acrobat CHECKERS Glitter (0 degrees) CASCADE Glitter (270 degrees) CROSS CUT Glitter (315 degrees) Other effects: Canvas Acrobat CLOCK Dissolve BUBBLES Dissolve SPEED BOX Dissolve STAR BURST Dissolve Timing In Canvas, the duration of an effect can be set on a scale that goes from ‘min’ to ‘max’. That settings will be used in a PDF as a time that goes from 0.5 seconds up to 4.0 seconds.
Canvas 12 User Guide Unicode text each title may contain any letter that is supported by your current locale. Using Multiple Master PostScript fonts The PDF Export filter can’t embed Multiple Master fonts. If a Multiple Master font is used in a document, the PDF filter exports all standard properties of the font; however, it will not embed the actual data of the font, regardless of the current setting in the PDF Export dialog box.
Chapter 8: Multimedia Slide Show palette options Fit to screen Reduces or enlarges the document’s slides so they fit within the screen area of the system used to play the slide show. Canvas calculates a scaling factor based on the size of the system’s monitor and the resolution setting. Loop Causes the slide show to play continuously until you interrupt it. When Canvas reaches the end of the document, it begins the slide show from the first slide.
Canvas 12 User Guide speaker notes. To create a slide show and have access to the Slide Show palette, ensure that you select Presentation as the document type. To view the speaker notes while showing the slide show, your presentation must be in .CVX format. You must also select Show Speaker Notes in the Slide Show palette. To create speaker notes: 1. Select the Speaker Notes tool. The cursor changes to a crosshair. 2. Click the crosshair in the slide area.
Chapter 8: Multimedia 3. Click the Play button. The slide show appears on the left side of the screen and the Speaker Notes on the right side. Displaying a slide show on two monitors In order to use this function, you must have the necessary hardware to support two monitors. Refer to your system documentation. If using two monitors, Canvas displays the slide show on the full screen of the primary monitor. The slide show and speaker notes are shown in normal view on the secondary monitor.
Canvas 12 User Guide Remember to first save your presentation as a Canvas file so you can make changes to the original file and view the presentation on either platform. 6. Choose File | Save As to open the Save As dialog box. 7. Enter a name in the File Name field. 8. Select either .CVX or Canvas Slide Show (.EXE) for the file format. 9. Click Save. Viewing slide shows Canvas Presentations that are saved as Canvas files (.CVX) can be viewed within Canvas.
Chapter 8: Multimedia 1. To run the program, locate the application (.EXE). 2. Then double-click the icon or right-click and select Open from the context menu. The slide show will open. 3. Now right-click on the screen to access the Slide Player menu. This gives you various options for playing back your slide show using your mouse and keyboard. Quit: Exits the slide show. Next Slide: Advances to the next slide. Previous Slide: Goes back one slide. First Slide: Goes to the beginning of the slide show.
Chapter 9: Seismic Data
Canvas 12 User Guide Seismic data The global energy marketplace is a continually transforming one where sometimes change is the only thing that remains constant. In order to stay at the forefront, companies have to keep up with the latest technologies and develop the best strategies. Not only is this the case for oil and gas companies, but also for the companies that provide services and products to this specific industry.
Chapter 9: Seismic Data %: Select a percentage for scaling the incoming file. Object Clipping Clip Only If Necessary: This option eliminates clipping rectangles if they do not clip any of the objects assigned to them.
Canvas 12 User Guide Seismic Traces palette Geologists and earth scientists often have to use seismic files in their studies and various reports. The Seismic Traces palette was designed to allow professionals to examine traces in imported CGM files. To perform any operations on Seismic Trace objects they must be selected. If Seismic Trace objects are grouped, they have to be ungrouped. To open the Seismic Traces palette: Choose Window | Palettes | Seismic Traces.
Chapter 9: Seismic Data Wiggle options The Seismic Traces palette offers a range of ways to visualize wiggles. The Wiggle options section contains the following controls: Lobes: For both positive and negative lobes, you can hide them, reverse them, and assign them a color. Wiggle resampling: Select a resampling method from the menu, Current, Linear approximation, or Replicate points.
Canvas 12 User Guide Dense plot displayed without adjusted accuracy (at zoom 50%) Same fragment with adjusted accuracy(at zoom 50%) Background options Another way of visualizing seismic data can be accomplished by creating a background image in which color is directly derived from the data. The image representation of the data is created by assigning colors to maximum, minimum, and 0 value of the data.
Chapter 9: Seismic Data If the majority of the data is concentrated within a narrow range of values as compared to the full data range between maximum and minimum data values, the image created will appear blank since the data will be assigned only a few colors from the available spectrum. If this occurs, you can obtain the histogram of data contained in the traces and then set a window of values within which image colors will be scaled.
Canvas 12 User Guide You can also set the limits by dragging sliders beneath the histogram. In the image to the left, the window limits have been set at -10.5 and 10.5. The resulting image will look much more vivid.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis
Canvas 12 User Guide Data acquisition, visualization and analysis Canvas has the ability to accurately measure, analyze, and export digital images that may contain up to 32 bits per channel of data. Specialized imaging instrumentation within the medical, geological, and other related scientific industries often creates image or data files that may contain more than 16 bits of data per grayscale channel.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis File Version: Select either Default, DICOM v.3, or DICOM v.2 (NEMA). Image Structure: Select either Default, Little Endian, or Big Endian. Window Center/Width: This option allows you to adjust the level settings of the image so you can optimize image contrast upon import for improved image analysis. Select None from the menu if you want no level setting adjustment. Select Default to use the values within the image itself.
Canvas 12 User Guide Raw Image Export Options dialog box (binary) Image Specs This section indicates the color mode, image size, and color depth. Binary options Output: For 8-bit and 16-bit images, this menu is disabled and only indicates the color depth shown in the Image Specs section. For images with a color depth of FP-32 bits/channel, you can select the output depth. Channels order: Select either Interleaved or Planar. These options are disabled if grayscale is selected as the color mode.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Raw Image Export Options dialog box (text) Image Specs This section indicates the color mode, image size, and color depth. Text options Format: Select from Comma delimited, Tab delimited, Space delimited, Colon delimited, or Semicolon delimited. Output: For 8-bit and 16-bit images, this menu is disabled and only indicates the color depth shown in the Image Specs section. For images with a color depth of FP-32 bits/channel, you can select the output depth.
Canvas 12 User Guide Raw Image Import Options dialog box Input Data Canvas normally detects the appropriate option. You can select either radio button. Image specs Mode: Select the color mode for the image: Grayscale, RGB, BGR, CMYK, LAB, or Multichannel. Source: Select the source image type: 8 Bits/Channel, 16 Bits/Channel, 16 Bits/Channel signed, or Float-32 Bits/Channel. Target: Select the target image type: 8 Bits/Channel, 16 Bits/Channel, or Float-32 Bits/Channel.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Regarding 16-bit and floating point (32-bit) images, various image filters and adjustment commands are available (see "Available filters and adjustment commands" on page 749). Image modes If you are working with various image types and need to determine or convert images, choose Image | Mode. 8 Bits/Channel: Indicates an 8-bit image. If working with 16-bit or 32-bit images, select this option to convert to an 8-bit image. 16 Bits/Channel: Indicates a 16-bit image.
Canvas 12 User Guide Dilate The Dilate command enlarges objects that are darker than the background adding pixels to the edges of black objects. Original image Image with Dilate filter applied Erode The Erode command reduces the size of objects that are darker than the background.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Original image Image with Erode filter applied Make Binary The Make Binary command converts a grayscale image, or the current selection, to values of either 0 or 255 so that you can apply a binary command to the image. Close The Close command is a combination of the Dilate and Erode commands. When selected, the filter first performs a dilation and then the erosion. The goal of the filter is to smooth objects by filling in gaps in the image.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original image Image with Close filter applied Open The Open filter, a combination of the Erode and Dilate commands, is used to smooth objects and eliminate isolated pixels. When applied, the Erode filter is first performed, followed by the Dilate command.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Outline Select this command and all black objects will be represented by a one-pixel wide outline. Original image Image with Outline filter applied Skeletonize When this command is applied to 8-bit grayscale images, pixels are removed from the edges of objects until the edges consist of single pixel-wide skeletons.
Canvas 12 User Guide Distance Map When applied, this filter creates an Euclidean distance map (EDM). The result of the command is that every black pixel is replaced with a gray value that is equivalent to the black pixel’s distance from the closest white pixel. Original image Image with Distance Map filter applied Ultimate Points This filter is used on images to which the Distance Map filter has been applied to find the Ultimate Eroded Points (UEPs) of the Distance Map.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Scientific filters Canvas features scientific filters that can be used to analyze 8-bit, 16-bit, and floating point (32-bit) images. See "Available filters and adjustment commands" on page 749 to verify which scientific filter is available for the various image types. To access the Scientific filters: Choose Image | Filter | Scientific. Arithmetic The Arithmetic Filter contains commands that add (subtract, multiply, etc.
Canvas 12 User Guide Operation Explanation Maximum Pixels in the image with a value greater than the specified constant are replaced by the value. Square root Destination pixel is equal to the square root of source pixel. Square Destination pixel is equal to the square of source pixel. Gamma Applies the function f(p) = (p/255)^gamma*255 to each pixel (p) in the image or selection, where 0.1 <= gamma <= 5.0. For RGB images, this function is applied to all three color channels.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Using the Colorize filter New filter Click on this icon to start a new filter. The default values are 0 to 100. Value range Enter the minimum and maximum in the scroll boxes. Deselect the Absolute values check box to use percentages for the range. Select it for actual values (floating point 32 images). Color palette Assign a color to the value range. Select the Gradient option to access both color palettes and view the distribution of the minimum/maximum range.
Canvas 12 User Guide To delete a filter: 1. Select the filter in the Edit box. 2. Click the trash can icon. To save a setting: 1. Define the filters as indicated previously. 2. Click on the menu icon. 3. Select Save settings. 4. In the dialog box, enter a name for the setting. You can save an unlimited number of settings. To load a setting: 1. Click on the menu icon. 2. Select Load settings. 3. Choose a setting.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Operation Explanation Maximum Pixels in the image with a value greater than the specified constant are replaced by the value. Or Performs a bitwise OR operation on a source pixel and an argument. And Performs a bitwise AND operation on a source pixel and an argument. Xor Performs a bitwise XOR operation on a source pixel and an argument. Average Applies the function Result = (img1+img2)/2 to each pixel in the image or selection.
Canvas 12 User Guide Original image 1st operand: Green Operation: Xor 2nd operand: Red Scale: 2.0 Offset: 0.0 Result: Green To apply the Image Math filter to multiple images: 760 1. Select the images. 2. Apply the filter by choosing Image | Filter | Scientific | Image Math.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis 3. In the Filter operation mode dialog box, select the options you want to use. 4. Click OK. Expression The Math Expression filter can be used to perform mathematical equations on a color channel. To use the Math Expression filter: 1. Select the color channel from the Target menu. The available color channels depend on the image mode; i.e., CMYK, RGB, etc. 2. Define the mathematical equation using the Categories scroll box and their related items. 3.
Canvas 12 User Guide The Convolve filter is applied to every pixel in an image. The center of the matrix matches the source pixel and the other matrix components relate to the surrounding pixels. The resulting pixel is calculated by multiplying the value of each source pixel by the corresponding value in the kernel and then adding the results. To preserve image brightness: 1. Select the Normalize kernel check box. This option causes each matrix value to be divided by the sum of the values. 2.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis To load a kernel: 1. Click on the menu icon. 2. Select the kernel that you want to apply. To paste a kernel: Before pasting a kernel, ensure there is a space between the values. 1. Copy the kernel from its source (e.g., Notepad). 2. Click the Paste icon.
Canvas 12 User Guide Image Data Viewer tool You can quickly view raw data within an image object using either the Image Data Viewer tool or View Data command. These tools are designed so you can quickly view image data “on the fly”. In addition, you can copy this data to a .txt file or spreadsheet application for further analysis. To use the Image Data Viewer tool: 1. 2. Select the Image Data Viewer tool from the Marquee tools in the Toolbox. Drag it across the image.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Image Data Viewer dialog box Display Hexidecimal: Refers to the base-16 number system, which consists of 16 unique symbols: the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. Signed decimal: Integer value which can have both positive and negative values. Unsigned decimal: Integer value with value of zero or greater (no negative numbers). FP 2-Decimal: Refers to a floating point value with 2 digits following the decimal.
Canvas 12 User Guide Image measurement The Image Measurement dialog box contains information about the selected image or selected regions within an image. To view an image’s image measurement at any time: Choose Image | Image Measurement. Image Measurement dialog box List This list contains the various image properties that are being measured. You can customize the data by clicking the Configure button and selecting the properties to be measured.
Chapter 10: Visualization And Analysis Image Measurement Properties Select Properties To Measure Select or deselect properties to customize your list of image properties to be measured. Area: Total number of pixels in image. Calibrated area: The area of an image measured in current Canvas units. Mean: Measures the average pixel intensity. Standard deviation: A numeric value that describes how widely intensity values vary. Median: Middle value in the range of values; i.e.
Appendices
Canvas 12 User Guide System Requirements Hardware Intel® Pentium® 4 or better 512 MB RAM installed (1 GB RAM recommended) 700 MB free hard disk space (1.5 GB recommended) 16-bit color or higher (True color recommended) 1024x768 or higher screen resolution recommended DVD drive – to install from the installer disk Software Microsoft® Windows ® XP Home or Professional operating system (with Service Pack 2 installed), Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 Microsoft® Internet Explorer ® 6.0 (7.
Index
Canvas 12 User Guide 3D effects 387 _ _blank 693 8 _parent 693 8-bit image _popup 693 _self 693 A _top 693 absolute constraints 366 absolute paths 697 { accessing individual tools 749 25 {first page} 692 {Frame #1} 692 files as proxies 554 {last page} 692 Photoshop files 148 {next page} 692 proxies 554 {page-bottom} 692 see also importing 131 {page-top} 692 Acrobat (PDF) files 136 {Page #1} 692 activate font history 114 {previous page} 692 activating chann
Index paintbrushes 421 speaker notes 730 Angle Dimensioning tool 358 tangent line handles 330 angle preference 116 toolbar buttons 127 animated GIF units 75 tangent lines creating waveforms 336 onion-skinning adding units 117 save as Adobe Photoshop file format again command 148, 502 54 339 712 71 713 animated GIF options anti-aliasing 713 AI export options dialog box 136 auto crop 713 Airbrush tool 413 differential frames 714 align command 181 erase previous frame 7
Canvas 12 User Guide applying arrow styles icon arithmetic filter 755 attribute style 204 adding to strokes binary logic filter 756 convolve filter 761 using different ones on each end of 266 stroke envelope effect 385 envelope template 384 envelope to images 546 frame ink 632 frame stroke 632 image filters 32 image math filter 758 math expression filter 761 outline ink 632 outline stroke 632 preset inks 229 scientific filters 755 SpriteEffects 30 tapered ends 267 te
Index loading 204 Baseline Dimensioning tool saving 204 baseline position, text 584 Basic Smart Lines tool 305 attributes 358, 360 changing text 618 bevel effect 537 finding text 618 bevel line joins 275 pasting 169 Bézier curve paths 348 Attributes manager 100 binary filters 749 attributes palette 271 close 751 auto-scroll to selection 110 dilate 750 auto cache images option 103 distance map 754 erode 750 auto correct 111, 620 Auto Curve tool 322 make binary 7
Canvas 12 User Guide dynamic 382 brush pointers objects 381 brushes point to point 382 adding to palette 421 rainbow colors 382 appending 423 creating 421 defining with selection 422 Blend tool 414, 513 blending 106 colors 235 deleting 422 gradient inks 238 editing 420 474 loading from disk 423 modifying 420 blur filters blur more filter 474-475 Blur tool 418 saving to disk 422 bold font style 584 selecting 421 borders brushes palette 421 border command 498
Index calibration 120 current inks 253 calligraphic pen stroke 274 current pen width 263 Camera tool 432 document type 104 cancelling actions see undo command 53 Canvas CVAppData.
Canvas 12 User Guide channels palette character attributes 504, 506 612 character formatting clean up palettes command 26 clear command 164 clear font history 114 font styles 584 clearing customized settings 125 fonts 582 clearing inks 226 horizontal and vertical scaling 589 clearing print area kerning 585 clipart preventing changes to 613 special characters 622 type size 583 type styles 606 copying objects to 165 character spacing 586 definition & use 164 check proxies
Index clouds (render) filter 515 pen inks CMYK color 228, 233 printing options CMYK color mode 442, 503 registration ink color 252 62 303 RGB 232-233 applying 254 saturation 474 blends 235 selecting 254 calibration 120 selecting in images 491 separations 201 settings command 121 CMYK Color Dropper tool 228, 232-233 254, 424 color editor 237 spot color option 235 color range files 488 tints 234 color spectrum strip 231 wheel 472 color systems 232 color balance co
Canvas 12 User Guide Lab 121 combine monitor 121 add 378 printer 121 crop 380 RGB 121 divide 380 simulate 122 intersect 379 color settings command 121 mix 381 color spectrum strip 231 outline 378 color systems 230 punch 379 color table command 439 subtract back 380 color table dialog box 439 subtract front 379 color tables, saving and loading 440 transparency 381 color wheel filter 519 trim 377 colorize filter 756 combine effects 377 colorize vector object
Index blur 474 copy as 96 dpi 166 blur more 474 copy as image 166-167 border 498 copy at 4X 167 both axes (flip) 644 copy at 8X 167 break composite 346 copy options 165 brightness/contrast 467 copy to layers 181 bring to front 180 create 408 crop 449 cache object 102-103 calculate 547 crop and fit to sheet 78 Calculate values 220 crystallize 532 check proxies 556 curves 470 541 choosing 11 custom (filter) clean up 35 cut clean up by name 35 date 604 cle
Canvas 12 User Guide dust and scratches group 177 490 edit 162-163 grow edit channel mask 510, 677 guides 81 edit path 328 header 603 emboss 520 hide grids envelope exit expand 384, 645 19 497 hide page breaks hide rulers 80 72, 74 75 hide size 358 export 131, 502 hide spelling errors 626 extrude 387, 646 hide text boxes 563 feather 494, 512 hide text invisibles 616 538 fill 541 high pass find 163 home view fit all objects to sheet fit Bézier 78 348 43 horizontal
Index links 153 output resolution 688 live curve editing 324 overprint 203 load (image selection) 501 page numbering 605 lock 181 page setup loose (kerning) 586 paragraph rules loosen (kerning) 586 paste 164, 171 loosen (leading) 590 paste and place 164, 169 loosen fine kerning 586 paste attributes 169 make composite 346 paste into 494 math expression 2-D plot 314 paste link 153 maximum 540 paste special median 481 path to selection minimum 540 place motion bl
Canvas 12 User Guide repeating 54 80 repel options 636 show page breaks replicate 171 show rulers resolution 456 show size 357 72, 74 show spelling errors 626 show text boxes 563 show text invisibles 616 75 revert 55 ripple 526 rotate 192, 644 rulers 75 show toolbox 22 save 50 show/hide docking bar 33 show/hide guides 81 save (image selection) save as 501 50, 129, 134, 502 save to web scale scale bar 719 195, 449 79 show/hide text flow bars show/hide toolbar 574 27
Index tighten (kerning) 586 wireframe 102 tighten (leading) 590 zoom blur 478 tighten fine kerning 586 zoom in/out 41 tile across 56 commands, choosing tile down 56 comment attributes dialog box 210 time 604 comments & markup command 208 time stamp 604 Comments & Markup palette 209 total page count 605 trace contour 523 Commission Internationale d’Eclairage 442 (CIE) Treat as point object 77 trim 451 trim to path 452 twirl 529 type 589 uncache object 104 undo 53
Canvas 12 User Guide convert curve to simple paths 344 convert to lens command;commands convert to lens convert to paths command 660 194, 329, 343, 647 create command 408 create image dialog box 409 create object at viewpoint command;commands create object at viewpoint 663 convolve filter 761 copy as 96 dpi 166 animated GIFs 712 166-167 copy as image command creating attribute style 204 copy at 4X command 167 basic shapes 286 copy at 8X command 167 callouts 309 copy command 16
Index pattern inks 250 Ctrl key 11 proxies 551 Cube tool 297 sections 568 cubes, drawing 295 shadows 645 current inks 253 slices 699 current strokes 259, 263 Smart Lines 305 Curve tool 317, 320 special vector objects 295 curves symbol inks 247 adding anchor points 332 texture ink 249 adding segments 332 transparency effects 509 closing and opening 333 transparency fades 513 deleting segments 332 vector masks 680 drawing 320 vector objects 286 curves command
Canvas 12 User Guide strokes 125 default customize rulers 117 for new documents customizing dashes 283 inks 253 customizing dimension objects 361 strokes 259 customizing pen strokes 272 type attributes 580 cut command 164, 494 cutting and pasting 68 define brush command 421 define properties dialog box 211 into selections 495 defining units 117 objects 164 defloat command 496 text 616 delete brush command 421 text objects 616 delete command 90 551 delete view comm
Index deleting slices 706 customize 124 deleting tabs 588 define properties 211 deleting units 118 DICOM import options 744 desaturate command 467 document properties 718 duotone curves 443 deselecting in images 484 duotone options 442 objects 160 DWG & DXF import 138 text 616 export TIFF 148 482 Expression Builder 221 despeckle filter detach mask command 511, 679 guides 82 detaching channel masks 511 hue/saturation 472 dialog balloons 303 image measurement 766
Canvas 12 User Guide rotate save AVI options scale options 187, 543 151 77 arrows 361 display units 361 edit 362 select properties to display 218 leaders 361 slice divider 706 outside lines only 362 speaker note 730 postfix 361 prefix 361 Startup 14, 19 SVG options 150 remove 362 tab 588 standard 362 view comments 209 text always centered 364 wave configuration 336 text display 362 358 tolerance 361 DICOM import options dialog box 744 units 361 dictionary, spe
Index disable AutoSnap palettes 25 dock all palettes command 34 disable Smart Toolbox 22 dock palettes when closed command 34 disperse command 94 docking tool palettes 22 document layout palette 85 display options command display options manager 101-102 102 display preferences document properties dialog box document setup command 718 129, 134 color mode 687 document size 69 interpolation 108 document type 69 object caching 109 document units transparency 109 documents vecto
Canvas 12 User Guide orientation 70, 73 drawing page layout 73 arcs paper color 73 by numbers placing 49-50 286, 289 294 circles 286, 288 295-296 printing 58 concentric circles properties 56 cubes 295 rulers and scale 74 curves 321 freehand shapes 319 288 saving as web pages 714 scrolling 40 from center of objects setting up 72 grids 295, 299 size 69 lines 286 multigons 300 spell checking 625 statistics 57 objects within images 434 substituting fonts 48 ova
Index when dragging and resizing always 110 show originals when duplicating objects offset 110 when moving objects offset 110 drawing scale opening 37 dynamic objects converting to paths 343 inserting into text 625 70, 74, 104 drawing vector objects 286 drop caps 602 drop shadows 394 duotone curves dialog box 443 duotone image mode 442 duotone inks command 444 duotone options dialog box 442 duplicate command 164, 171 duplicate command preference 110 duplicate with transform 1
Canvas 12 User Guide masks 667 drop shadows 394 multigons 301 envelope command 384 object data 198 extrusion 387 objects 162 fractalize command 393 paint objects 410 offset filter 515 paragraph rules 598 offset path command 374 pasting attributes 170 perspective 371 pasting into selections 495 removing 454 render filter 515 paths preserving visibility proxies 324, 328, 339 514 554-555 SpriteEffects 650 resizing 291 rotated objects 193 Smart Lines 305 embedding (O
Index envelope command enveloping text objects EPS (Encasulated PostScript Format) 384, 546 Expression Builder dialog box 221 645 extensions, dimension objects 365 extrude command 387 extruded objects, editing 390 extruding text 647 eye color 445 140, 143 Eraser tool 414, 515 erode filter 750 EXIF image information 132 exit command 19 expand command 497 export commands 131 export submenu 502 export TIFF dialog box 148 export transition effects to PDF 726 exporting 558 fil
Canvas 12 User Guide file transfer protocol 692 high pass 538 fill command 541 image measurement 766 lens flare 533 maximum 540 fill ink icon 26, 223 fill inks applying to paths 253 median 481 applying to text 632 minimum 540 using ink buttons 127 motion blur 476 fillet 330 offset filling objects 253 oil painting 534 filter effects 650 plug-ins 107 radial blur 477 render 515 ripple 526 scientific 755 sharpen 479 filters add noise 480 applying SpriteEffects;f
Index text tab fit all objects to sheet command fit Bézier command 618 78 348 fonts applying 581 Chinese 114 fit selection to sheet command 78 finding and changing 620 fit to objects command 43 folder 583 fit to selection command 43 including in EPS files 142 installation tips 583 Japanese 114 Korean 114 fit to window fit to window command 105 43 Flash exporting to 720 preventing changes to 613 general options 720 selecting 581 image options 721 specifying 582 584 SWF
Canvas 12 User Guide frame stroke 632 scale stroke weight 106 frame strokes 633 search selection on clicks 105 select across visible layers 105 frames (animation) 71, 712 freeform command 186 show information tooltips 105 freeform image selections 189 GIF export options dialog box 143 freeform mode GIS rotating and skewing objects in 186 text 643 gradient inks vector objects 186 applying 238, 240 freeform selection 106 creating 238 customizing 238 Gradient Vector tool
Index grids hatch manager 244 converting to paths 343 modifying 245 drawing 295 using 244 grids command 80 group command 177 grow command 490 guide layers header command 603 hide channel mask 511 color icons 228 adding 96 docking bar command arranging 96 edges command copying 96 grids command 80 definition 95 guides command 81 deleting 96 page breaks command guides columns 567 33 484 72, 74 properties bar 28 rulers command 75 setting position numerically 82
Canvas 12 User Guide hotkeys 112 HSL color model 233 600 I HTML export options create new folder hyphenation 150, 715 file format 715 ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles 120 general 714 illustration area 668 generate navigation file 715 illustration documents layout mode 715 definition put images in subfolder 715 placing 49 separate pages 715 setting up 72 use external style 715 68, 70 Illustrator export filter 136 export options 136 473 exporting EPS files
Index image modes 749 cropping black & white 436 distorting 530 changing 436 enveloping 546 CMYK color 442 feathering selection edges 494 definition 435 floating selections 495 duotone 442 freeform selections 189 grayscale 437 importing 131 Indexed 438 in texture inks 248 LAB color 442 modifying multichannel 445 moving selections 495 RGB color 441 pasting into selections 495 preserving visibility 514 image proxies 448, 455 32 definition 551 printing proxies
Canvas 12 User Guide importing color 225 CVI files 131 color editor 237 DICOM files 744 color tab 225 EPS linked files 140 creating 231 Illustrator 136 current 253 images 131 default 253 JPEG files 131 default for text 253 Photoshop files 148 fill 253 131, 554 gamut warning 232 RAW files 747 gradient styles 239 text 629 gradients 238 TIFF files 131 hatch 244 proxies inches measurement units 75 hatch manager 244 included snap option 294 inks managers 229
Index texture inks 248 texture manager 249 using ink buttons 127 J inks managers 229 Japanese fonts 114 inks preference 101 Japanese language kit 564 inline (preferences) manager 123 join (paths) command 337 joining curves 330 insert italic font style 584 date 604 JPEG EXIF file format 719 page numbers 604 JPEG Export Options dialog box 144 time 604 JPEG file format 143 total page count 604 justification insert command insert dialog box 89 justification commands 59
Canvas 12 User Guide Knife tool 334 knock outs and overprinting 201 loosen 590 Kodak Color Management System 120 setting with type palette 591 Kodak external tool 120 tighten 590 Kodak ICC profiles 120 left justification 594 Korean fonts 114 lens flare effect 533 KPCMS folder 120 lens object L LAB color mode Lasso Selection tool Lasso tool 442, 503 159 189, 486 Lasso tool options 486 launching Canvas 18 layer controls 90-91 layers leading changing settings 661 magnifica
Index editing 304 painting 413 character attributes 613 rules in text 597 objects 181 transforming 31 Link Info tool Link Manager palette locking tool palettes 23 575 loosen (kerning) command 586 690, 698 loosen (leading) command 590 loosen fine kerning command 586 lowercase command 584 luminance 673 linked text flows 573 linking (OLE) 154 to pages 695 web buttons 711 M links command 153 macro files live curve editing command 324 load (image selection) command 501
Canvas 12 User Guide managers dialog box dash 284 math expression 2-D plot gradient 241 inks 229 math expression 2-D polar plot dialog 314 box parallel line 276 pattern 251 strokes 271 managing colors 229 manual registration marks manual selection method 302 445-446 setting 73 text objects 593 Marker tool 413 Markup Highlighter tool 206 Markup Pen tool 206 Marquee tool 189, 483, 485 masking with paint objects 675 masking with vector objects 681 attaching 675, 681 chann
Index modes selections 496 CMYK color 442 multi-column font menu 114 Duotone 442 multichannel image mode 445 for Color Dropper tool 254 Multigon tool 300 grayscale 437 multigons, converting to paths 343 images 436 multiple master postscript fonts 728 Indexed 438 LAB color 442 N multichannel 445 navigation controls RGB color 441 navigator palette modifier keys 12 21 displaying 44 420 scrolling 44 modify icon dialog box 124 view options 45 modify unit dialog box
Canvas 12 User Guide none (selection) command 484 palette 211 normal mode 685 prompt 215 number format 119 type 212 value 215 numbering pages 604-605 O object caching 109 object linking and embedding definition 151 text files 629 Object Path Editor 217 object shadow 645 Object Side Dimensioning tool 359 object specs command 197 object specs palette data tab 198 trap tab 201 objects angular units (GIS) 369 insert point 371 aligning 181 load Bezier 370 alignment 18
Index editing 162 rotating and skewing 186 editing data 198 selecting 158 editing rotated 193 selecting by type and attributes 163 send or copy to layers 181 embedding 152, 154 extruding 387 skewing 186 fill inks 253 slicing 334 filleting 330 SpriteEffects 650 finding 163 stacking order 180 flipping 186 text fractalizing 393 transforming from auto tracing 458 trimming 377 getting inks from 256 types described 158 group 685 group transparency 669 objects, pa
Canvas 12 User Guide opening Canvas Assistant 14 Page Crop tool 335 page distance 104 DICOM files 744 page links documents 47 creating 696 removing 696 DWG files 138 DXF files 138 page numbering 604 SpriteEffects palette 30 page orientation 70 tool palettes 25 page setup command OpenType fonts 583 66, 72 pages options tab 65 adding and deleting 89 orientation, document layout area 70 defined 83 83 orphan and widow lines 601 facing outline filter 753 from printer
Index image modes 436 masking with 675 anti-aliased Canvas objects 107 resolution 456 anti-aliased Clipboard 107 visibility masks 499 color channels 107 413 painting pointers 106 plug-in host warning 107 Paintbrush tool painting painting preferences auto create 408 plug-ins 107 colors 423 separate grayscales as black 107 creating objects 407 painting tools edit mode 502 Airbrush 413 Eraser tool 499 Blend 414 Blur 418 modes 425-426 opacity 411 Bucket 413 prefe
Canvas 12 User Guide Sharpen 419 presets Smudge 417 put away palettes command Sponge 419 Seismic Traces 738 Wand 488 slide show 728 spectrum 439 666 palettes 26 align 181 transparency attribute styles 204 undos attributes 229 view fonts 582 black body (color table) option 439 web buttons 709 blending colors 235 zoom browser safe 439 Pantone colors 231 brushes 421 Pantone inks 232 clean up palettes command 54, 106 41 26 paragraph alignment 594 color tables 4
Index paragraph spacing 600 closing and opening 333 parallel line manager 276 converting text to 647 parallel snap option 293 converting to selections 493 deleting segments 332 paste and place command 164, 169 paste as metaobject 105 editing 324 paste attributes command 169 filleting 330 from selections 499 joining 337 offsetting 374 paste attributes command; commands paste attributes paste command 654 164, 171 paste into command 494 pop-up menu for editing 329 paste lin
Canvas 12 User Guide halftone settings 724 pixels image options 723 place command opening 136 placeholders PDF options 722 placing saving as 136 security settings 724 symbols 399 transparency options 724 DICOM files 744 135 documents 50 PDF & PS import dialog box pen ink icon 26, 223 pen inks 406 49, 130, 630 551 clipart;placing DWG files 138 DXF files 138 applying to objects 252 files using ink buttons 127 images 413 layers 50 pages 50 Pencil tool pens 406 ca
Index PostScript fonts 583 preferences auto correct 111, 620 preserving visibility in images 514 preset inks 226 preset strokes 260 dash 100 presets palette display 101 preview image, EPSF 141 font history 114 previews, transparency 671 for text from 123 Print inks 101 print command inline manager 123 print preview command 64 measurements 117 print preview options 65 menu bar icons 124 printable area 68 never 123 printable layers 67 painting 106, 433 223, 260 6
Canvas 12 User Guide transparency rendering options unlinked proxies 60 publication documents 556 printing preferences 70 placing 49 317, 326 angle 116 Push tool halftone frequency 116 put away palettes command halftone options 116 output to maximum resolution 116 Q use printer’s default 116 quadtone image mode 442 QuickDraw 116 properties bar 26 Break Composite button 346 quit command brush icon 420 quotation marks, using typographical 112 combine menu 377 dimension obje
Index relative Smart Mouse constraints 366 Remote Move tool 496 remove effects command 186, 374, 448-449, 454 remove wrap command 634 removing anchor points 306 anchors 695 hyperlinks 694 proxies 556 red eye 445 web buttons 711 removing units 118 render filter 515 rendering 430-431 objects 430-431 render command 430-431 render image dialog box 431 selected areas 432 SpriteEffects;SpriteEffects SpriteLayer / SpriteEffects see undo command 665 142 rendering intent 54 re
Canvas 12 User Guide RGB color RGB color mode 233 defining 441, 503 74 deleting units 118 right justification 594 displaying ripple dialog box 526 minor divisions 117 ripple filter 526 modifying units 117 ripple settings 526 tear-off rotate command 192, 644 rulers controls rotate dialog box 187, 543 rules, paragraph rotated bitmaps, anti-aliasing 75 76 75 597 543 S rotating bounding box orientation 193 center of rotation 192 hue/saturation command 472 digital images 54
Index GIF 143 image files 131 determining resolution 447 inks 226 images into Canvas 446 JPEG 143 layers 51 scanning scientific filters 755 Scissors tool 333 preset inks 226 scrap file 152 shortcut configurations 125 screen frequency 458 stroke presets 262 screen mode 685 templates 128 screen rendering manager 108 web buttons 711 scrolling documents web pages 714 search selection on clicks saving Favorite inks 251 searching sawtooth wave 336 scale text Section
Canvas 12 User Guide Canvas documents 165 Selection tool columns of pixels 486 selections fonts 581 borders 498 group objects 159 contracting 497 in paint objects 159 converting to paths 499 in text 159 expanding 497 linked text 579 freeform 189 named objects 163 from paths 492 objects 158 grow and similar commands 491 objects by type and attributes 163 in images 485 objects on other layers 105 modifying 497 parts of objects 159 pasting into 495 pixels in image
Index pasting 493 sharpen filters 479 selecting all pixels 484 sharpen more filter 479 selection border 484 Sharpen tool 419 subtracting from 488 sheets, placing 50 180 Shift key 11 send to back command send to guide layer command 82 show send to layers command 181 added words command separate grayscales as black 107 channels command separations 503-504, 512 docking bar command 33 36 color 201 docking pane grayscale separation preference 107 edges command set document
Canvas 12 User Guide properties bar 28 select this slice 706 toolbox 22 select/deselect all 706 shuffle down command 180 Slice Creator tool 700 shuffle up command 180 slice layer 702 similar command 490 Slice Selector tool 700 simplifying paths 348 slicer preferences 700 sine wave 336 splitting 706 single-letter shortcut 112 use spacing GIFs 707 size of paint objects 457 slide show palette skeletonize 753 slide shows skewing freeform selections objects skewing objects
Index deleting anchor points 306 smooth anchor points end direction 305 smooth command 498 line type 305 Smooth Kinked Smart Lines tool 305 moving anchor points 306 Smooth Polygon tool 317 start direction 305 smoothing video images 482 tab length 306 Smudge tool 417 snap constraints 366 Smart Lines tool drawing 304 editing 305 Smart Mouse 329, 339, 348 snap option center 294 included 294 absolute constraints 366 parallel 293 activating constraint 368 perpendicular
Canvas 12 User Guide spell check document command 627 spell check selection command 627 spell checking 625 spherize command 530 mode 655 spherize settings 531 modifying effects area 657 Spiral tool 298 pasting 654 printing 60 spirals lenses;lenses using;effects lenses 659 converting to paths 343 removing 653 drawing 295 saving and loading 654 Sponge tool 419 selecting 163 spot color inks 231, 235 spot colors selection masks;masks SpriteEffects selection masks in duoto
Index stained glass effect 535 presets based on objects 272 stars, drawing 295 removing 267 saving and loading presets 262 14, 19 sharing 262 219 symbol 280 tapered ends 268 starting Canvas 18 Startup dialog box Statistics by property command status bar straightening curves strikethrough font style 38, 55 330, 342 584 strokes text strokes icon 259, 633 26 strokes, outline path 345 584 applying custom settings 271 styles command (font styles) applying tapered ends 267 styles,
Canvas 12 User Guide SVG options dialog box 150 tapered end controls 268 symbol ink manager 247 tapered strokes 273 symbol inks target creating 247 _blank 693 definition 246 _parent 693 Symbol Library palette 401, 403 _popup 693 switching directories 399 _self 693 280 _top 693 symbol strokes symbols tear-off rulers converting macro files 403 creating new 401 Canvas documents Symbol Library palette 397 creating 128 envelope effect 384 testing hyperlinks 697 symmet
Index checking text flows 575 formatting text flows 579 color 581 frame inks 581 column breaks 602 freeform mode 643 column width 600 greeking preference 112 columns 563, 567 headers 603 converting to paths 343, 647 horizontal and vertical scaling 589 copying 617 hyphenation 600 copying text objects 616 importing 629 default inks 253 in dimension objects 363 deleting 616 in layouts 563 drop caps 602 in symbol inks 246 edit mode 613 indents 592 editing 613 i
Canvas 12 User Guide paragraph spacing 592 styles 581 paragraph styles 606 subscript 584 617, 630 superscript 584 pasting attributes 170 tab position 581 Path Text tool 561 tab types 581 pen size 581 Text Form Field tool 561 placing 629 Text Format Brush tool 561 positioning text objects 564 Text Link tool 560 preferences 112 text menu commands 580 preset formats 580 Text Object tool 560 preventing format changes 613 Text tool 560 Properties bar 631 Text Unlink
Index Text Link tool 560, 574, 648 Text Object tool text shadow effects 560, 563 645 customizing general 124 27 tools Text tool 560-561 Airbrush Text Unlink tool 560, 575 Angle dimensioning 413 358-359 texture inks 248 annotations 308 three-dimensional effects 383 Arc 286 threshold command 463 Arc 3 points 289 Arc Radius 290 thumbnail previews, printing 64 TIFF, with transparency 149 Area dimensioning 359 tighten (kerning) command 586 Auto Curve 322 tighten (leading) c
Canvas 12 User Guide Crop 452 Oblique dimensioning 358 Cube 297 Oval 286 Curve 317, 320 Oval Marquee 485 Diameter dimensioning 358-359 Page Crop 335 dimensioning 359 Paint Object Creator 407 Direct Selection 159 Paintbrush 413 Dodge 418 palettes Dogleg Connector Smart Lines 305 Path Text 561, 647 Eraser 414, 515 Pencil 413 Freehand 317, 319 Perimeter dimensioning 359 Perpendicular dimensioning 359 Gradient Vector Hand 240 39 Polygon 317, 348 Horizontal dimension
Index Smooth Kinked 305 dodge 686 Smooth Polygon 317 hard light 686 Smudge 417 lighten 686 Speaker Notes 730 multiply 685 Spiral 298 normal 685 Sponge 419 overlay 686 Sprite 675 properties bar Sprite tool 509 screen 685 Text 560 soft light 686 30 Text Form Field 561, 576 transferring attributes Text Format Brush 561, 563 see paste attributes 169 transformed dimensions 188 Text Link 560, 574, 648 Text Object 560, 563 Text Unlink 560, 575 transforming object
Canvas 12 User Guide SpriteLayer effects 666, 688 leading 591 transfer modes 685-686 size 583 vector masks 678, 685 special characters 622 visibility masks 428, 514 type palette 593 509, 666 type styles 606 567 transparency palette transparency preview 672 vertical option trap object option 203 type preferences trapping auto word select 114 limitations 203 clear font history 114 options 201 drag & drop text 113 trap size 203 draw text as Béziers 114 enable two-byte s
Index undos palette 54, 106 general Ungroup 178 user info preferences ungroup command 177 using ungrouping objects converted to paths 346 units of measurement 70, 75, 564 unlink proxy command 556 unlock command 181 unlocking objects 181 unlocking tool palette 23 unlocking tool palettes 23 unshare layers 94 unsharp mask command 480 unsmooth (paths) command 319 untransformed dimensions 188 update proxies command 558 uppercase command 584 URLs 691 definition 690 invalid c
Canvas 12 User Guide vector masks view magnification applying 678 definition 678 paint edit mode 684 vector objects viewing channel mask views, creating custom visibility masks drawing 286 resizing 291 scope 670 W vector quality 108 Wand tool Vector Transparency tools 679 wave verify document command 13 vertical 41 visible layers 511 43 428, 514 67 487 sawtooth 336 sine 336 square 336 justification 596 option for text 566 wave configuration dialog box skewing 188
Index wiggle options, seismic 739 windows arranging size 56 104 stack command 56 tile across 56 tile down 56 Windows system palette 440 wireframe command 102 word spacing 599 world distance 104 wrapping text indent from object inside objects 594 634-635 removing text wraps 635 wrap commands 634 X X/Y reference point 29 Z zero points zoom blur filter 76 478 zoom commands 41 zoom controls 41 zooming documents 41 zooming, navigator palette 44 835
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