User Guide

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. Installed plug-in
filters appear in the Image | Filters submenu.
Hide Plug-in Host Warning: Suppresses the message that Canvas
displays if it tries to load a software plug-in that requires a specific host
program. Deselect this option if you want Canvas to display the message
so you can choose whether to load the plug-in.
Additional options Separate grayscales as black: Select to separate grayscale paint
objects on the black plate only. Deselect this option for Canvas to treat
gray color values as RGB colors that will be separated as CMYK grays.
Select through transparency: Select through transparency.
Display channel previews in color: Makes channel previews in the
Image Channels palette appear in color rather than shades of gray.
Anti-aliased clipboard: Anti-aliases vector and text objects pasted
from the Clipboard into a paint object.
Anti-aliased Canvas objects: Anti-aliases Canvas vector and text
objects drawn in a paint object. For example, if you add text to a paint
object in edit mode, Canvas rasterizes and anti-aliases the text.
Personality manager
Use the Personality Manager to select your use of Canvas and color output needs. The Toolbox and
related tool palettes will be rearranged to suit your needs.
At any time, you can make modifications to the Personality Manager if your needs change.
To access the Personality Manager:
Choose File | Configuration Center or Canvas | Configuration Center and click the Personality
Manager option in the General settings. Make your changes and restart the program.
Changes in the Personality Manager affect the Canvas settings file.
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