User Guide

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.
A color tile shows the color you point to in a preview image. Two pairs of coordinates are displayed
below the preview panes. One pair are the X,Y coordinates of the pointer. The other pair are the
coordinates of the pixel at the upper-left corner of the preview panes.
Preview setup
Click a preview button to change the preview setup. You can select one preview, two previews
(horizontal or vertical), or four previews.
One preview pane is active and has a highlighted border. Click a pane to make it active. The settings
in the dialog box apply to the active preview. The settings in the dialog box can be different for each
preview. When you select a preview, Canvas updates the dialog box to show the settings for the
active preview.
All panes show the image at the same view location and zoom level. Drag on a preview image to move
the view location.
Use the zoom menu to zoom in or out. Or, click the Magnifying Glass button, then click a preview
image to zoom in. To zoom out, Shift-click a preview image.
Without selecting the Magnifying Glass button, you can zoom in or out by clicking in a preview image.
Press Ctrl or Ctrl+Shift and click.
Previewing the current settings
Each preview pane shows the original image. To view how the selected file format and other settings
will affect the image, select the Show Preview option above a preview pane. Canvas will apply all the
settings in the dialog box to the preview image. If you change a setting, Canvas will apply the new
setting.
Image file information: When Show Preview is selected, the estimated file size and the number of
colors in the image appear above the active preview pane. The first value is the estimated file size in
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