User Guide

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.
Creating blends of color inks
Select two color cells and create a blend of colors to add to the color inks tab of the Presets palette.
To blend colors:
1. Select the Ink tab of the Presets palette.
2. Select color as the Ink type.
3. Click the ink cell that is to start the blend, then Ctrl-click the cell to end the blend.
4. Open the palette menu and choose Blend.
5. In the dialog box, enter the number of steps you want in the blend and then click OK. Canvas
creates the blend and adds the new cells to the color inks at the end.
The color editor
In Canvas, dialog boxes and palettes that let you choose colors have a color icon that opens a pop-up
color palette. On the color palette there is a color editor icon so you can access the Color Editor dialog
box to create a custom color.
To open the color editor:
1.
Click the color icon to see the color palette.
2.
Click the color editor icon to open the Color Editor dialog box.
The color icon appears in the following dialog boxes and palettes:
Attributes (Ink) Color manager (CMYK Tints & RGB Tints only)
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