User Guide

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.
Working with texture inks
A texture ink consists of image objects. Canvas assembles a texture ink by repeating the image in
rows and columns, as if it were a grid of rectangular cells. You can control the spacing and
staggering of the images in a texture ink.
If you enter spacing values that spread the images apart, you create gaps between the image cells.
You can also include a background ink that will show through the gaps.
Click on the Texture ink icon to open the texture inks. Use the Presets palette to apply preset texture
inks to objects or store customized texture inks that you create in the Texture manager (see "Texture
manager" on page 249).
To apply texture inks:
Make sure you select either the Pen or Fill ink icon on the Presets palette.
If object is selected, click on the texture ink cell.
If object is not selected, click on the texture ink cell and drag the ink to the object.
See "Applying preset inks" on page 229, for complete steps about applying inks.
To create texture inks:
You can create a texture ink from any image object.
If you create a new ink in the Symbol manager, click the Add Preset button to add it to the
Presets palette.
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