User Guide

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. Whether you draw with Path tools (Curve, Freehand,
Polygon, Smooth Polygon, Auto Curve) or other shape tools (Rectangle, Oval, Line, Arc), you create
paths, and you can use the same path-editing techniques to modify them.
Of course, you can also change a path object by using handles on the bounding box when the object
is selected (see "To resize an object’s bounding box:" on page 291).
Canvas has two display modes you can use when you edit paths. You can display the fill inks, pen
inks, and stroke on paths, or you can hide the attributes while you work in path edit mode.
To display attributes on paths:
Be sure that Path | Live Curve Editing is selected.
To hide attributes in path edit mode:
Select Path | Live Curve Editing again.
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