User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Original objects Trim applied
Outline: Creates one path around the selected objects and fills the interior of the new shape
with the ink of the front object.
Original objects:
two circles and
a rotated square
Objects combined
with the Outline method
Outline shape smoothed
into a heart using path-
editing techniques
Add: Joins two objects where they overlap to create a compound path, and fills the new
shape with the ink of the front object. Compound paths can include multiple closed shapes
that have holes in them, unlike objects created with the Outline option.
With the Add method, Canvas merges the cigarette to the prohibited symbol to create a no
smoking sign.
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