User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Create and group objects With objects selected,
choose Subtract Front
Finished
object
Subtract Back: Removes from the front object the areas of overlapping objects behind it.
The front object retains its ink attributes.
Crop: Removes areas of objects that are not behind the top object.
Oval used to crop a vector drawing of an
airplane
A symbol-filled oval provides a background
Divide: Creates new objects where selected objects overlap. This option lets you use lines to
“cut” other objects in pieces.
Slice: Cuts the path of an object where it intersects with objects in front of it in the stacking
order. The slice method results in two closed paths; e.g., slicing a circle in half with a line
produces two closed semicircles.
Mix: Creates new objects where selected objects overlap, similar to the Divide option.
However, Canvas fills overlapping areas with a new color (the original colors must be solid).
To determine the new color, Canvas compares the CMYK values of all the overlapping objects
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