User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Enveloping objects
The Envelope command lets you distort shapes and text, as if an illustration was drawn on a rubber
sheet and then stretched.
When an object is in envelope edit mode, its bounding box acts like the rubber sheet. Canvas
includes several envelope styles that offer various handles you can use to stretch an object’s
bounding box. Using this effect, you can create new shapes, add a sense of motion to an illustration,
arrange text so it appears to be painted on a three-dimensional object, or distort an image (see
"Envelope effect" on page 546).
The Envelope command distorted the
type to match the contour of the ship’s
hull
Using envelope templates
Canvas has several envelope templates that you use to instantly distort shapes. The silhouettes in the
template scroll list show the distortion created by each template. In addition, you can create your
own envelope templates. After you apply the envelope effect to an object, you can acquire the shape
of the envelope as a template.
To apply an envelope template:
1. Select a vector object.
2. Choose Effects | Envelope to open the Envelope palette.
3. In the palette, choose Template in the menu.
4. Select a preview shape in the scroll list to select it, and click Apply.
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