User Guide

Chapter 4: Drawing And Vector Effects
Extrusion options
Use palettes of extrusion and lighting presets in the Extrusion palette to modify extruded objects. If
you expand the Extrude palette, you can use options to control lighting and rotation of extrusions.
You can set these options before you extrude an object, or to edit an extruded object.
Before extruding a selected object, set up the options you want and click Apply to extrude
the object.
After extruding an object, double-click it, change the settings you want, and click Apply to
apply the settings.
You can control the color and position of the light source to change the shading of extruded objects.
Canvas uses shades of gray to create highlights and shadows. Canvas then mixes the highlights and
shadows with the color of the light source and fill color of the object.
Extrusion styles
In the expanded Extrude palette, select the extrusion style from the pop-up menu.
Parallel: Adds depth to an object, as though the shape were cut out of a slab of clay. You
can create parallel extrusions with text objects and vector objects.
Circular: Extrudes a shape in a circular path. You can set the diameter of the extrusion path
and number of steps (6-60) in the extrusion. You can apply circular extrusions to vector
objects, but not text.
Sweep: Extrudes a shape along a circular path, and lets you specify the number of degrees
(10 to 360) to extrude. You can also set the diameter of the extrusion path and the number of
steps (6-60) in the extrusion. You can apply sweep extrusions to vector objects, but not
text.
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