User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To set painting opacity:
1. Select a painting tool that uses the opacity setting.
2. Move the Opacity slider or enter a percentage in the text box.
Canvas remembers each tool’s painting opacity setting; e.g., if you use the Blend tool at 30% opacity
and then use the Paintbrush tool at 100% opacity, the setting changes back to 30% when you select
the Blend tool again.
The Opacity slider in the Brushes palette affects subsequent brush strokes by the current
painting tool only. It is not the same as the Opacity slider in the Toolbox and the
Transparency palette, which are linked and control overall opacity of selected objects.
Fade settings
The following tools have Fade settings: Paintbrush, Airbrush, Blur, Dodge, Burn, Eraser, Marker,
Sponge, Smudge, Sharpen, and Rubber Stamp.
Select the options you want to use in the Fade area. In the Fade within field, enter the distance in
which Canvas will complete the fade.
To gradually diminish the brush size as you drag:
Select the Size check box.
To fade the color to transparent:
Select the Opacity check box. Depending on the selected tool, the check box may be labeled as
Pressure or Exposure.
Pressure Sensitive settings
If you are using a pressure-sensitive, plug-in device, such as a Wacom™ tablet, the Pressure Varies
options are located within the Image/Multimedia managers in the Configuration Center.
To access the Pressure Varies options:
Double-click on the tool icon in the Toolbox to open the tool settings in the Configuration Center.
You need to use a pressure-sensitive, plug-in device, such as a Wacom™ tablet. Use these
options to make a pressure-sensitive stylus.
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