User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
To render with the Camera tool:
1.
Select the Camera tool.
2. Drag to draw a rectangle around the area you want to render. View the dimensions and
coordinates of the rectangle in the Status bar. A bounding box with handles appears around
the area you selected.
3. Adjust the box to select exactly the area you want to render by using the controls in the
Properties bar or manually changing the shape and size with the handles.
4. Enter values in the fields to change the position and size of the bounding box. Select a
resolution or render at screen resolution. Drag the handles to manually reposition or resize
the bounding box.
5. Click the Accept button or click inside the area.
6. In the Render Image dialog box, select the options you want to use, and then click OK to
render the selected area. After you click OK in the Render Image dialog box, a paint object
containing the rendered image appear on top of the area you selected.
Using vector and text tools in paint objects
After placing a paint object in edit mode, use vector tools and the Text tool to add shapes and type to
an image.
When you draw or type text within a paint object in edit mode, Canvas rasterizes the objects
according to the image mode and resolution of the paint object, and makes a floating selection in the
image.
When you type within a paint object in edit mode, you can modify the font, size, and style of the type
before Canvas rasterizes it (see "To set type within images:" on page 434).
To set anti-aliasing for objects placed in images:
You can set a preference so Canvas softens the edges of objects you draw in an image or paste into
an image from the Clipboard (see "Setting preferences" on page 97).
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