User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
1. Choose File | Configuration Center and select the Painting manager in the General settings.
2. Set the preferences you want to apply to objects placed in images and click OK.
To soften selections pasted from the Clipboard: Select “Anti-Aliased Clipboard.”
To soften objects or type created in paint objects in edit mode: Select “Anti-
Aliased Canvas Objects.”
To draw objects within images:
Use any of the drawing tools in a paint object in edit mode to “paint” shapes. When you finish
drawing the shape, Canvas rasterizes it, based on its shape and colors.
1. Place the paint object in edit mode, if necessary, and select a drawing tool.
2. Select ink and stroke settings (see "Inks: colors & patterns" on page 223 and "Strokes:
outline effects" on page 257).
3. Draw in the paint object with the selected tool (see "Drawing basics" on page 286). The
object you draw becomes a floating selection and you can change its opacity, set the mode,
or apply filters (see "Changing the opacity of floating selections" on page 496 and "Image
filters & effects" on page 515).
4. Press Esc twice when you finish editing the selection to make the selection part of the image.
5. Press Esc once more to exit edit mode and select the image.
To set type within images:
Type text in a paint object in edit mode and then modify the attributes before Canvas converts the
type to a floating selection.
Use the Text menu, Type palette, or Properties bar to set typographic attributes.
1. Place the paint object in edit mode, if necessary, and select the Text tool.
2. Click the I-beam pointer in the image and type the text, which appears in a white box.
3. Press Esc to make the text a floating selection. You can change the opacity, set the mode,
and apply filters to the selection (see "Changing the opacity of floating selections" on page
496 and "Image filters & effects" on page 515).
4. Press Esc twice to make the type selection part of the image.
5. Press Esc again to exit edit mode and select the image.
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