User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To use the Red Eye Reduction tool with Automatic Selection method:
1. With the Automatic Selection method, you can correct the red eye effect in two ways:
Click the cursor within the red area of the eye.
Click-drag the cursor to form a rectangle over the eye area.
2. Place the image into paint edit mode.
3. Magnify the eye area that needs to be retouched, if necessary.
4.
Select the Red Eye Reduction tool.
5. Select the Automatic Selection radio button in the Properties bar.
6. Choose an intensity, feather radius, mode, and eye color.
7. Correct the red eye effect by clicking the red area or drawing a rectangle over the red eye.
To use the Red Eye Reduction tool with Manual Selection method:
1. Place the image into paint edit mode.
2. Magnify the eye area that needs to be retouched, if necessary.
3. Select the Red Eye Reduction tool.
4. Select the Manual Selection radio button in the Properties bar.
5. Choose an intensity, feather radius, mode, and eye color.
6. Correct the red eye effect by clicking and dragging to form an oval over the red eye.
Scanning, sizing & tracing images
This section focuses on acquiring and sizing images. You will learn how to scan images into Canvas
documents, change the image size and resolution, and auto-trace images to create vector objects
from them. This section also describes some basics techniques to improve scanned images and
photographs.
Using scanners to acquire images
You can scan images directly into Canvas documents using most types of desktop scanners. Canvas
supports scanners that are compatible with the TWAIN standard.
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