User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To use the Wand tool:
1.
Select the Wand tool.
Point to the object you want to edit. If the paint object is not in edit mode, the pointer
becomes a hand. Click the object to put the image in edit mode. The pointer becomes a
wand.
2. Click the color area you want to select.
To add to a selection: Shift-click the Wand in the image. The pointer displays a ‘+’ to
show that it adds to the current selection.
To subtract from a selection: Ctrl-click the Wand in the image. The pointer displays a
wand with a ‘-’ to show that it subtracts from the current selection.
To inverse a selection: Choose Image | Select | Inverse or Edit | Invert Selection.
To adjust the tolerance of the Wand tool:
You can broaden or narrow the range of colors the Wand tool selects by adjusting its tolerance;
e.g., a tolerance of zero selects pixels that exactly match the color of the pixel you click.
To configure the Wand tool:
Use the settings in the Properties bar. In the Tolerance field, enter a tolerance value from zero to
255. The Select throughout image option lets you select the chosen color in the entire image. To
smooth the edges of the selection, turn on the Anti-Aliased option.
Selecting a color range
You can use the Color Range command to select all areas of similar color in an image. The command
creates a grayscale selection mask similar to an alpha channel.
You can use the Load and Save buttons in the dialog box to work with color range selection files. The
file format that Canvas uses for these files is compatible with Photoshop Color Range files. On
Windows, these files use the extension AXT.
To select a color range interactively:
1. With a paint object in edit mode, choose Image | Select | Color Range.
2. In the Color Range dialog box, choose Sampled Colors in the Select menu.
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