User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Keep in mind that “deleting” a selection doesn’t leave a hole or transparent area in the paint object,
unless the paint object has a visibility mask, as described later in this section.
If you want Canvas to recall a selection, be sure to save it before leaving edit mode. See
"Saving and loading selections in channels" on page 501.
To place a copy of a selection on the Clipboard without clearing the area in the original image, choose
Edit | Copy. When a selection has been placed on the Clipboard, you can paste it into another paint
object in edit mode, where it will become a floating selection, or paste it into the document to create a
new paint object.
Feathering the edges of a selection
You can feather (soften) the edges of a selection so that it blends more naturally into the original
image. Use the Feather command to soften the hard edge of a selection and spread the selection over
a larger area.
To feather the edges of a selection:
1. With a paint object in edit mode, make a selection and choose Image | Select | Feather.
2. In the Feather dialog box, enter the number of pixels to feather the selection in the Radius
text box. The larger the Radius value, the more Canvas softens the selection edge.
3. Click OK to feather the selection.
Pasting into selections
The Paste Into command pastes the Clipboard contents into a selection in an image. This includes a
selection in an image channel or a channel mask attached to an object.
The Paste Into command pastes anything that you copy to the Clipboard, including a vector, text, or
paint object, an image selection, or a segment of a vector object.
You can use Paste Into to composite images and create effects that would otherwise be difficult to
produce. For example, to simulate a picture on a television screen in a photograph, you can select the
screen area and paste an image into the selection. You can move the pasted image within the
selection to adjust the area that you see.
You can paste transparent objects into opaque images, or opaque objects into transparent images.
The background of the image determines the opacity of the pasted selection.
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