User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Deselecting and defloating selections
Deselecting a floating selection makes it part of the original image.
To deselect a floating selection:
Press Esc twice or choose Image | Select | None.
Dragging a selection
floats it and leaves an
area filled with the
current background color.
To make the floating selection part of the image but still retain the selection:
Press Esc or choose Image | Select | Defloat.
Moving selections
To move a selection, you can press the keyboard arrow keys or drag the selection with the Marquee,
Lasso, or Wand tools. If a selection is not floating, it becomes floating when you move it.
Remote Move tool
To keep the pointer from interfering with your view of a small selection, select the Remote Move tool
in the Painting tool palette and drag it anywhere in the drawing area. Canvas moves the selection in
the direction you move the pointer.
Changing the opacity of floating selections
You can change the opacity of a floating selection and make the pixels behind it partially visible. You
can also change the mode to produce different effects.
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