User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Using the Slice Creator
The Slice Creator tool gives you the ability to actually create a rectangular (horizontal or vertical) Slice
box; i.e., you can define the area of the object that is to be sliced.
Select the Slice Creator icon. Slice Creator cursor appears as a (+) plus
sign. At this point, manually slice each desired area by clicking and
dragging your mouse over the image.
The Slice box contains a yellow transparent fill and has a red outline.
All slices are automatically created inside a Slice layer. Specifically, this means that no matter which
layer you were originally working in, the Slice operation will take place inside its own layer.
We suggest that you refer to the Document Layout palette during the first few times that you create
slice (see "Using the Document Layout palette" on page 85). Doing so will better illustrate how your
slices are handled by Canvas.
When creating a new slice, the cursor will automatically snap to an existing slice or a grid (in that
order) (see "Drawing grids" on page 299 to learn how to create a Grid).
Another way to ensure precision is to create and place alignment guides around and over the object.
If you are unfamiliar with this process, then we suggest that you read "Using alignment guides" on
page 81.
Snapping to an existing slice is absolute. The cursor automatically snaps to a grid within a 3-pixel
range of an existing slice.
Other Canvas operations are not allowed during the Slice Creator mode. You can only create
slices.
To slice an image:
1. Click on the Slice Creator icon.
The cursor turns into a (+) sign when the Slice Creator function is active.
2. Then, click-and-drag over the section of the image to be sliced.
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