User Guide

Canvas 12 Quick Reference
Selecting painting tools
Tool
Key (press with paint
object in edit mode)
Tool
Key (press with paint
object in edit mode)
Airbrush A Marquee, Oval Marquee,
Row Selection, Column
Selection
M
Blur F Pencil P
Blend G Paintbrush B
Bucket K Remote Move V
Burn N Rubber Stamp S
Dodge O Sharpen R
Eraser E Smudge U
Lasso L Sponge D
Marker H Wand W
Neon T
Editing vector paths
Action Shortcut
Place selected path in edit mode Press Ctrl+E
Use the pop-up menu to edit an anchor point or path
segment
Right-button click the path with Selection tool
Add an anchor point to a segment Press Ctrl and click a segment
Delete an anchor point Press Ctrl+Shift and click the anchor point
Move an anchor point as you place it Without releasing the mouse button as you set the anchor
point, press the Spacebar and drag to move the anchor
point
Change the length of both tangent lines of an anchor
point at once
Press Ctrl and drag either tangent line handle
Change an anchor point from smooth to cusp Press Tab and drag either tangent line handle
Change a cusp point with two tangent lines to a
smooth point
Press Tab and click a tangent line handle to align the
tangent line with the other tangent line
Add a tangent line to an anchor point that does not
have two tangent lines
Press Tab and drag from the anchor point
Delete one or both tangent lines from an anchor point Press tab and click the anchor point
Close an open path Select an endpoint, then select the Curve or Polygon tool
and click the other endpoint. Press Alt and click either
endpoint with the Selection tool
Change the length of a tangent line without changing
the angle
Press Ctrl+Alt and drag the tangent line handle
Reshape the segment you drag and the adjacent
segments
Press Alt and drag the segment
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