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Modifying the canvas
In the next steps you change a few canvas options, including color and size.
To modify canvas settings
1 Clear the canvas (Canvas > Clear).
2 Select Canvas > Set Size and set the canvas size to 512 x 512—the width
and height in pixels. When you are prompted to save, click No, then
close the Set Canvas size window.
Although you’ll often use the default maximum canvas size to take
advantage of the available screen space, you might need to use a smaller
or larger size in many circumstances. For instance, if you plan to use the
image as a background in a computer game, you might need to use a
small canvas size such as 256 by 256.
3 Turn on the wrap buttons on the toolbar:
4 Paint strokes past the edges of the canvas.
The strokes wrap around to the opposing side. This feature is useful for
creating patterned texture images to be applied to surfaces. When you
tile or repeat the image on the surface, the wrapped strokes help make
the borders between the images unnoticeable.
If you want to display the area of the canvas where the edges join, you
can do this using the roll feature (Canvas > Roll).
5 Select Canvas > Clear >
. In the options window, slide the Clear Color
slider all the way to the left. Click Apply.
This clears existing strokes and turns the canvas black. Before you paint
strokes on the black canvas, you may notice that some brushes seem to
have no effect. If this occurs, it’s because the paint is black or because it
is transparent enough to prevent the color from showing.
Modifying the colors of a preset brush
In the following steps, you alter leaf and bud colors of a preset brush; fern.mel.
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