Objects and Attributes
Introduction to SpriteEffects
Introduction to SpriteEffects SpriteEffects technology was introduced to allow for the easy creation and placement of fully-editable transparency effects to text, images, and vector objects within Canvas X Draw. Remember all SpriteEffects can be ...
Adjusting Letter and Word Spacing
Adjusting Letter and Word Spacing Depending on the type of justification you choose, you might want to adjust letter and word spacing to reduce raggedness or eliminate unusual spacing; e.g., left-justified paragraphs might appear too ragged on the ...
Horizontal and Vertical Text Scaling
Horizontal and Vertical Text Scaling Canvas X Draw provides independent control of horizontal and vertical scaling of text. Using this feature, you can stretch characters to create extended and condensed letterforms. To Scale an Entire Text Object: ...
Filling Selections with Color
Filling Selections with Color The Fill command lets you quickly and uniformly fill a selection with the foreground or background color, black, white, or gray. In addition, select an opacity level and transfer mode for application of the color. To ...
Twirl Effects
Twirl Effects The Twirl filter twists an image around its center to create interesting spiral distortions. To Apply the Twirl Filter: Select a paint object. To limit the effect to a particular area, select the area where you want to apply the filter. ...
Ripple Effects
Ripple Effects With the Ripple filter, create the impression of ripples in an image, like the ripples made by dropping a stone into smooth water. By varying the controls in the Ripple dialog box, produce a range of effects in an image, from slight ...
Applying Effect Filters
Applying Effect Filters You can use the Render, Stylize, and Offset filters to transform images. The Render filters apply forms or textures to an image. The Stylize filters apply a conceptual effect to an image. Stylize filters include Emboss, Trace ...
Channel Masks
Channel Masks Channel masks apply transparency effects to objects, including paint objects, vector objects, text objects, and group objects. A channel mask creates transparency in proportion to the luminance of its image. A channel mask is a ...
Customizing Alpha Channels
Customizing Alpha Channels You can change an alpha channel’s name, color indication, and mask tint opacity in the Channel Options dialog box. By default, Canvas X Draw numbers alpha channels, sets the mask tint opacity to 50%, and assigns a mask ...
Working with Image Selections
Working with Image Selections After you make a selection, you can clear it, soften its edges, make it floating, move it, and change its opacity. Clearing and Copying a Selection You can replace the pixels in a selection with the current background ...
Selecting Areas Based on Color
Selecting Areas Based on Color You can use the Wand tool and the Color Range command to select pixels in an image according to color. To Select a Contiguous Area of Similarly Colored Pixels: Use the Wand tool. To Select All Pixels of a Particular ...
Selecting Pixels in Images
Selecting Pixels in Images When a paint object is in Edit mode, any filters, commands, and painting tools that you apply can affect the entire image. When you have selected pixels in the image, the effect of a tool, filter, or other adjustment is ...
Adding and Removing Noise
Adding and Removing Noise In images, “noise” refers to randomly-colored pixels. Noise can be good or bad; e.g., you can apply noise to computer-generated graphics to make them appear more photographic. You can also use a filter that removes noise to ...
Applying Image Editing Commands
Applying Image Editing Commands You can apply most image editing commands to a single paint object if it’s selected or in Edit mode.You can also apply most commands to multiple selected paint objects. You can set image modes, apply filters, and ...
Auto-Tracing Images
Auto-Tracing Images You can use the Auto Trace command to create vector objects from an image. The Auto Trace command traces an entire image or any channel of an image and is available when a paint object is selected. Auto-tracing is much faster than ...
Changing Image Size
Changing Image Size You can use several methods to resize or scale paint objects and the images they contain. Keep in mind that altering the size or resolution of a paint object can degrade the quality of an image. Canvas X Draw uses interpolation to ...
Painting Context Menu
Painting Context Menu When working with a painting tool, use the context menu to gain quick access to common commands. The commands that are available vary, depending on the selected painting tool and whether there is a selection in the image. The ...
Painting Modes
Painting Modes Use various painting modes when you paint and edit images. Painting modes can create special effects and let you control color mixing and the tonal range affected by painting. The Mode menu is in the Properties bar and Brushes palette ...
Selecting Colors for Painting
Selecting Colors for Painting Painting tools use the foreground or background color, or both. In the Toolbox, instead of a pen ink icon for the foreground, a brush icon appears when you select a painting tool. The brush icon shows the foreground ...
Selecting Brushes and Painting Options
Selecting Brushes and Painting Options The Properties bar contains the Brush icon as well as other options for painting and image editing. The Opacity slider lets you adjust opacity for painting. The Mode menu lets you choose painting modes to ...
Working with Painting Tools
Working with Painting Tools Apply color, make selections, edit, retouch, color-correct, and clone images with Painting tools. For some tools, you can adjust opacity, pressure, exposure, or other settings. See the specific tool entries in this section ...
Displaying Data in Charts
Displaying Data in Charts Make your data more comprehensible by displaying the information in a chart. Use bars, lines, bubbles, points, pie charts and more to represent your data and communicate visually with color. Create Charts Charts are visually ...
Colorizing Objects
Colorizing Objects Use the Colorize command to tint vector objects with solid color fill or pen inks when you want to mix two colors, or shade one color with another. Doing this in the Presets palette can be complicated, since you have to create a ...
Extruding Objects
Extruding Objects The Extrude command lets you create objects that appear to have three dimensions. Extrude vector and text objects in parallel style, and vector objects in circular and semi-circular (“sweep”) style. You can rotate and scale extruded ...
Enveloping Objects
Enveloping Objects The Envelope command lets you distort shapes and text, as if an illustration was drawn on a rubber sheet and then stretched. When an object is in Envelope Edit mode, its bounding box acts like the rubber sheet. Canvas X ...
Attributes Palette
Attributes Palette Use the Attributes palette and its various ink managers to create your own inks. Each ink type has its own manager. Flip open the managers to create inks, adjust inks in objects, and change the Presets palette’s inks. To Open the ...
Viewing Object Properties
Viewing Object Properties If you want to view an object's properties, you can use the Object Properties Table View palette to see all the properties in a table. This palette lets you view custom properties that you have assigned to an object as well ...
Importing and Exporting Images
Importing and Exporting Images In Canvas X Draw there are several ways to import raster images into your document. You can open an image file directly, place an image in your document, or import the image. When you use the Import command, the Import ...
Importing and Exporting Images
Importing and Exporting Images In Canvas X Draw there are several ways to import raster images into your document. You can open an image file directly, place an image in your document, or import the image. When you use the Import command, the Import ...
Creating Flowcharts
Creating Flowcharts In Canvas X Draw, you can use the Flowchart palette to create a flowchart using standard flowchart symbols and lines. You can adjust the pen, fill, dash, and arrow attributes of the lines, the amount of offset spacing between ...
Creating Flowcharts
Creating Flowcharts In Canvas X Draw, you can use the Flowchart palette to create a flowchart using standard flowchart symbols and lines. You can adjust the pen, fill, dash, and arrow attributes of the lines, the amount of offset spacing between ...
Adding Annotations
Adding Annotations Canvas X Draw makes it easy to collaborate on a document with other members of your team. Once you have created your document, you can share it with your colleagues and they can add annotations or mark up the document as they ...
Introduction to SpriteEffects
Introduction to SpriteEffects SpriteEffects technology was introduced to allow for the easy creation and placement of fully-editable transparency effects to text, images, and vector objects within Canvas X Draw. Remember all SpriteEffects can be ...
Paragraph Alignment
Paragraph Alignment Canvas X Draw aligns text to the indents of a text object. Canvas X Draw has four alignment, or justification, settings: flush right, flush left, full (flush with both right and left indents), or centered. You can set alignment in ...
Horizontal and Vertical Text Scaling
Horizontal and Vertical Text Scaling Canvas X Draw provides independent control of horizontal and vertical scaling of text. Using this feature, you can stretch characters to create extended and condensed letterforms. To Scale an Entire Text Object: ...
Customizing Dashes
Customizing Dashes Dashes are composed of alternating solid and blank segments. Using the Dash manager, you can customize the length of up to 13 segments to create new, complex dash sequences. Dash stroke You can design dashes interactively using the ...
Customizing Dashes
Customizing Dashes Dashes are composed of alternating solid and blank segments. Using the Dash manager, you can customize the length of up to 13 segments to create new, complex dash sequences. Dash stroke You can design dashes interactively using the ...
Creating Custom Arrowheads
Creating Custom Arrowheads You can create arrowheads using the Arrow manager in the Attributes palette. These arrowheads can be used as starting, ending, or double-sided arrowheads. Canvas X Draw has several preset arrowhead styles that you can use ...
Creating Custom Arrowheads
Creating Custom Arrowheads You can create arrowheads using the Arrow manager in the Attributes palette. These arrowheads can be used as starting, ending, or double-sided arrowheads. Canvas X Draw has several preset arrowhead styles that you can use ...
Customizing Strokes
Customizing Strokes You can customize strokes in the Attributes palette: Display the strokes settings of selected objects. Create custom pen, parallel, calligraphic, and neon strokes. Create custom arrowheads and dash sequences. Apply custom settings ...
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