Painting and Image Editing
Rotating Images
Rotating Images Canvas X Draw gives you the ability of applying a soft rotate or hard rotate to your images. A soft rotate is sufficient if you do not need to export the images to another format; however, if you plan on exporting your images and need ...
Rotating Images
Rotating Images Canvas X Draw gives you the ability of applying a soft rotate or hard rotate to your images. A soft rotate is sufficient if you do not need to export the images to another format; however, if you plan on exporting your images and need ...
Creating Custom Image Filters
Creating Custom Image Filters You can create your own special effect and image-correcting filters using the Custom command. You can also save custom filters and use them in future Canvas X Draw documents. Filters work with an image one pixel at a ...
Creating Custom Image Filters
Creating Custom Image Filters You can create your own special effect and image-correcting filters using the Custom command. You can also save custom filters and use them in future Canvas X Draw documents. Filters work with an image one pixel at a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Using the High Pass, Maximum, and Minimum Filters
Using the High Pass, Maximum, and Minimum Filters This section describes how you can create selections in alpha channels and resize bright areas in color channels. Isolate areas in an image using the High Pass filter and Threshold command. You can ...
Using the High Pass, Maximum, and Minimum Filters
Using the High Pass, Maximum, and Minimum Filters This section describes how you can create selections in alpha channels and resize bright areas in color channels. Isolate areas in an image using the High Pass filter and Threshold command. You can ...
Artistic Effects
Artistic Effects The artistic filters, Crystallize, Lens Flare, Oil Painting, and Stained Glass, can be applied to images, text, and vector objects. For images, with the image selected, access the filters by choosing Image | Filter | Artistic or ...
Artistic Effects
Artistic Effects The artistic filters, Crystallize, Lens Flare, Oil Painting, and Stained Glass, can be applied to images, text, and vector objects. For images, with the image selected, access the filters by choosing Image | Filter | Artistic or ...
Spherical Distortion
Spherical Distortion The Spherize filter can distort an image to simulate a reflection on a curved surface. To Apply the Spherize Filter: Select a paint object. Make a selection to limit the effect to an area. If you don’t make a selection, the ...
Spherical Distortion
Spherical Distortion The Spherize filter can distort an image to simulate a reflection on a curved surface. To Apply the Spherize Filter: Select a paint object. Make a selection to limit the effect to an area. If you don’t make a selection, the ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Transparency Effects with Channel Masks
Transparency Effects with Channel Masks Channel masks let you add transparency to images without altering them permanently. A channel mask creates transparency without changing any pixels in an image. You can remove a channel mask to eliminate the ...
Transparency Effects with Channel Masks
Transparency Effects with Channel Masks Channel masks let you add transparency to images without altering them permanently. A channel mask creates transparency without changing any pixels in an image. You can remove a channel mask to eliminate the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Using the Channels Palette
Using the Channels Palette The Channels palette displays the channels contained in a paint object when the paint object is in Edit mode. The palette also displays the channels contained in any object that has a channel mask when you edit the mask. ...
Using the Channels Palette
Using the Channels Palette The Channels palette displays the channels contained in a paint object when the paint object is in Edit mode. The palette also displays the channels contained in any object that has a channel mask when you edit the mask. ...
Saving and Loading Selections in Channels
Saving and Loading Selections in Channels When you have made a selection in an image, you can create an alpha channel from the selection. An alpha channel preserves the shape and opacity of a selection, so you can use it to make the same selection in ...
Saving and Loading Selections in Channels
Saving and Loading Selections in Channels When you have made a selection in an image, you can create an alpha channel from the selection. An alpha channel preserves the shape and opacity of a selection, so you can use it to make the same selection in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Converting Paths to Selections
Converting Paths to Selections You can use vector objects and text to make selections in images. The Path to Selection command makes a selection in an image from the shape of a vector, text, or group object. With this command, you can outline ...
Converting Paths to Selections
Converting Paths to Selections You can use vector objects and text to make selections in images. The Path to Selection command makes a selection in an image from the shape of a vector, text, or group object. With this command, you can outline ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sharpen Filters
Sharpen Filters Sharpen filters increase the contrast between adjacent pixels, which can make an image appear more distinct. These commands work with all image modes except Black & White, Duotone, and Indexed. Although the Sharpen and Blur filters ...
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