Documents and Setup
Using the Toolbar
Using the Toolbar The Toolbar contains buttons you click to choose commands and tools. The Toolbar appears below the menu bar. A standard set of commands appears on the Toolbar when you first run Canvas X Draw. You can use the Customize command to ...
Using AutoSnap Palettes
Using AutoSnap Palettes Canvas X Draw organizes tools, special effects, object attributes, and other functions in palettes. Palettes can remain open on screen, and they can be docked on the Docking bar. They can also attach together due to Canvas X ...
Viewing the Smart Toolbox
Viewing the Smart Toolbox Select any tool in the Smart Toolbox and its palette, as well as related tools, automatically opens and snaps to the right of the Toolbox. The tool palette remains in that position until another tool is selected. To Display ...
Saving Files in Multiple Formats
Saving Files in Multiple Formats Canvas X Draw lets you save your file in multiple formats with a single click. Instead of having to save your file numerous times in the different formats you need, you can simply set the Multiple Save options and ...
Saving Files in Multiple Formats
Saving Files in Multiple Formats Canvas X Draw lets you save your file in multiple formats with a single click. Instead of having to save your file numerous times in the different formats you need, you can simply set the Multiple Save options and ...
Exporting Files and Images
Exporting Files and Images Exporting Files In Canvas X Draw, exporting files in different formats is as simple as saving the file in your selected format. Because not all the different file formats support all Canvas X Draw objects and effects, it's ...
About Document Layout
About Document Layout Pages, layers, and master pages are a common element of all types of Canvas X Draw documents. Pages All Canvas X Draw documents can contain multiple pages. Here, “pages” is used as a general term for elements that make up a ...
About Document Layout
About Document Layout Pages, layers, and master pages are a common element of all types of Canvas X Draw documents. Pages All Canvas X Draw documents can contain multiple pages. Here, “pages” is used as a general term for elements that make up a ...
Using Canvas X Draw Templates
Using Canvas X Draw Templates Canvas X Draw includes many ready-made templates, and you can create your own template documents. Then, when you use the New command, you can select a template — either one supplied with Canvas X Draw or one you have ...
Saving Canvas X Draw Documents
Saving Canvas X Draw Documents In Canvas X Draw you can choose to save an entire document, a selection, or a layer. You can also use compression, or apply a password to protect a document. Use one of the following: Save: Updates a document file on ...
Opening Canvas X Draw Documents
Opening Canvas X Draw Documents Use the Open command to open Canvas X Draw documents. The general procedure is the same for opening Canvas X Draw documents and any other type of file that Canvas X Draw supports. Documents opened recently are listed ...
Overview of the Canvas X Draw Interface
Overview of the Canvas X Draw Interface Canvas X Draw has several types of documents: Illustration, Presentation, and Publication. These documents share some common elements, while some specialized controls apply to particular documents types. Canvas ...
Popular Articles
How to Create a Transparent Background in a Raster Image
Overview: This article demonstrates how to remove a background and make it transparent in a raster image, using the Channel palette. Applies To: Canvas X, Canvas X Geo, Canvas X3, Canvas X Draw Steps to Perform: 1. Go to Window > Palettes > Channels ...
System Requirements for Canvas for Mac Versions
Overview: Canvas for Mac versions can be installed on the following macOS operating systems. Note: Please do not install Canvas on Beta or unreleased versions of macOS, as we will not be able to provide Support until it is officially released and in ...
Working with Other File Formats
Working with Other File Formats When you use other file formats supported by Canvas X Draw, you can select options when you open, place, import, save, or export some types of files. The most common file formats and their options are described in this ...
Canvas X Draw (macOS) Release Notes
Canvas X Draw Release Notes Build 7089 Improvements Addition of a visual cue for documents that has been edited. Support of multiple links inside the same text object. Addition of Isometric Guides to the Layout - Grids & Guides menu. Fixes Fixed a ...
Canvas X Geo Supported File Formats
S-57 Files Phase One RAW Adobe® Illustrator® CS Sony RAW ARW Bitmap Support Raster Format USGS STDS (Spatial Data Transfer Standard) CorelDRAW (Versions 3.x – 8.x) Computer Graphics Metafile CMX Corel Presentation Exchange Legacy Canon RAW CR2 Canon ...