Canvas X Tools Canvas X Tools Selection tools Painting Line Selection Paint Brush Line Lasso selection Airbrush Kinked Direct edit lasso selection Neon Smooth Kinked Direct group selection Pencil Basic Direct edit selection Marker Dogleg Connector Hyperlink pointer Eraser Polygon Rectangle Rectangle Bucket Blend Smooth Polygon Connection Point Rounded Rectangle Gridmaker Wand Marquee Path Curve Cube Row Selection Polygon Multigon Column Selection Smooth Polygon EasyShapes Oval Freehand Oval Oval Arc Circle 3 Points Lasso Polygon Lasso Blur Sharpen Other Push Reshape Auto Curve Arc 3 Points Dodge Paint Object Creator Circle Radius Burn Color Dropper Arc Radius 1
Canvas X 2019 Quick Reference Concentric Circles Spiral Dimensioning Linear Baseline Chain Angle Perpendicular Object Side Radius Diameter Center Area Sponge Rubber Stamp Smudge Red Eye Crop Remote Move Image Data Viewer Transparency Sprite Radial Transparency Directional Transparency Rectangular Transparency Elliptical Transparency Attribute Dropper Annotation Lens Smart Vector Fill Camera Hand Magnifying Glass Miscellaneous Knife Scissor Slice Creator Page Crop Web Button Animated GIF Perimeter Annotation Basic Annotation Text Text Text Object Calendar Create OLE/Active X Control Vector Gradient Multiple Sources Text Link Registration Mark Multiple Notes Text Unlink 3D View Flowchart Link Info Text Path Text Form Field Text Section 2
Canvas X Menus Table Text Format Brush Markup Markup Highlighter Markup Pen Circle Redline Rectangle Redline Speaker Notes Canvas X Menus The following menu items in green are only available in Canvas X GIS. File Edit Text Object Path New... Open... Close Browse with ACDSee... Place... Set up Canvas X Printer... Save Save As... Revert Save to Web... Automation Configuration Center... Customize... Symbol Library... Print Area Page Setup... Print Preview... Print... Properties... Undo Redo Again Cut Copy Paste Clear Copy Special Paste Into Paste Within Selection Paste Special... Paste Attributes... Paste & Replace Selection Paste Text Only Calibration Find... Select All Invert Selection Duplicate Duplicate with Font Size Style Justification Leading Kerning Insert Insert Picture Rules... Spell Checker Type... Wrap Normalize Font Size Text Merging Align Arrange Move... Scale... Scale by Area/Perimeter... Group Ungroup Make Composite Break Composite Lock Unlock/Unlock All Hide Selected Objects Show All Hidden Objects Treat as Point Object Treat as Regular Object Create Chart... Clipping Path SpriteLayers SpriteEffects Convert to Lens Attributes... Edit Path Live Curve Editing Join Smart Join... Fit Bezier... Reduce Points... Add Points... Smooth Unsmooth Perspective Convert to Paths Convert to Simple Paths Outline Path Stroke Object Path Editor... Math expression 2-D plot Geometric Export... Geometric Import... 3
Canvas X 2019 Quick Reference File Edit Text Object Path Exit Transform Replicate... Replace Ink Attributes... Replicate and Position... Sequences... Insert Object... Links... Set Default Attributes Edit Options Object Specs... Object Properties Table View... Object Properties... Select by Property... Statistics by Property... Convert Macro File... Export as Symbol... Auto Dimensioning Layout Effects Image GIS Window Help Display Display Options... Document Layout... Sheets Layers Views Document Scale Document Setup... Rulers... Slide Show... Smart Mouse & Guides Grids and Guides Rotate Right Rotate Left Horizontalize Freeform Flip Bind Text Bind to Path Blend... Colorize... Combine... Envelope... Extrude... Fractalize... Offset Path... Shadow... Remove Effects Mode Select Area Proxy Filter Adjust Histogram... Image Measurement... Calculate... Add Visibility Mask Import... Export Auto Trace... DSC Information (EXIF)... Image Warp Path to Selection Selection to Path... Show Channels... Trim to Path Import... Export... GIS Document Settings... GIS Positioning... Choose Reference Point Tag Selection As Object Properties... Object Properties Table View... Buffer... Select by Property... Label by Property... Visualize Data... Create Graticule... Statistics by Property... Palettes Toolbox Docking Bar Show/Hide Toolbar Show/Hide Properties Bar Window Layout Show Startup... Tile Across Tile Down Stack Arrange Icons Canvas X Help Getting Started Scripting Guide Show/Hide Canvas Assistant Show/Hide Dynamic Help Purchase Canvas X Enter License Manage acdid Account Check for Updates Product Support and Resources Customer Support Related Products Canvas Forum 4
Canvas X s Layout Effects Image GIS Window Help Verify Document... About Canvas X... Canvas X s Viewing and Navigating Scroll with the Hand tool Hold down the Spacebar and drag in the layout area Zoom in Ctrl+ Alt+ Plus (+) Ctrl+Spacebar and click Zoom out Ctrl + Alt + Minus (-) Ctrl+Spacebar+Shift-click Open a context menu Click right mouse button Drawing and Creating Objects Snap to 45-degree angles Draw from the center Copy object Make multiple copies of objects Copy and resize selected objects Copy an object in Freeform mode while rotating or skewing Select the previous tool Hold down Shift as you drag Press Ctrl and drag Press Ctrl and drag object Press Ctrl+Alt and drag Begin to drag a handle and then press and hold Ctrl Press Ctrl as you drag Hold down Alt 5
Canvas X 2019 Quick Reference Selecting Objects Select all objects created by a particular tool Select objects touched by a selection box Select object behind other objects Select object on another layer Select the tool, press Ctrl + A Ctrl-drag with Selection tool Tab-click where objects overlap Press Tab and click object (can be combined with other selection shortcuts) Miscellaneous s Exit Edit mode Apply the current fill ink Apply the current pen ink Press Esc or click outside of the object Ctrl-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool Ctrl-right-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool Text and Typography Scale all text in a selected text object Open the Type palette Force a line break without creating a new paragraph (insert a soft return) Move insertion point to... Start of word End of word Start of a line End of line Up 3 lines on the left margin Down 3 lines on the right margin Select... One character to right or left To end or beginning of word To beginning of line To end of line One line above or below insertion point Press Alt and drag a handle on the text object Ctrl + T or double-click Text tool icon Press Shift+Return Ctrl + left arrow key Ctrl + right arrow key Ctrl+up arrow key Ctrl+down arrow key Press Page Up key Press Page Down key Hold down Shift and press right or left arrow key Shift+Ctrl+right arrow key or Shift+Ctrl+left arrow key Shift+Ctrl+up arrow Shift+Ctrl+down arrow Shift+up arrow Shift+down arrow 6
Canvas X s Three lines above or below insertion point One word From insertion point One line All text in a text object Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down Double-click the word Shift-click at end of selection Triple-click the line With the insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+A Painting and Editing Images In Paint Edit mode, set foreground color to black and background color to white Swap foreground and background colors Set the opacity for a painting tool (if applicable) Crop a paint object (hard crop) Constrain brush strokes to straight horizontal or vertical movement Switch temporarily to the Color Dropper while using a painting tool Apply a channel mask to an object, or put an object s channel mask in Edit mode Place a paint object in Edit mode when another paint object is in Edit mode Press C Press X Press a number key while the tool is selected; click the tool again Press Ctrl and drag a handle on the selected paint object with the Selection (arrow) tool Press Shift while you drag a painting tool Press Alt Press Ctrl and double-click the object Press Tab and click the paint object while a painting tool is selected Channels Palette Operation Add a channel to the current selection Replace an alpha channel with the current selection Add the current selection to an existing alpha channel Create a new channel Delete an alpha channel Duplicate a channel Load a channel as a selection Press Shift and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Alt+Shift and click the channel Drag from the Selection button to the channel Press Shift and drag from the Selection button to the channel Click the New Channel button Drag the channel to the trash can icon Drag the channel to the New Channel button Drag the channel to the Selection button, or Alt-click the channel 7
Canvas X 2019 Quick Reference Operation Move an alpha channel in the palette Save the current selection in a new channel Select the intersection of the current selection and a channel Subtract a channel from the current selection Subtract the current selection from a channel Make a channel active Drag the channel up or down in the list Click the Selection button Press Shift+Ctrl and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Shift+Ctrl+Alt and click the channel Ctrl-drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Ctrl+Alt and click the channel Press Ctrl and drag from the Selection button to the channel Press Ctrl and a number key. Press zero to select the composite channel Selecting Painting Tools Tool Key (press with paint object in Edit mode) Tool Airbrush A Marquee, Oval Marquee, Row Selection, Column Selection Blur F Pencil P Blend G Paintbrush B Bucket K Remote Move V Burn N Rubber Stamp S Dodge O Sharpen Q Eraser E Smudge U Lasso L Sponge D Marker H Wand W Neon T Red Eye Reduction R Key (press with paint object in Edit mode) M Editing Vector Paths Place selected path in Edit mode Use the pop-up menu to edit an anchor point or path segment Add an anchor point to a segment Delete an anchor point Move an anchor point as you place it Press Ctrl+E Right-button click the path with Selection tool Press Ctrl and click a segment Press Ctrl+Shift and click the anchor point Without releasing the mouse button as you set the anchor point, press the Spacebar and drag to move the anchor point 8
Canvas X s Change the length of both tangent lines of an anchor point at once Change an anchor point from smooth to cusp Change a cusp point with two tangent lines to a smooth point Add a tangent line to an anchor point that does not have two tangent lines Delete one or both tangent lines from an anchor point Close an open path Change the length of a tangent line without changing the angle Reshape the segment you drag and the adjacent segments Press Ctrl and drag either tangent line handle Press Tab and drag either tangent line handle Press Tab and click a tangent line handle to align the tangent line with the other tangent line Press Tab and drag from the anchor point Press Tab and click the anchor point 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 Press Ctrl+Alt and drag the tangent line handle Press Alt and drag the segment 9