Canvas 12 User Guide - ACDSee

Canvas 12 User Guide
New brush options
Create brush shapes by specifying diameter, hardness, spacing, roundness, and angle. These same
options are available in the Brush Options dialog box.
Diameter Enter the diameter in pixels of the new brush.
Hardness Enter a percentage to tell Canvas how much of the brush shape is solid.
Spacing This percentage sets the amount of brush overlap when you drag a
painting tool. Turn off Spacing to make the brush velocity-sensitive, so it
skips pixels when dragged fast.
Roundness Enter 1 to 100. To create a circle, enter 100.
Angle Enter a number to rotate the brush shape.
Brush tip Drag to change Roundness.
Drag to change the Angle.
Preview Preview of the brush shape.
To define a brush shape with a selection:
You can make a new brush shape from a selection in an image. This lets you create non-elliptical
brush shapes.
1. Select all or part of an image (see "Selecting pixels in images" on page 483).
2. Choose Define Brush in the menu. The selection becomes a brush in the Brushes palette.
Canvas uses the shape and lightness values of the selection to define the brush. Brush
shapes do not contain color.
To delete brushes from the palette:
You can permanently remove brush shapes from the Brushes palette. If you think you might want to
use the brush shape again, you should first store it in a brushes file so at a later time you can load it
back into the palette (see "To save brushes in a file:" on page 422).
1. Select the brush you want to delete.
2. Choose Delete Brush in the menu. You can also Alt-click a brush in the palette to delete it.
To save brushes in a file:
You can save brushes in a file. Saving brushes to disk lets you customize the Brushes palette for
particular projects or exchange brushes with other Canvas users. The file format that Canvas uses to
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