This document contains instructions for demonstrating the Windows version of Canvas 3.5 using the Canvas Demonstration file.
Installing Canvas
A minimum of 8MB of RAM is recommended when running the Canvas demo. To install Canvas from the CD, copy the complete CANVAS directory (including the TOOLS and COLORS subdirectories) from the CD to the system's hard disk. You can do this in the Windows File Manager by dragging the Canvas folder from the CD to the hard disk icon (the C: icon, for example). The Canvas directory contains the Canvas program files and the Canvas demonstration document file (DEMO.CVS). Do not run the Canvas demonstration from the CD.
Setting up the demonstration
Before you run the Canvas for Windows demonstration the first time, you need to perform the following steps.
1) Open the Windows File Manager and double-click the CANVAS.EXE file in the CANVAS directory.
2) A dialog box asks you to locate the Canvas Tools. In the directory list, double-click the TOOLS subdirectory.
3) In the file list, double-click any tool file (ending in ".CVT"). Canvas starts and a blank document appears.
4) In the file menu, choose the Exit command. After Canvas closes, exit the File Manager.
Starting Canvas
To begin the demonstration, locate the CANVAS directory in the Windows File Manager and double-click the DEMO.CVS file. Immediately press and hold down the Space bar. Continue holding down the Space bar as the Canvas startup screen appears. Once the message "Loading ToolPicker" appears on the right of the startup screen, release the Spacebar.
Use the ToolPicker to load Canvas tools
After the Canvas startup screen closes, the Tool Picker dialog box opens and you can select Canvas tools to load.
1) Click the All Tools button to mark all the tools in the list for loading.
2) Click the OK button to launch Canvas. After all the tools load, the demonstration document appears. Click the arrow button at the top-right corner of the Canvas window to expand it to fill the screen.
Blend multiple objects
The first screen shows a weather forecast illustration. You will create a new picture by blending Friday's picture and Sunday's picture.
1) Click the sun in the Friday picture. Selection handles appear around the picture.
2) Hold down the Shift key and click the clouds in the Sunday picture. Selection handles appear around the picture.
3) Press the F4 function key. The Blend dialog box opens. Type the number 1 in the Shapes text box.
4) Click the OK button or press Enter. Canvas blends the two pictures to create the "Saturday" picture.
5) Near the bottom-left corner of the screen, next to the word "Blends," is an arrow pointing up. Hold down the Control (CTRL) key and click the arrow. The screen changes to the next layer.
Stretch Bézier text characters
The screen shows a large word, "Light" above a smaller word, "House." You will change the shape of two letters to create a custom logo.
1) Click the letter "L" at the beginning of the word, "Light." Selection handles appear around the letter.
2) Hold down the Shift key and click the letter "T" at the end of the word "Light." Selection handles appear around the letter.
3) Press Control-E to place both letters in edit mode. Editing points appear around the letter shapes.
4) Start with the pointer to the left of the letter "L" and drag a selection rectangle completely around the base of the letter, selecting all the edit points at the base of the letter.
5) Hold down the Shift key and drag a selection rectangle around the base of the letter "T", selecting all the edit points in the base of the letter.
6) Put the pointer on an edit point at the bottom of the letter "L." When the pointer becomes a plus sign (+), drag the pointer downward. The base of the "L" and the "T" move downward together. Drag the base of the letters down to the bottom of the word "House."
7) Press the Escape (ESC) key.
8) Hold down the Control key and click the arrow pointing up at the bottom of the screen.
Create a 3-D extrusion
The screen shows a gear illustration. The center has been extruded to create a three-dimensional appearance. You will extrude the outer part of the gear.
1) Click one of the teeth on the outer edge of the large gear. Selection handles appear around the gear.
2) Hold down the Control key as you open the Effects menu and choose the Extrude command.
3) In the Extrude Specifications dialog box, type .5 in the X Offset text box, type .5 in the Y Offset text box, and type 100 in the Scale text box.
4) Click the OK button or press Enter. Canvas extrudes the outer gear.
4) Hold down the Control key and click the arrow pointing up at the bottom of the screen.
Place dimensions with the Smart Mouse™
You will use the Smart Mouse to align dimensions in an architectural illustration.
1) In the Layout menu, choose the Smart Mouse command.
2) In the Tool Box on the left of the Window, press the Concentric Circle tool icon (A). The Object Tools palette opens (B). Press the Dimensioning tool icon in the Object Tools palette. The Dimensioning tool palette opens (C). Select the Vertical Baseline icon (see below).
3) Move the mouse to the right of the Window illustration. Canvas displays source lines pointing to the illustration.
4) Move the mouse until a source line points to the top of the window illustration, then click the mouse button.
5) Move the mouse down until a source line points to the top of the window louvers. Click once, then move the mouse to the right to position the dimension. Click to anchor the dimension object.
6) Move the mouse down toward the bottom of the window drawing. Click to make a second measurement. Move the mouse to position the dimension object and click to fix it in place.
7) Move the mouse down to the bottom of the window and click to make a final measurement. Move the mouse to the right to place this dimension and click to fix it in place. Then press the Escape key.
8) In the Layout menu, choose the Smart Mouse command to turn off the Smart Mouse feature.
9) Hold down the Control key and click the arrow pointing up at the bottom of the screen.
Punch a hole in a background object
In this layer you will open a "hole" in the background to reveal a photo behind the illustration.
1) Click the black area under the word "Lighthouse."
2) Hold down the Shift key and click the middle of the white rectangle on the right of the screen.
3) In the Object menu, choose the Make Composite command. Canvas makes the white rectangle transparent, revealing the photo of a lighthouse behind the black background.
4) Hold down the Control key and click the arrow pointing up at the bottom of the screen.
Wrap text around two objects
In this illustration, you will wrap a text block around a decorative drop cap and a circular logo.
1) Click the large letter "S" at the upper-left corner of the illustration. Selection handles appear around the letter.
2) Hold down the Shift key and click the center of the circular logo on the right of the illustration.
3) Hold down the Shift key and click the center of the main block of text.
4) In the Text menu, choose the Wrap command and choose the Outside Shape option in the submenu. Canvas wraps the text around the drop cap and the circular logo.
5) Hold down the Control key and click the arrow pointing up at the bottom of the screen.
Reshape the envelope around a logo
In the final layer you will warp a logo to make it fit inside a flag shape.
1) Click one of the text characters in the "SFLC" logo. Selection handles appear around the logo.
2) In the Effects menu, choose the Envelope command and choose the Straight Line option in the submenu. Canvas displays an "envelope" around the SFLC logo.
3) Move the pointer to the upper-right corner of the envelope. The pointer changes to a plus sign (+) when it is on the corner point.
4) Drag the corner point down so that the top of the envelope is parallel to the top of the flag outline. Canvas reshapes the text characters to conform to the envelope shape.
5) Press the Escape key.
You have finished the Canvas demonstration. Close the document without saving changes that you made.
1) In the File menu, choose the Close command. A dialog box asks if you want to save changes to the document. Click the No button.
2) To quit Canvas, choose the Exit command in the File menu.
