The Table pop-up menu lets you choose among preset color tables:
Black Body is a range of sunset-like colors.
Grayscale is a ramp from pure black to pure white.
Macintosh System is the palette of colors supported by the
Mac OS.
Spectrum is a set of rainbow colors.
Web Browser is a set of 216 colors that can be displayed
without dithering by nearly all Web browsers operating on
Mac OS or Windows. This option is also referred to as a
browser safe palette.
Windows System is the palette of colors supported by Win-
dows.
You can also create a custom color table. To do this, refer to the sec-
tions To customize individual colors on page 31.627, and To cus-
tomize a color table by blending colors on page 31.627.
Saving and loading color tables
By using the Load and Save options in the Color Table dialog box,
you can save color tables to your hard disk, or load a saved color
table file into the Color Table dialog box.
To load a custom color table
1
Click Load in the Color Table dialog box. A directory dialog
box appears (Mac), or a Load Settings dialog box appears (Win-
dows).
2
In the directory dialog box, locate the color table file you want
to load, and then click Open. Canvas replaces the current palette in
the Color Table dialog box with the new palette, and its name
appears in the Table pop-up menu.
To save a custom color table
1
Click Save in the Color Table dialog box. A directory dialog
box appears (Mac), or a Save Settings dialog box appears (Win-
dows).
2
Type a name for the table in the Save color table in box
(Mac), or the File name box (Windows). Before you type the file
name, Canvas adds the extension .ACT in the text box. Its rec-
ommended that you keep this extension when naming the file.
Tip
Save your custom color tables
in a central location on the cor-
porate network and share them
with co-workers.