drag to skew and rotate the clipping path. You can also apply the Fractalize, Rotate, and Flip commands to a selected clipping path. You can reshape a clipping path in several ways. Select a clipping path and drag its handles to change the size or shape of its bounding box. To reshape a vector object path, double-click it, or select it and press Command+E (Mac) or Ctrl+E (Windows). With the path in edit mode, you can use path-editing techniques to move, add, or delete anchor points. When you finish editing, press Esc to reapply the clip- ping path. To edit a text clipping path, use the Text tool or double-click the text to put it in edit mode. You can insert and delete characters in edit mode. When you finish, press Esc to reapply the clipping path. To change the formatting of a text clipping path, select the clipping path and use the Text menu or the Type palette to change its font, style, size, or other attributes. When a text clipping path is selected, you can use the Spell Check Selection command to check its spelling. Because clipping paths are special objects, they do not display the pen inks, fill inks, or strokes of their original objects. Canvas displays clipping paths with 1-point black strokes (which the Clipping Path > Hide command makes invisible). If you select a clipping path and change its inks or stroke, Canvas applies the attributes to the object, but the attributes aren’t visible unless you use the Release command to convert the clipping path back into a vector or text object. Combining objects The Combine command in Canvas allows you to create new objects from the intersection of two or more vector objects. Canvas contains a Combine palette that provides a series of visual representations of the effect before it is applied to a selected group of objects. You can outline the overlapping objects, delete all except the overlapping area, subtract the overlapping area, and perform other combinations. Combine palette To view the Combine palette, choose Effects > Combine from the main Canvas menu. To put the Combine feature into operation, create and select a group of objects. Next, click on any of the Combine options that you see in the palette. Combine Palette
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