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Canvas Tips and Techniques

The following is a list of all the available tutorials in PDF format.

  7 Minute Solutions  
Seven Minute Solutions have been created to jump start your use of Canvas’ broad range of technical drawing, illustration, page layout, and presentation features. In just seven minutes, you’ll get an overview of some of the steps you can take to communicate your ideas to potential customers, clients, or colleagues with maximum effectiveness. Industry-specific scenarios provide a relevant background against which you can develop your skills—quickly, creatively, and confidently.
 
  1. Measuring the Mechanics
    Matthew is charged with the task of visually presenting the proposed replaceable component of Metalvionics' M Gas Turbine.

  2. Picking a Park Site
    The State of Florida hired Pete to help designate a new site for a state park. His first order of business is to create a true-to-life map of Florida, which shows all existing state parks. This map should include all counties and navigable waterways.

  3. Beautifying Bacteria
    Bob would like to use software technology to create an onscreen interactive microscope. His primary focus will be on magneto photographs of his specimens.

  GIS  
 
  1. Visualizing Data
  2. Registering Scanned Maps

 
  1. GIS Mapping
  2. Creating Maps
  Corporate Workflow  
 
  1. Mac Presentation Graphics (1.60 MB)
  2. Smart Mouse (420 KB)
  3. Creating Custom Templates (894 KB)
  4. Exporting to MS PowerPoint™ (1.11 MB)
  5. Slide Show Presentations (375 KB)
  6. Creating Flowcharts (299 KB)
  7. Object Properties (275 KB)
  8. Using Dimensions in Canvas (309 KB)

 
  1. Advanced Web Techniques (357 KB)
  2. Working with CAD Files (593 KB)
  3. Precision Drawing (315 KB)
  4. Creating Calendars (772 KB)
  5. Creating a PDF Catalog (822 KB)
  6. Using Canvas with Word (463 KB)
  7. Creating a PDF Form (594 KB)
  Illustration  
 
  1. Creating Shadows and Reflections (571 MB)
  2. Working with Layers (1.07 MB)
  3. Motion Effects (817 KB)
  4. Instant Cutaway (503 KB)
  5. Highlights and Shadows (242 KB)
  6. Chalk Effect (319 KB)
  7. Intro to SpriteEffects (1.15 MB)
  8. Depth of Field Illusion (927 KB)
  9. Mezzotint Effect (1.13 MB)
  10. Impressionistic Effects (1.01 MB)
  11. Neon Effect (314 KB)
  12. Technical Illustration (1.78 MB)
  13. Hidden Features (572 KB)
  14. Demystifying Curves (532 KB)
  15. Quick Illustration Techniques (816 KB)
  16. Using Canvas with Flash (609 KB)
  17. Wireframe Extrusions (263 KB)
  1. Clipping Paths (360 KB)
  2. Holiday Cards (536 KB)
  3. Vectorizing (446 KB)
  4. Space (1.74 MB)
  5. Aqua Gel Buttons (309 KB)
  6. Making Music with the G4 (423 KB)
  7. Seamless Patterns (156 KB)
  8. Paper clips or Pushpins (592 KB)
  9. Bind Object Groups to Path (277 KB)
  10. Realistic Water Droplets (427 KB)
  11. Push Flowers (632 KB)
  12. Creating Realistic Flat Screw (231 KB)
  13. Airbrushing the Vector Objects (727 KB)
  14. Transparency in Motion (560 KB)
  15. Realistic Water droplets (427 KB)
  16. Highlighting of Cartoons (288 KB)
  17. Hand-drawn Line Art (324 KB)
  Image Editing  
 
  1. Color Channels (1.03 MB)
  2. Desaturation Lens (1.01 MB)
  3. SpriteLayer Intro (1.24 MB)
  4. Lighting Effects (1.69 MB)
  5. Image Editing Tips (1.76 MB)
  6. Soft Focus (1.01 MB)
  7. Combining Images (560 KB)
  8. Watermarking Images (1.42 MB)

 
  1. Creating Perspectives (358 KB)
  2. Extrude Tool (308 KB)
  3. Aging Digital Photos (409 KB)
  4. Alpha Channel Masking (416 KB)
  5. Adding Scan Lines to Images (723 KB)
  6. Distress (256 KB)
  7. Hand-Tint (288 KB)
  8. Cool Photo Corners (201 KB)
  Web  
 
  1. 3D Interface Items (160 KB)
  2. Loading the Web Safe Color Palette (169 KB)
  3. Mouseover Buttons (206 KB)
  4. Grids for Web Design (171 KB)
  5. Creating Animated GIFs (295 KB)
  6. Optimizing Web Graphics (614 KB)
  7. Transparent GIF's (336 KB)
  8. Exporting Canvas Documents to HTML (378 KB)

 
  1. Banner Ads (426 KB)
  2. Rotating Logo (426 KB)
  3. Hot Metal Interface Design (306 KB)
  4. Web Graphics (197 KB)
  5. Hot Slices for Web Graphics (390 KB)
  6. 3D Buttons (196 KB)
  7. 3 Quick Tips for the Web (390 KB)
  8. Online Photo Album (896 KB)
  Text Effects  
 
  1. Exciting Text Effects (558 KB)
  2. Bevel and Cutout (231 KB)
  3. Making Crisp Text Panels (359 KB)
  4. Cutout Text (248 KB)
  5. Text Effects with Inner Bevels (225 KB)

 
  1. Neon Glow Effects (225 KB)
  2. Explore Transparent Type (424 KB)
  3. Display Type Techniques (322 KB)
  4. Cool Green Glow Type Effect (547 KB)
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