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 arent 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