Mac: Selecting this option means you will always see the origi-
nal object when you drag and resize. When dragging, if you pause
after pressing the mouse button before you begin dragging, you will
see the object (with ink and stroke attributes) follow the pointer. If
you begin dragging without pausing, you will see an outline of the
object (without pen ink, fill ink, or stroke) follow the pointer.
When duplicating objects offset
Tells Canvas how far (in pixels)
from the original to put object copies when you use the Duplicate or
Paste commands in the Edit menu.
When moving objects offset
You can specify the number of pix-
els that objects move when you use a combination of modifier and
arrow keys. For example, with the settings shown here (for Win-
dows), Ctrl+Right Arrow moves a selected object 50 pixels to the
right, and Alt+Right Arrow moves it 10 pixels to the right. Canvas
for Mac OS users can use the Command and Option keys in combi-
nation with arrow keys.
Auto-scroll to selection
keeps objects that you move using the
arrow keys in view by scrolling the document window.
Painting preferences
The Painting tab lets you set preferences for displaying and editing
paint objects and images.
Color Channels
Makes channel previews in the Image Channels
palette appear in color rather than shades of gray.
Anti-aliased Clipboard
Anti-aliases vector and text objects pasted
from the Clipboard into a paint object.
Anti-aliased Canvas Objects
Anti-aliases Canvas vector and text
objects drawn in a paint object. For example, if you add text to a paint
object in edit mode, Canvas rasterizes and anti-aliases the text.
Plug-ins
Click the button to set the location of Photoshop-compati-
ble plug-ins for use in Canvas. In the directory dialog box that
appears, select the folder containing the plug-ins. The path name of
the folder appears below the Plug-ins button on the Painting tab.
Installed plug-in filters appear in the Image > Filters submenu.
Dont Show Plug-in Host Warning
Suppresses the message that
Canvas displays if it tries to load a software plug-in that requires a
specific host program. Deselect this option if you want Canvas to dis-
play the message so you can choose whether to load the plug-in.