This includes selecting, moving, copying, duplicating, deleting, rotat-
ing, skewing, and flipping. You can assign URLs to them and make
proxies from them.
Creating paint objects
You can make new paint objects containing blank images. You can
convert objects into images by rendering them.
To insert existing images into a document, you can use the Place,
Paste, and Acquire commands. You can also scan images directly
into a Canvas document. See To open or place a file on
page 13.146; Acquiring images on page 13.148; and Using scan-
ners to acquire images on page 32.633.
Creating paint objects with painting tools
The Paint Object Creator tool creates new, blank paint objects. This
tool lets you set the image mode, resolution, and background trans-
parency for new paint objects. The Paint Object Creator tool is
located in the Painting Tools toolbar.
You can use other tools to create new paint objects. You can select
any painting tool (except Crop) and drag in the document to create a
paint object. The Paint Object Creator tool settings for image mode,
resolution, and background are applied to new paint objects you cre-
ate with any painting tool.
To create a paint object
1
Select the Paint Object Creator tool or another painting tool.
2
Drag diagonally in the document to create a rectangular paint
object.
To constrain the height and width proportionally, press Shift
as you drag.
To constrain the height and width symmetrically from the
center, press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) as you drag.
To constrain the height and width proportionally and sym-
metrically, press Option+Shift (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift (Win-
dows) as you drag.
3
A blank paint object appears in edit mode. You can begin paint-
ing in the image. When you finish, press Esc to end edit mode.
Paint Object Creator tool