Convert an animation image plane to a canvas image plane or vice versa
 
 
 

Although canvas image planes and animation image planes are slightly different, they are both image planes, and you can easily convert an animation image plane to a canvas image plane. When you convert an animation image plane to a canvas image plane, the animation image plane’s image file becomes an image layer in the canvas image plane. You can then sketch on it.

See Introduction to canvas and image planes.

You can also convert a canvas image plane to an animation image plane. When you convert a canvas image plane to an animation image plane, Alias first merges the background layer and all image layers (and shape layers) in the canvas image plane into a single image layer (see Merge image layers), and then saves the image as a separate file (see Name a canvas plane).

To convert an animation image plane to a canvas image plane

Open the image plane file by choosing File > Import > Canvas Image .

To convert a canvas image plane to an animation image plane

Open the image plane file by choosing File > Import > Image Plane .

What if...

I can’t see my image plane?

If a construction plane is set (axes will be labelled cp x, cp y and cp z in the view windows if this is the case), you need to turn off the construction plane setting by using Construction > Toggle Construction Plane.