Set up the canvas

Set the canvas size

You should set the canvas size before you begin painting. The canvas size is defined by the number of pixels along the height and width of the canvas. If you attempt to change the canvas size of an existing image, Paint Effects does not resample the image—instead, Paint Effects prompts you to save the image, then creates a new canvas of the specified size.

To set the canvas size

1. Select Canvas > Set Size. The Set Canvas Size window opens.
2. Enter the X Size (width) and Y Size (height) values.
3. Click Set.
   Tip

   To restore the zoom factor to 1.0 (actual pixel size), click the 1:1 button on the toolbar.

   

Set canvas globals

You can set canvas lighting, canvas scale, and canvas wrapping options from the Paint Effects Globals window.

To set canvas globals

1. Select Paint Effects > Paint Effects Globals to open the Paint Effects Globals window.
   Tip

   You can assign a hotkey to open the Paint Effects Globals window (under Paint Effects in the Hotkey Editor, define PaintEffectsGlobalSettings).

2. Expand Canvas, then modify the global settings. For descriptions of these settings, see Canvas.