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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Applying a Gradient Across Multiple Objects In Canvas™ - Part One - When applying gradient fills to objects in Canvas, each object will have the full range of the gradient applied to it. However, this may not be the effect you want to create. Canvas Gradient Tutorial Part Two
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Canvas™ 7 Aqua Button Tutorial Part One - Aqua "gel" buttons are very popular these days and the effect just begs to be done in Canvas 7 with SpriteEffects™. This effect can be done by anyone with intermediate level skills in Canvas. There are many pixel-based examples of this effect, but this tutorial shows how it can be created with vector objects in Canvas. Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Two ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Three ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Four ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Five ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Six ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Seven ... Canvas Aqua Button Tutorial Part Eight
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Canvas™ Rollover Buttons - Part One - Canvas 7 makes it very easy to create web pages with rollover buttons. With Canvas you can easily compose web page designs. You also can convert web page compositions directly into HTML and graphics thus saving a lot of development time. Canvas is my favorite composition tool because I can work with text, bitmap and vector objects all in one convenient application. Canvas Rollover Buttons Tutorial Part Two ... Canvas Rollover Buttons Tutorial Part Three ... Canvas Rollover Buttons Tutorial Part Four
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Cool Type Effect With Canvas™ 7 Part One - Deneba Canvas 7 features SpriteEffects™, a new technology that allows editable live effects on vector, paint and text objects. This is a huge advance and can only be fully appreciated when you see how these effects can be used. Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Two ... Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Three ... Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Four ... Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Five ... Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Six ... Canvas Cool Type Effect Tutorial Part Seven
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Cool Traveling Lens Effect In Canvas™ 7 Part One - The basic idea is to create a text object on a master frame then make a lens object and place copies of it into successive frames, repositioning it as you go. The document is setup as an animation document and it is exported as an animated GIF. You can place the lens object over any other kind of object (e.g. a paint object or vector object) and produce a similar effect. In this case we are using a text object. Canvas Traveling Lens Effect Part Two ... Canvas Traveling Lens Effect Part Three ... Canvas Traveling Lens Effect Part Four ... Canvas Traveling Lens Effect Part Five
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Creating Seamless Tiles (pdf) - Dave demonstrates how to create a seamless tile out of another image
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Creative Coloring - This tutorial will describe some methods of using Canvas for generating paint objects with unusual colorizations.
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Designing With Canvas (pdf) - A good starting point to coming to grips with Canvas. Lionel demonstrates creating business cards in Canvas.
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Glass Sphere (pdf) - Creating realistic glass baubles is no easy task, but this tutorial will straighten it all out for you.
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Inset Shadows -Thanx to a TCE member cor suggesting a great topic for a tutorial. Creating inset shadows. And if you read it within the next 60 seconds, I'll include two techniques for the price of one...
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Improving Image Quality When Rendering Canvas™ Paint Objects - Part One - This is a trick you can use to improve image quality when rendering paint objects in Deneba Canvas. Canvas Improving Image Quality Part Two ... Canvas Improving Image Quality Part Three
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Line Blends - Using the Blend effect (Effects->Blend) with lines can give you some interesting effects. And you're not limited to using straight lines, although this tip only shows straight lines. This tip is strictly to help spark some of your imagination.
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Masking Objects - A recent visitor to the Wizaerd's Forum was unsure how to create transparency masks in Canvas. So I wrote up a quick masking tutorial. It's not going to cover all your masking needs, and I'll probably do some other masking technique articles, but this is a good starting point.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Metal Type - No graphics tutorial site is complete without the tutorial on how to create shiny metal text. Here's a Canvas version.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Multigons (pdf) - What exactly is the Mutigon tool, and what can you use it for??
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - QuickTip For Pearls - After looking through a Xara forum, I came across a great technique for making a pearl. So I converted the steps into Canvas specific steps, and here is the result...
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Quick and Easy Gel Buttons in Canvas™ 7 Part One - This tutorial expands on the original aqua gel button tutorial and shows how you can easily create a rainbow of colored gel buttons with Canvas 7. Anyone with intermediate level skills should be able to follow this tutorial. Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Two ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Three ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Four ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Five ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Six ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Seven ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Eight... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Nine ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Ten ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Eleven ... Canvas Gel Buttons Tutorial Part Twelve
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Rounded HTML Rectangles - Use Canvas to create rounded HTML tabls for your webpages...
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Seamless Blends - Learn to use the Blend tool and create seamless optical illusions
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Sketched Text - How to create a pseudo-sketched type effect.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Space Scene - I'm sure that this is probably 'old hat' for Canvas users who've migrated from other imaging applications or have experience with other imaging applications, but I figured I'd write it up anyways just in case new users would like to know.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Shading Vector Objects - One thing Tom Coates has demonstrated over and over again, is he knows how to create realistic looking objects. In this article he shares some of his texturing tips with the rest of us Canvas users.
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Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Weaving (pdf) - Creative techniques for creating overlapping elements in your Canvas Illustrations.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Whole Object Fill (pdf) - Dave shows a unique way to create fills for your illustrations.
Deneba Canvas Tutorials - Wha's UUUp! Type Effect With Canvas™ 7 Part One - This tutorial arrives right on the heels of that one and many of the points made there apply here as well. Canvas Wha's Uuup Type Effect Part Two ... Canvas Wha's Uuup Type Effect Part Three ... Canvas Wha's Uuup Type Effect Part Four ... Canvas Wha's Uuup Type Effect Part Five ... Canvas Wha's Uuup Type Effect Part Six
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