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A canvas is simply an ordered list of layers.  When you encapsulate a group of layers, you are making a new Canvas, putting the encapsulated layers into that new canvas, removing them from the Canvas they were previously in, and replacing them with a new {{l|Paste Canvas}} layer, called 'Inline Canvas'.  The new Paste Canvas layer has a parameter called "Canvas" which has the new Canvas as its value.
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Canvases can be {{l|Export|exported}}, which adds them to the Canvases Dialog, from where they can be edited separately in their own workarea.
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A canvas is simply an ordered list of layers. When you {{l|Group}} a set of layers, you are making a new Canvas, putting the grouped layers into that new canvas, removing them from the Canvas they were previously in, and replacing them with a new {{l|Group Layer}}. The new {{l|Group Layer}} has a parameter called {{Literal|Canvas}} which has the new {{l|Group Layer|}} name as its value.
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Canvases can be {{l|Export|exported}} (the name must not contains space or :#@$^&()* characters) , which adds them to the {{l|Canvas Browser Panel}}, from where they can be edited separately in their own workarea.
  
 
Sub-canvases can in turn be exported from these new workareas, building up a tree of canvases.
 
Sub-canvases can in turn be exported from these new workareas, building up a tree of canvases.
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[[File:Canvas 1.0.png|900px|thumb|center|The {{l|Category:Canvas_Window}} showing the actual {{l|Canvas}}]]
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== Creating a new Canvas ==
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Canvases can be created by right-clicking on the Canvas parameter of a Group layer and choosing Export Value.
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In the dialogue that appears enter a name for your new canvas.
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The canvas will now be created in the Canvas Browser to the right of the screen. Double-clicking on the canvas name will open the canvas, which contain all of the layers that are part of the original Group
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==See also==
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{{l|Canvas_Properties_Dialog}}

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A canvas is simply an ordered list of layers. When you Group a set of layers, you are making a new Canvas, putting the grouped layers into that new canvas, removing them from the Canvas they were previously in, and replacing them with a new Group Layer. The new Group Layer has a parameter called "Canvas" which has the new Group Layer name as its value.

Canvases can be exported (the name must not contains space or :#@$^&()* characters) , which adds them to the Canvas Browser Panel, from where they can be edited separately in their own workarea.

Sub-canvases can in turn be exported from these new workareas, building up a tree of canvases.

The Canvas Window showing the actual Canvas

Creating a new Canvas

Canvases can be created by right-clicking on the Canvas parameter of a Group layer and choosing Export Value.

In the dialogue that appears enter a name for your new canvas.

The canvas will now be created in the Canvas Browser to the right of the screen. Double-clicking on the canvas name will open the canvas, which contain all of the layers that are part of the original Group

See also

Canvas Properties Dialog


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