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Canvas 12
Reviewer’s Guide
Create, enhance and share technical illustrations
October 2010
Contents
Introduction
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Top Features
New Features
Workflow Integration
Top Features
New Features
Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Top Features
New Features
Testimonial
Online Tutorials
System Requirements
Availability
About ACD Systems
Contact Information
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Introduction
Designed as an integrated program,
Canvas 12 allows professionals in high
tech, complex environments to facilitate
collaboration between diverse
departments on documents, images and
data, and to improve productivity and
accelerate technical illustration workflow.
Canvas is the preferred solution for
technical illustration in precision industries
such as aerospace and automotive,
biotechnology and healthcare, education,
government, manufacturing, oil, gas and
energy, and technology, because it offers
the most flexible, scalable and integrated
design environment all in one single,
workflow-accelerating application.
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Introduction
Canvas provides an integrated and highly
precise publishing environment which
enables users to manipulate and visualize
technical data. The program has the full
range of precise vector object illustration
tools and advanced raster image editing
tools that users need — all in one single,
workflow-accelerating application.
Users can import over 100 file formats,
from the most common to the most
specialized, and export to over 80 formats
and presentation media, saving valuable
time and effort when creating, enhancing
and sharing technical illustrations.
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Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Canvas provides a single integrated
software environment for technical
illustration. With Canvas, users can
work with both vector objects and
raster images in the same document.
In addition, illustrators have access to
a larger range of enhancement tools
for any kind of graphic, rather than
being limited to certain
enhancements on vector objects and
others on raster images.
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Top Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Productivity Accelerator
Save time by completing work in one
application
Precision Drawing
Create Visuals from Raw and Technical
Data
Precision Scaling
Precision scalability is one of Canvas’ core
capabilities, because it can accurately
represent any object property to within
.035 microns
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New Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Symbol Pen
• Create pen strokes using symbols
• Eliminates the time-consuming task
of aligning symbols along a path
• Canvas 12 automatically generates
lines made up of shapes or symbols
• Draw with these repeated symbol
motifs like with any other digital pen
stroke
FPO
FPO
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New Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Symbol Library
• Make any vector object into a symbol
• Access sets in the Symbol Library or
organize symbol sets by keyword
and/or by re-categorizing symbols to
match a unique workflow
• Utilize thousands of new Canvas
symbols or access thousands of
commonly used and highly
specialized technical symbols
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New Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Smart Vector Fill Tool
• Fill visually enclosed regions created
by object overlaps with just one click
without needing to redraw regions as
standalone objects
• Color visually-enclosed regions
created by overlapping objects
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New Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Smart Join
• Automatically rejoin segmented
objects into one
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New Features –
Technical Illustration & Enhancement
Precise Perimeter-Based
Illustration Scaling
• Scale simple or composite vector
objects based on area or perimeter
values.
• Simply enter a value in the Scale
Options dialog box, choose
Percentage or Absolute, and click a
different origin point if desired.
• Allows for scaling a pen weight.
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Workflow Integration
In specialized workflows that require high
level format support and sophisticated
methods of data acquisition, visualization
and analysis, Canvas has the crucial
ability to accurately measure, edit, and
export digital images that contain up to 32
bits per channel of data.
Specialized imaging instrumentation within
the medical, geological, and other related
scientific industries often creates image or
data files that contain more than 16 bits of
data per grayscale channel. Canvas
combines its professionally engineered
technology core with a number of refined
user interface components that address
these needs.
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Top Features –
Workflow Integration
Seamless Integration
Easily integrate technical illustration with
more than 100 file import filters
Scientific Imaging
Support for scientific formats and
workflows through an array of tools to
measure, analyze, import and export
digital images
Engineering and CAD
An essential component of engineering
and CAD workflows. Canvas assists in
fully integrating complex engineering work
environments
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New Features –
Workflow Integration
Geometric Import & Export
• Import any object’s geometry and Canvas 12
automatically draws the object based on the
specified coordinates
• Easily create illustrations and graphics based on
precise measurements
• Specify and manipulate both the location and
geometric dimensions of rectangles, ovals, lines,
polygons, beziers and arcs
• View an object’s geometric properties in a
spreadsheet-like grid
• Import and export text file representations of
objects
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New Features –
Workflow Integration
3D View
• 3D object into a Canvas document
and visualize, annotate and embellish
its many different views without
having to redraw the views in two
dimensions
• View and enhance the latest
AutoCAD®-DXF/DWG 3D object file
formats by simply importing a 3D file
• Canvas 12 integrates into AutoCAD
3D workflows
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New Features –
Workflow Integration
Multi-Save
• Export documents to many formats at
once with just one click by using the
new Multi-Save command.
• Choose desired export formats,
including BMP, CGM, GIF, JPG,
PCX, PDF, PNG, TGA, and TIF
• Click “Save” to Multi-save that
document; and from there on,
Canvas will save to all the formats
selected
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Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Creating great-looking publications and
presentations, in collaboration with
colleagues, is quick and easy in Canvas.
The application has everything you need
to create professional documents and
presentations, including the Symbol
Library and the pre-installed Canvas
symbol sets, top quality raster image
rendering, robust page and text formatting,
and pre-press tools.
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Top Features –
Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Facilitated Formatting
A full range of traditional text formatting
and style tools, as well as page formatting
and column creation capabilities
Document types for every purpose
Specialized document types for publication
and presentation needs
Easy Annotation and Markup
Editing, proofing and annotation tools help
users collaborate with colleagues
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New Features –
Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Improved Flowchart tools
• Make data flowcharts with new speed
and flexibility
• Choose symbol size, shape, and
“Smart Line” attributes, and click to
place
Screen shots
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New Features –
Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Link Manager (with Hotspotting)
• Add hyperlinks to documents and
then export them
• Export to PDF or HTML with the links
intact
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New Features –
Publishing, Presenting & Collaborating
Page Navigator
• Instantly navigate within multiple
page Illustration, Publication,
Animation and Presentation
documents with the click of a page
thumbnail.
• Page Navigator is both dockable and
floatable for extra convenience
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Online Tutorials
For more information and online tutorials, visit the Canvas
Support Page:
http://www.acdsee.com/support/products/canvas/12
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System Requirements
Hardware
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or better
• 512 MB RAM installed (1 GB RAM
recommended)
• 700 MB free hard disk space (1.5 GB
recommended)
• 16-bit color or higher (True color
recommended)
• 1024x768 or higher screen resolution
recommended
• DVD drive – to install from the
installer disk
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Software
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home or
Professional operating system (with
Service Pack 2 installed), Windows
Vista® or Windows® 7
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0
(7.0 or higher recommended) - to
view the Help
Availability
Released in fall 2010, Canvas 12 is
available for $599.00 (USD).
Registered customers of previous versions
can upgrade for $299.50 (USD).
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About ACD Systems
Headquartered in British Columbia since 1993, ACD Systems International Inc. is one of
the world's leading developers and marketers of digital imaging software, including the
renowned ACDSee image management tool and Canvas, an advanced technical
illustration and graphics program. ACD Systems has millions of consumer and business
users, and more than 33,000 corporate customers including many Fortune 500
companies. For further details, please visit www.acdsee.com.
ACD and ACDSee are trademarks of ACD Systems International Inc. or its subsidiaries
and may be registered in Canada, the United States, the European Union, Japan or
certain other jurisdictions. Canvas is a trademark of ACD Systems of America, Inc. and
may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Trademarks of ACD Systems of America, Inc.
are used under license by ACD Systems International Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other
marks, products and company names are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact Information
For Media
Melanie Wood
ACD Systems International Inc.
TEL: (250) 419-6700
FAX: (250) 419-6745
[email protected]
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Gary Rubin, APR or Julie Yamamoto, APR
CMD Agency
TEL: (503) 223-6794
[email protected]