Canvas

The Canvas is the visible area that defines a design. The size and other properties of the canvas can be changed at any time in the Canvas pane from the Properties panel.

The grey area surrounding the canvas is non-printable ‘scratch’ space. Objects can overlap into this area, or they can be placed here while a design is being edited, however anything outside of the canvas will not be visible when printing or exporting the design.

You can view the canvas in a vector view where you have a sleek preview, or you can turn on Show Pixels for an accurate pixel preview of your design.

The Rulers, the Grid, the Guides and the Smart Guides are all helpful when positioning and aligning objects on the canvas.

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