

Pastes what is visible on the canvas (hidden layers won't paste) to the Windows clipboard. It can undo up to eight actions per layer. And here we go with more explanations! Hold on, this is going to be REALLY long. If you want to keep your layers in the image, choose to save in WPB. More on saving files - There are three file types you can save as: WPB, BMP, or JPG. A good JPEG compression size for this program is around 75-90%.Įxit( X) - "Are you ready to close the application?" Exits the program if you answer "_( Y)" If you choose 0% that thing will be JPEGged within an inch of its life into something you won't even recognize. At 100% it is saved at very high quality. Basically, it's for how compressed a JPEG will be if saved as JPEG. Preference( P) - When clicked, this shows a bar from 0% to 100%. My guess is that if this file is protected, you can't delete or move it or share it. Just click "_( Y)" if you don't care anyway. However, apparently this format won't upload there. What's ? Check it out! It's the homepage for openCanvas (they have newer versions of openCanvas with more options/features available for purchase, even!) You CAN upload openCanvas pictures onto the site, but I think you have to have a username or some such. I don't mess with this a lot, so I can't tell you more about it. My best guess is that this is a file format that's protected. Wow! Now you can watch the file animate and complete itself every time like an oekaki animation!Įxport "protected" event file( L) - "This format never upload to, OK?" is how this starts out. This means you can save the event file! Just click this option, type in a name and press save. Trust me.Įxport event file( E) - If you've been a good child and solely used openCanvas as a new picture and answered "_( N)" to the "After this event, you can't export event data, OK?" question, you can export your event file. If you want an event file, you have to say "_( N)" to that message and not paste anything. Pasting an image from elsewhere (even if it's a file you started New!) will also give you the same "You can't export event data, OK?" message. You have to start a new picture (opening a picture will show you the message "After this event, you can't export event data, OK?" which means THERE WILL NOT BE AN EVENT FILE!) and continue it solely using the things in oC. To make/save an event file, you have to start and finish the picture in openCanvas without pasting or importing anything. Event files are like the animation you can see when you finish an animated oekaki. Import event file( I) - Ah, now for a long time I didn't know what this meant! This is an option where you can choose to play event files (if you have any.) Basically, it's just the option that lets you play event files. bmp (bit of a back-up measure), it would pop up a save window with the file called murphy.bmp. For instance, if you were working on a picture called murphy.wpb and wanted to quickly save it as a. It will take what is currently displayed on the canvas and save it under the file's Save name. SaveCopy( Y) - Basically, this is a quick way to save the whole picture as a. NOTE - OpenCanvas 1.1 autosaves as you work so if it happens to crash on you or otherwise be forcibly closed, all of your progress is not lost!

So SAVE, SAVE, SAVE your file CONSTANTLY! TRUST ME! If you inadvertantly click Close and haven't saved in a while, you're going to be SO mad at yourself! Knowing what happens to me, you might inadvertantly click this and click "_( Y)" when it asks if you really want to close (especially if it's late and you're tired.) And if you haven't saved in a while, this is going to really piss you off. While most of these options are self explanatory, I'll go over the more ambiguous ones to help you, mmkay?Ĭlose( C) - This will close your current file. All the basic functions such as Save, Save As, Open and Close are here. Covered here are File, Edit, Show and Network. The main menus have a lot of options that can enhance and save your work. OpenCanvas, Version 1.1: An Online Guide OpenCanvas, Version 1.1: An Online Guide
