Infinite
Canvas
Documentation
Introduction
Adding
Panels To The Canvas
Working
With Trails
Adding
A Convenient Navigation
Publish
Your Comic
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The User Interface

The program window consists of two main components. The canvas occupies
the largest part of the screen. This is where you will add and manipulate
Panels, create Trails and add navigation objects. Next to the canvas is
the main tab-view. The "Info" tab displays the attributes of
the current selected object(s). If there is no object selected, the tab
shows the attributes of the canvas.
The Info-Canvas Tab
- Color: the color of the
canvas.
- Grid - Show Grid: toggle
Grid on/off.
- Grid - Snap to Grid:
toggle "Snap to Grid" on/off.
- Grid - Grid Size: You
can use the text-field or the slider to select a grid size.
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The second tab, labeled "Panels" is used for importing and
adding Panels to the canvas. You can find more information about this
tab and about Panels in Adding Panels To The Canvas.
The Display-Mode-Button
In the lower-left corner of the screen you can find the display-mode-button.
There are three modes:
- Canvas: In this mode you can edit Panels and Trails.
- Navigation: This mode is used to add Navigation
Frames and Navigation Trails.
- Preview: In Preview-Mode you can preview and test-drive
your Comic using the Java Applet.
The Tools-Button
With the tool-button you can select four different tools (from left to
right):
- Select-Tool: This tool is used to select and manipulate
objects. If you hold the Command-Key (the one with the Apple-logo) you
can select more than one object.
- Trail-Tool: With this tool you can create Trails
(Canvas-Mode) or Navigation Trails (Navigation-Mode). This tool will
snap back to the Select-Tool automatically. If you want to create more
than one Trail, double-click when selecting the tool. You can find more
information about the usage in Working With Trails
or Adding A Convenient Navigation.
- Frame-Tool: The Frame-Tool is only available in Navigation-Mode.
It allows the creation of Navigation Frames. As with the Trail-Tool,
this tool will snap back to the Select-Tool automatically. If you want
to create more than one frame, you have to double-click when selecting
the tool. You can find more information about the usage in Adding
A Convenient Navigation.
- Hand-Tool: This tool let you move the canvas.
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