In this lesson, we will introduce the [Sub View] palette, which is useful for grasping the entire canvas.

This is exceptionally useful when using a big canvas!

 

[Navigator] Palette

The [Navigator] palette controls how the canvas is displayed.

For example, you can zoom in and out of the canvas, rotate the angle, and even flip the canvas.

 

 

 

Image Preview

The area where the canvas image of the [Navigator] palette is displayed is called [Image Preview].

 

The red frame within the [Image Preview] shows the area displayed on the canvas window.

Dragging the red frame will scroll the canvas window display accordingly.

It is the same operation as the [Hand] tool or dragging while holding the [Space] key.

 

Clicking a point outside of the red frame will move the display area of the canvas instantly.

 

The entire canvas is always displayed on the [Navigator] palette.

Increasing the [Navigator] palette size will enlarge the image displayed in [Image Preview] accordingly.

In the [Image Preview], Crop marks/Base Lines, Grids, Rulers and Selection Borders will not be displayed.

 

In Ver. 2.2 or later, if you set a color profile preview in the View menu > Color profile > Preview, the color profile is also applied to the Image Preview, and the preview and canvas colors will match.

 

In Ver. 2.1 or earlier, the color profile will not be applied in Image Preview even if you have set the color profile preview.

 

 

[POINT]

For details on color profile preview, please click here.

 

 

 

Operating the Canvas display

The canvas display can be adjusted with the sliders and buttons found at the bottom side of the [Navigator] palette.

 

(1) Scale Up/Down Slider

Drag the slider to change the scale of the canvas steplessly. Drag right to scale up and drag left to scale down. The numbers next to the slider signify the scale. By clicking the number, a value between 0.8 and 3200 can be input directly.

Drag the canvas to the left or right while pressing [Ctrl] ([Command] for macOS) key and [Space] key, or [Ctrl] key and [Alt]([Option] for macOS) key and [Space] key to change the scale steplessly just like the scale up/down slider.

 

(2) Zoom Out/Zoom In

Click to scale up/down the scale of the canvas step by step.

Zooming out is the same operation as clicking the canvas while pressing [Ctrl] key and [-] key or [Ctrl] key and [Alt] key and [Space] key.

Zooming in is the same operation as clicking the canvas while pressing [Ctrl] key and [+] key or [Ctrl] key and [Space] key.

 

[POINT]

The displayed scale’s level of magnification when scaling down/up can be enhanced or decreased by going to the [File] menu ([CLIP STUDIO PAINT] menu in macOS) and opening the [Preferences] dialog box, then going to [Canvas]→[Scale] and adjusting the number.

 

・ Adding new scales …… Enter a scale that does not exist in the scale list in the input box and click the [Add] button. Numbers can also be entered in the input box with the slider displayed by clicking the [▶] mark next to it.

・ Deleting scales ...... Click on the scale to delete from the scale list and click the [Delete] button. It is not possible to delete all scales.

・ Changing scale ...... Click on the scale to change from the scale list to select it, enter the changed scale in the input box, and then click the [Change] button.

・ Revert to initial settings …… Click the [Revert] button to initialize the settings of the scale list.

The minimum and maximum values of the scale that can be added and changed are 0.78% and 3200% respectively. Both are included in the initial scale settings.

 

(3) Pixel Size

The canvas will be displayed in pixel size (100%).

Pressing [Ctrl] key + [Alt] key + [0] key will also display it in pixel size.

 

[POINT]

What is Pixel Size?

 

When in pixel size, the image pixels and the screen pixels will be displayed one-to-one (full size).

Creating a horizontal A4 canvas with a 350dpi resolution suitable for illustration will result in a file with 4093px width and 2893px height. Displaying the file on a 1680×1050 pixel monitor with pixel size view will look something like this.

 

(4) Fit to Navigator

Click to turn on Fit to Navigator.

The scale changes so that the entire canvas is displayed according to the size of canvas window. Click it again to turn it off.

 

(5) Fit to screen

Click to display the entire canvas on the canvas window.

Unlike [Fit to Navigator], it will not be affected when the window is resized.

Pressing [Ctrl] key + [0] key will also display the entire canvas.

 

(6) Rotating Slider

Drag the slider to change the angle of the canvas steplessly.

Change the canvas angle when the lines are difficult to draw.

Drag rightwards to rotate right and drag leftwards to rotate left.

The numbers next to the slider illustrate the angle. By clicking the number, a value between -179.9 and 180 can be inputted directly.

Drag the canvas while pressing the [Shift] key and [Space] key to change the angle steplessly just like the rotating slider.

 

(7) Rotate Left/Rotate Right

Click to change the canvas angle step by step.

Left rotation and right rotation is the same operation as pressing the [-] key and [^] key respectively.

 

[POINT]

The rotation angles of rotate left/right can be manipulated in [Canvas]→[Angle] of the [Preferences] dialog.

 

(8) Reset Rotate

Resets the angle to 0.

It is the same operation as double clicking the canvas while pressing the [Shift] key and [Space] key.

 

(9) Flip Horizontal

Clicking it will display the entire canvas that is horizontally inverted. It is only displaying the inversion, so the original data itself is not inverted.

The image within [Image Preview] will not be inverted too.

For example, it is used to check whether the perspective is correct by temporarily inverting the image.

Click it again to restore.

 

(10) Flip Vertical

Similar to flip horizontal, clicking it will display a vertically inverted canvas.

 

[POINT]

Most of the operations that can be done with the [Navigator] palette can be done in the same way in the [View] menu or the canvas window.