It is used for illustration, page layout, animation, presentations, and publications in printed and World Wide Web formats.įrom its inception, Canvas differed from other graphics applications because it combined tools and file formats for both vector graphics (line art) and raster images (photographic and other pixel-based), adding word-processing and page-layout features such as multiple-page documents and master pages in subsequent releases. Ĭanvas provides tools for creating and editing vector and raster graphics. PageMaker, was running simultaneously very handy in that time of single-program operation. In the latter form, it could be used while another program, e.g. The first version was unique in many ways not least because it was released as both an application and a desk accessory. of Miami Florida, for Apple's Macintosh computers-part of the wave of programs that made the desktop publishing revolution. The original idea for Canvas came from Jorge Miranda, one of the founders of Deneba Systems Inc.