OPEN CANVAS 1.1

Yes and no. Yes, you can use Open Canvas 1.1 to resize your photo (while maintaining or skewing the ratio), you can clip the canvas, or you can add doodles to your photo. However, adjusting things like brightness/contrast, red-eye removal, and blemishes are things that are not well-suited for Open Canvas. Open Canvas 1.1 is a digital art painting program and its tools focus on that area.

In short: not really. If you're intending to add text or special effects to a graphic (such as a banner, icon, signature, logo, etc.), you'll find that Open Canvas 1.1 is not suited for this kind of work. It really shines when you paint with it.

Yes, it really is free! PGN shared Open Canvas 1.1 as freeware back in the early 2000s. The later versions, Open Canvas 2 and higher, are all paid programs. Open Canvas 1.1 and the translation of it are still floating around on the internet.

Yes, but it is not as effective as using a pressure-sensitive tablet. The brushes in Open Canvas 1.1 are all pressure-sensitive and have size variation, based on the pressure of your pen. While it's not impossible to create artwork with a mouse, it's not recommended.

Sometimes Open Canvas 1.1 launches in Japanese. However, the characters do not render correctly, due to the English translation. The resulting mishmash of characters makes the toolbar unreadable. To fix this, simple click on the last option of the toolbar and click "English". This should make the text render correctly. Usually this error only occurs on first launch. Open Canvas 1.1 will remember your setting for next time.

The English translation of Open Canvas 1.1 is somewhat incomplete. There are no future plans to complete this project. As a result, some of the buttons/menus remain written in Japanese. For the most part, this does not affect the usability of the program.

To open a .ZIP file, you'll need either a zip extractor, or you can use the built-in software on your computer. Just right-click on the file and select "Extract Here". Then, the contents of the file will be within  the same folder as the file. 

With Open Canvas 1.1, there is no installation wizard. All you have to do is download, extract, and run. Double-click on the Open Canvas 1.1 icon after you've extracted it, and the program should run.

Unfortunately, 5000 x 5000 pixels is the largest size a canvas can be.

Unfortunately, you cannot. The default DPI is 72. This is ideal for web display.

Open Canvas 1.1 does not maintain image information that has moved off canvas. This means that Open Canvas will clip anything that is no longer on the active canvas. Please be careful as you may not be able to retrieve the information without reverting to a previous save.

You may be right-clicking by accident. A right-click will select the colour where the mouse is currently hovering. If your tablet pen has buttons on it where you hold it, it may have right-click as one of the settings.

No, Open Canvas 1.1 cannot make an adjustments, such as brightness and contrast.

No, Open Canvas 1.1 does not have any filter capability.

You may have pressed "Tab"  by accident. Try pressing it again.

To switch the layers, click on the layer you want to edit in the layer window. The selected layer will highlight in purple.

To rearrange layers, click and drag the layer up or down to change its order. You must have at least two layers to do this.

No, Open Canvas 1.1 does not support text.

No, Open Canvas 1.1 does not have a selection tool.

Yes, you can use a file that was created in a different program, so long as the file type is a .JPG, .BMP, .WPB, or .WPE.

However, if the file is a .JPG or a .BMP, then you will be unable to replay your file (export the Event File). .JPG and .BMP files lose layer information, so will only have the single layer.

If you saved your file as a .JPG or .BMP and reopened it later, the layer information will have been lost and the file would have been merged into a single layer.

To prevent layer loss, save your working file as a .WPB and share the file online as a .JPG.

If you saved your file as a .JPG or .BMP and reopened it later, the layer information will have been lost and the file would have been merged into a single layer.

To prevent layer loss, save your working file as a .WPB and share the file online as a .JPG.

Open Canvas 1.1 cannot support files that are 300 DPI, which is the ideal size for printing. This means that the default, 72 DPI, will print out much smaller. If you want to share your images with your friends, it's best to do so online.

If you've saved your file as a .JPEG, it's possible that your preferences have set the .JPEG file compression to low. To fix this, click on "File", "Preferences", and click and drag the slider to "100%". This should make the .JPEGs less lossy.

An Event File is a special file type unique to Open Canvas. It records your drawing process and allows you to rewatch the creation of the image with every stroke played back to you.

It also allows you to pause the recording at any time to edit your image in a different way.

To replay a file, click on "File" and "Import Event File". Select the .WPE file you want to replay. Click on "OK" for the dialogue box that pops up. Do not change any settings. Then, the file will begin to play automatically.

To pause an Event File, click "Show" and select "stop event playing".

PGN's Community page only supports Event Files from Open Canvas 4.5 and higher. To share your process online with people without Open Canvas 1.1, you can use a screen recorder and upload the file to YouTube.

PGN does not support Open Canvas 1.1 any longer. As such, you cannot upload files directly to their Community using the Open Canvas 1.1 interface.

If you are hosting a collaboration session using the networking feature of Open Canvas 1.1, you need to download an external VPN software. We recommend using Evolve.

From there, you and your collaborators must make an account. The host of the collaboration must create a party and invite members to their party.

On the party page, your IP address will be available, which you can share with your friends. That is the IP address that you must use to connect in Open Canvas 1.1.

The chat button is a feature of the networking function. You can chat and collaborate with friends on a single canvas.

If you are hosting a collaboration session using the networking feature of Open Canvas 1.1, you need to download an external VPN software. We recommend using Evolve.

From there, you and your collaborators must make an account. The host of the collaboration must create a party and invite members to their party.

On the party page, your IP address will be available, which you can share with your friends. That is the IP address that you must use to connect in Open Canvas 1.1.

In the Host tab of the Networking window, you can choose to protect your session by creating a password and sharing it with your friends. We highly recommend you do so.

Then, as clients, your friends can choose a username, type in your IP address, and type in the password.

Then you should all be connected.

The number of layers are set by the host of the networking session. The maximum amount of layers (for each attendee) is 3. You will not be able to edit each others' layers.

First, we recommend that you use a Wacom Tablet. They are optimized for use with Open Canvas. Next, please ensure that all drivers are up to date.

If this doesn't clear up the problem, then there is the possibility that there is a hardware issue--not software. If this is the case, you should contact the manufacturer of the product for further assistance.