Canvas 7 for Linux Beta Testing Open

Deneba Systems, makers of the Mac and Windows program entitled Canvas, has opened beta testing for the Linux edition of the next generation Canvas 7 software. The Linux edition of this popular software supports most of the features of its Windows counterpart, including TrueType font support and printing via the standard Linux mechanism.

Using Sprite Technology developed at Deneba, the SpriteEffects set of tools included in the program allows users to apply various image filters to any text or graphic while maintaining the ability to edit the graphics or text in a normal manner. It comes with various effects built into the program, and boasts over 150 new features that place "unprecedented creative control right into your hands," according to its creators.

With Canvas 7, users can create and edit vector graphics as well as edit and filter photographs with various effects and tools. Users can also create Web pages and animated graphics through its set of Web design tools, which include image mapping utilities and the ability to export HTML directly from documents.

This program also supports the importing and exporting of multiple file types including Adobe Photoshop documents and Macintosh files. Transparent layers created in Photoshop are preserved in the importing process.

Users can deliver online presentations, with more than a dozen effects to use for slide transitions using Canvas 7. It can also display all vector graphics anti-aliased to ensure quality.

Canvas 7 Linux Edition allows you to use your current window manager to set floating and regular windows with the desired properties. It has been tested on several versions of both RedHat and Debian Linux, and requires glibc version 2.1 or greater.

Visit Deneba's Canvas 7 download page to learn more about it and download it to begin testing.