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years ago 1987 11 stable release x pro 16 november 26 2014 ; 22 months ago 2014 11 26 1 operating system windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 platform x64 available in english german spanish french italian and japanese type computer aided design license trialware website canvasx.com canvas x formerly canvas is a drawing imaging and publishing computer program from acd systems for personal computers . contents 1 development 2 version history 3 references 4 external links development edit canvas origins date back to 1987 . the original idea for canvas came from jorge miranda one of the founders of deneba systems inc. of miami florida for apple s macintosh computers part of the wave of programs that made the desktop publishing revolution . the first version was unique in many ways ; not least because it was released as both an application and a desk accessory . in the latter form it could be used while another program e.g. pagemaker was running simultaneously ; very handy in that time of single program operation . canvas provides tools for creating and editing vector and raster graphics . it is used for illustration page layout animation presentations and publications in printed and world wide web formats . from 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 along with word processing and page layout features such as multiple page documents and master pages . 2 the user works in a window which is the familiar page on a pasteboard analog used by many dtp and vector graphics programs but in that window which might be a single illustration page or one page of a multi page magazine book web site animation or presentation the user can create or edit and layout text vector graphics and raster images . canvas also emphasized technical drawing in addition to artistic illustration features . with version 3.5 deneba went cross platform releasing a version with file format compatibility for macintosh and windows computers . at version 5 canvas was completely rewritten for both platforms and included a quickdraw palette for creating 3d primitives and renderings . 3 version 7 of the software saw an internal extrusion engine being used instead of quickdraw . 3 at version 8 it was the first of the complex graphics programs to be carbonized to run on both classic and mac os x. with the introduction of canvas 11 support for the macintosh platform was dropped making the application windows only . in april 2003 deneba systems was acquired by acd systems of victoria bc canada the developers of windows image editing and handling software such as acdsee before the release of version 9 . canvas development has continued under the guise of acd systems of america in miami . canvas is available in a standard and extended version . the once optional scientific imaging module is now integrated into canvas and provides enhanced input output filters for file formats commonly used in science and engineering visualization . the geographic information system gis module provides tools for use in mapping and gis based data analysis . while canvas started out as a prosumer program in the general graphics dtp market and continues to be the first even only tool of many professionals in such fields as graphics design advertising marketing and dtp it is less known in the consumer prosumer market today than programs marketed by larger companies such as adobe illustrator photoshop and coreldraw . it has been better known in academic and commercial enterprises . version history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message canvas 1.0 macintosh 1987 canvas 2.0 macintosh canvas 3.0 macintosh 1990 canvas 3.5 macintosh and windows 1992 canvas 5 macintosh and windows 1996 canvas 6 macintosh and windows 1998 canvas 7 macintosh and windows 1999 canvas 8 mac os 9 mac os x and windows 2001 canvas 9 mac os x and windows 2003 canvas x mac os x and windows 2005 canvas 11 windows vista 2007 canvas 12 windows xp vista 7 2010 canvas 14 windows xp vista 7 8 canvas 15 windows xp vista 7 8 19 november 2013 canvas 16 windows 7 8 10 november 2014 references edit acd systems announces first product to integrate technical and creative publication features . acd systems blog . seattle washington acd systems . 26 november 2014 . retrieved 17 january 2015 . transparent publishing with deneba s canvas 6 . pc world . 31 december 1998 . a b ben long 1 march 2000 . deneba software deneba canvas 7.0 . macworld . idg . p. 32 . retrieved 6 july 2012 . external links edit official website the canvangelist retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title canvas x & oldid 732581607 categories html editorsvector graphics editorsraster graphics 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