With new interactive transparency features, multiple master pages, sophisticated Web-publishing capability, and enhanced technical illustration tools, Canvas 6 has achieved a big leap in functionality. In this latest version, Canvas proves to be impressive in its speed and feature set. All of these can be multipage, multilayer documents, but the interfaces for each differ slightly. The fact that Canvas makes a distinction between the projects is slightly awkward, especially when compared to CorelDraw, but Canvas 6 overcomes its previous version's limitations of offering only multiple layers in publications or multiple pages in illustrations. The program's redesigned interface is one of the most efficient we've seen.
Some buttons have their own functional subset.
For example, the dimensioning button's subset offers 17 options for adding sizing information to elements in your drawing and is folded into the Object palette in the toolbox. This makes the workspace both uncluttered and customizable. Another impressive feature and in Canvas 6 is the ability to add transparency effects to text, images, and vector objects. Although CorelDraw has an interactive transparency tool, Canvas lets you paint transparency onto both bitmaps and vectors. Canvas is also the only illustration product that incorporates a CAD-like feature for accurate positioning.