Parallel Projection
The Parallel Projection tool adjusts the depth of your strokes and images while keeping the original view intact. Similar to the Add a New Canvas tool, you drag content forward or backward in space to change its depth. As you move your canvas closer to the camera, the content will appear smaller, while moving it further away makes it larger.
Always start from the view you want to keep. If two pieces of content don’t appear to intersect in your current view, they cannot be made to intersect using projection.
How to Project Your Canvas
Move the canvas in space
Drag your finger or pen in the main view to pull your canvas forward or backward in space. You can drag horizontally or vertically.
Use the Bird’s Eye view to orient yourself
The Bird’s Eye View in the top-right corner provides an interactive overview of your scene.
Confirm the position
Once the canvas is positioned, hit the checkmark on the right side of the toolbar to confirm its location.
Understanding the Bird’s Eye View
The Bird’s Eye View appears in the top-right corner when you move a canvas. This reference window helps you visualize your scene structure and ensures precise placement of canvases.
Reference View
An interactive 3D view of your scene. You can use any standard navigation gestures to adjust the view: drag one finger or pen to rotate the view, pinch to zoom, and drag with two fingers to pan.
Camera Frustum
The blue wireframes represent the camera view. The camera itself is located at the tip of the pyramid and the rectangle base of the pyramid shows the bounds of your current camera view. The second rectangular (in blue) frame belongs to your new canvas. As you move the canvas in the main view, you’ll see this frame move to correspond with the canvas’ new position.
Resize Window
Drag the scale icon in the bottom-left corner to adjust the size of the Bird’s Eye View.
Canonical Views
Tap the radio buttons to switch between top, side, 45-degree, and front views. You can also tap inside the reference view to cycle through these views.
Move Window
Drag the move icon in the bottom-right corner to reposition the Bird’s Eye View in the main view.
Parallel Canvas Projection in Draw vs. View Mode
The Parallel Projection button behaves slightly differently depending on whether you’re in Draw mode or View mode.
In Draw Mode
- The new canvas starts in the same location as your active canvas.
- If you confirm the placement of the new canvas without moving it, the new canvas will overlap with the old one.
- If you move the new canvas forward or back, it will remain parallel to both the current active canvas and the camera view.
- This is useful for projection layers of detail from existing canvases or creating content with consistent alignment.
In View Mode
- The new canvas is parallel to the current camera view, not any existing canvas.
- This is ideal for creating content at custom angles or positions independent of other canvases.