<s>
Canvas	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
drawing	O
,	O
imaging	O
,	O
and	O
publishing	O
computer	O
program	O
from	O
Canvas	O
GFX	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
idea	O
for	O
Canvas	O
came	O
from	O
Jorge	O
Miranda	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
Deneba	O
Systems	O
Inc	O
.	O
of	O
Miami	O
Florida	O
,	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
's	I-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	O
—	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
wave	O
of	O
programs	O
that	O
made	O
the	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
unique	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
;	O
not	O
least	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
both	O
an	O
application	O
and	O
a	O
desk	B-Application
accessory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canvas	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
Canvas	O
differed	O
from	O
other	O
graphics	O
applications	O
because	O
it	O
combined	O
tools	O
and	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
both	O
vector	O
graphics	O
(	O
line	O
art	O
)	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
(	O
photographic	O
and	O
other	O
pixel-based	O
)	O
,	O
adding	O
word-processing	O
and	O
page-layout	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
multiple-page	O
documents	O
and	O
master	O
pages	O
in	O
subsequent	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
works	O
in	O
a	O
window	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
familiar	O
"	O
page	O
on	O
a	O
pasteboard	O
"	O
analog	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
DTP	O
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
programs	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
that	O
window	O
,	O
which	O
might	O
be	O
a	O
single	O
illustration	O
page	O
or	O
one	O
page	O
of	O
a	O
multi-page	O
magazine	O
,	O
book	O
,	O
web	O
site	O
,	O
animation	O
or	O
presentation	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
or	O
edit	O
and	O
layout	O
text	O
,	O
vector	O
graphics	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Version	O
3.5	O
,	O
Deneba	O
went	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
releasing	O
a	O
version	O
with	O
file-format	O
compatibility	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
version	O
8	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
complex	O
graphics	O
programs	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Carbonized	B-Operating_System
"	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
both	O
Classic	O
and	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
Deneba	O
Systems	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
ACD	O
Systems	O
of	O
Victoria	O
,	O
BC	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
image	O
editing	O
and	O
handling	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
ACDSee	B-Application
,	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Canvas	O
11	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
was	O
dropped	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
application	O
Windows-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
module	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
mapping	O
and	O
GIS-based	O
data	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Windows-only	O
Canvas	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
16	O
,	O
Canvas	O
Draw	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
reviving	O
Macintosh	B-Device
support	O
(	O
though	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
roadmap	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
)	O
after	O
a	O
decade-long	O
hiatus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
generation	O
products	O
will	O
allow	O
designers	O
to	O
work	O
collaboratively	O
with	O
their	O
suppliers	O
,	O
customers	O
and	O
other	O
internal	O
groups	O
about	O
the	O
technical	O
documentation	O
,	O
incorporate	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
elements	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
entire	O
workflow	O
simple	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
while	O
delivering	O
all	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
SaaS-based	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
