How to use Google’s Chrome Canvas drawing app
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Touchscreens are found on all kinds of devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Many of these devices now have a stylus to use the touchscreen more easily. Because of the convenience, many people use these devices to compose art instead of a traditional sketchbook. And there are several applications that allow people to compose many kinds of artwork on their devices quickly and easily.
Most may think of an iPad as the best device for art composition, butthe best Chromebookshave become great options for art composition. To give Chromebooks an advantage in this space, Google created the Chrome Canvas app as a central location for art composition on Chromebooks. Let’s look at what Chrome Canvas is and how to use it.
What is Chrome Canvas?
Chrome Canvas is a web-based art composition app that works well on Chromebooks. The app has a simple interface that is easy to use and navigate. It does not include many advanced features like other apps but has several typical features, such as drawing tools and interchangeable backgrounds. It’s a great lightweight app for those who like to doodle more casually, but if you’re a more serious artist, look elsewhere for a more robust app.
How to get the Chrome Canvas app on a Chromebook
Chrome Canvas is a progressive web app (PWA), which means it’s a web-based app available through Google Chrome. The app may have come preinstalled on your device, but if not, it’s easy enough to do.
How to use the Chrome Canvas app on your Chromebook
Once the app is installed, it’s time to get drawing. You can do a number of things within the Chrome Canvas app and tinker with many of the settings. These features and settings are designed to help you compose the best piece of art possible.
Start a new drawing
Start a new drawing from an existing image
Change your drawing tool
Chrome Canvas has four drawing tools and an eraser available for you to draw with. These drawing tools are a pencil, pen, marker, and chalk.
Change the color of your drawing tool
Change the size and opacity of your drawing tool
Undo or redo an action
In Chrome Canvas, select or open a drawing. Then, perform an action such as drawing a line or erasing something.
Add a layer to your drawing
Reorder the layers of your drawing
Delete a layer of your drawing
Hide a layer of your drawing
Change the background color
Save your drawing as an image
Share a drawing
How to access Chrome Canvas on a non-Chromebook device
Even though Chrome Canvas was designed for Chromebooks, it is accessible and usable on other devices. Accessing it is just as easy as it is on a Chromebook. Go tocanvas.apps.chromein Google Chrome on your device, and Chrome Canvas appears. it’s possible to even download it as a PWA, just like on a Chromebook, by pressing the Install button in the address bar. If your device has a stylus or touchscreen, you can use the stylus or your finger to draw. Chrome Canvas is great no matter which device you use it on.
Draw to your heart’s content
Many doodlers find the Google Chrome Canvas app a quick and easy way to draw on their Chromebooks. Chrome Canvas includes many useful features, such as four drawing tools and layers, making it a robust drawing option. If you’re looking for a Chromebook-oriented note-taking app, look no further than theGoogle Cursive app.
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