Canvas
Create and organize visual boards directly in Eagle with media, notes, drawing tools, and structured layouts for moodboards, planning, and creative workflows.
Canvas provides a powerful visual board system directly within Eagle, designed for organizing references, notes, layouts, and interactive content in a single workspace. It streamlines workflows for artists, designers, and creative professionals working with moodboards, planning boards, and research canvases.
Key Features
- Visual Board Workspace – Create flexible infinite canvases for moodboards, references, and structured layouts
- Media Placement – Add and organize images and audio directly on the board
- Text & Drawing Tools – Write notes, annotate, and sketch ideas with customizable text and freehand drawing
- Shapes & Diagrams – Build layouts using geometric shapes, arrows, and lines for visual communication
- Interactive Buttons – Create clickable elements that link to URLs or navigate between items on the board
- Sticker System – Add quick visual markers and reactions using emoji-style stickers
- To-Do Cards – Manage tasks with structured checklist components integrated into the canvas
- Frames & Layouts – Organize content into structured sections with columns and separators
- Color Palette Generator – Extract and create palettes from images for art direction workflows
- 3rd-Party Image Search (Pexels) – Search and drag stock images directly into your board
- Layers Panel – Full control over visibility, grouping, ordering, and hierarchy
- Properties Panel – Precise positioning and transformation (X, Y, width, height, rotation)
- Grouping & Locking – Organize elements and protect layouts from accidental edits
- Grid & Snap System – Align content with grid and snapping options
- Show Names & Nodes – Visualize item labels and connection points for navigation
- Multiple Tools – Select, Pan, Zoom, Draw, Shape, Text, and more
- Zoom Controls – Fit to screen, focus selection, and smooth navigation across large boards
- Keyboard Shortcuts – Fast workflow with full shortcut support
- Eagle Integration – Create, open, and save boards directly inside Eagle
- Multiple Save Options – Save, Save As, Save Copy, and Save in Eagle
- Export Formats – Export boards as PNG, JPG, WEBP, or PDF
- Flexible Export Scopes – Export selected items, areas, or the entire board
- Transparent Background Support – For compatible formats
- Reference Mode – Keeps projects lightweight using original file paths
- Portable Mode – Embeds media for easy sharing and archiving
- Install Canvas Extension
- Create a new canvas or open an existing one from Eagle
- Add media, notes, shapes, and organize content using frames and layers
- Use tools like draw, text, and stickers to annotate and refine ideas
- Connect elements with buttons and structure your board visually
- Save directly into Eagle or export your board for sharing
[Add] Automatic Arrow Connections - Arrow shapes can now automatically connect to items like images or frames. Hover the arrow tip over an item for a few milliseconds while drawing to see the connection overlay. Once connected, the arrow tip moves with the item.
[Add] Smart Alignment Guides - Dragging selected items now shows magnetic alignment guides for top, bottom, left, right, and center positions against other elements. The feature also works with multi-selection bounds and can be disabled in Canvas Settings.
[Improvement] Axis-Locked Drag with Shift - Holding Shift while dragging an item now constrains movement to the horizontal or vertical axis, based on the dominant drag direction.
[Improvement] Hide Floating Panels - Clicking an active tool button (like Text or Shapes) hides its panel while keeping the tool active. For Palette, Todo, and Frame, the button serves to exit the tool.
[Improvement] Continuous Creation Workflow - Creation tools remain active after use, allowing you to create multiple items in sequence (now cascaded to prevent overlapping). You can click empty canvas space to clear the selection without leaving the tool.
[Improvement] Flexible Tool Selection - When using creation tools, clicking existing elements selects them directly, enabling quick edits (like move or resize) without manually switching to the select tool.
[Improvement] Improved Focus & Zoom - Double-clicking an item or group in the Layers panel now automatically zooms and focuses on it. The focus function (Z shortcut) also adapts to show all selected items if multiple are selected.
[Add] Pen Shape Snap - Added Shift snapping for the Pen shape tool, constraining segments to horizontal, vertical, and 45° diagonal angles for more precise shape creation.
[Improvement] macOS Compatibility - Added cross-platform path handling and removed Windows-specific dependencies to ensure proper functionality on macOS.
[Improvement] UI and Layout - Improved spacing, hierarchy, separators, and control placement for a cleaner and more consistent interface.
- Initial preview release
