Canvas

File Format
Name	Canvas
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Desktop Publishing Canvas
Extension(s)	.cvs, .cv5, .cnv, .cvd, .cvx, others
Released	1987

For other "Canvas" formats, see Canvas (Atari), Spaceward Graphics.

Canvas X is a desktop publishing application. Originally developed by Deneba Systems Inc., then acquired by ACD Systems in 2003.

Identifiers

Canvas uses the following extensions. File can be compressed changing their structure.

• CVS (Canvas 3.5)
• CV5 (Canvas 5) Sample CV5 file
• CNV (Canvas 6-8)
• CVX (Canvas 9, Canvas X)

• CVD (Canvas Draw)
• CVI (Canvas X Image File)
• TPL (Canvas Template) Version 8 Template files

Identification

• Canvas CVS files can have "00 00 00 76 00 00 00 36 00 00 00 2E 00 00 00 1E" starting at byte 16
• Canvas CV5 files can have "CANVAS5" at offset 25.
• Canvas CNV files can have "CANVAS6" at offset 25.
• Many Canvas CV5 & CNV files end in "CNV5"

CVS files can have TYPE "drw2" CREATOR "DAD2" in Mac OS Classic.

Screenshots

Software

• Canvas X

Links

• Wikipedia: Canvas X
• Canvas History
• Canvas Supported Formats
• The Rise and Fall of Canvas for Mac