SlateCanvas

Canvas

Draw and collaborate with your community on a real-time shared canvas.

Updated Jul 2026 5 min read
Slate

Slate

Slate is the Soulstack collaborative drawing canvas. Your whole community draws together in real time, with live cursors, brush and shape tools, text, and a transparent overlay for your stream.

Slate collaborative canvas with live cursors and drawing tools
The Slate canvas, drawn on by your whole community in real time.

Core Features

Slate brings collaborative creativity to your community with a full drawing toolkit, live cursors, and chat built into the canvas.

Real-Time Collaboration

Everyone draws on the same canvas at the same time. See each participant's cursor move as strokes appear instantly for everyone in the session.

Drawing Tools

A complete toolkit: select, brush, eraser, shapes (rectangle, circle, line, arrow, triangle, diamond), text, sticky notes, a laser pointer, and an eyedropper.

Colour Palette

Pick from a curated palette or open the colour picker for custom shades. Stroke and fill colours can be set independently when you draw shapes.

Undo and Redo

Step back and forward through your changes with full undo and redo support. Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y) keep the flow fast.

Built-in Chat

Talk to other artists through the integrated chat panel. See who is online, coordinate the piece, and react as the canvas fills up.

Zoom Controls

Zoom with the mouse wheel, keyboard shortcuts, or button controls. Fit-to-screen and actual-size options let you switch between detail work and the full picture.

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Canvas Controls

Powerful canvas management gives you full control over each collaborative session.

Save Canvas

Save the current canvas with a name and optional description. Choose to lock the live canvas after saving so the finished piece stays untouched.

Saved Canvases

Open any saved canvas from your gallery to view it, restore it onto the live board, or keep working on it with your community.

Public Links

Generate a shareable link so anyone can join your canvas and collaborate. Guests do not need to sign in to start drawing.

Clear Canvas

Wipe the canvas in one click. The clear is synchronised to every connected participant so everyone starts from a fresh surface.

Export to PNG

Export the finished artwork as a high-quality PNG. Transparent backgrounds are preserved so you can drop the result straight into your stream overlay.

Optimise Canvas

Snapshot the current state to keep performance smooth during long sessions. Older edits collapse into the snapshot while the latest artwork stays exactly as drawn.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Work efficiently with shortcuts for the actions you reach for most.
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Undo

Press Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on Mac) to undo your last action on the canvas.
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Redo

Press Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo an action you just undid.
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Zoom In

Press Ctrl+= or Ctrl++ to zoom into the canvas for detail work.
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Zoom Out

Press Ctrl+- to zoom out and see more of the canvas at once.
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Fit to Screen

Press Ctrl+0 to fit the whole canvas to your screen size.
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Actual Size

Press Ctrl+1 to reset zoom to 100% for pixel-perfect viewing.
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Toggle Tools

Press Ctrl+\ to show or hide the tools sidebar.
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Help

Press F1 to open the in-canvas help and tutorial overlay.

Getting Started

Start drawing together with your community in four steps.
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Enable Slate

Turn on Slate from your Creator Console to activate the collaborative canvas.
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Open the Canvas

Open Slate from the sidebar to load the live drawing surface and tool palette.
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Share with Your Community

Generate a public link and post it in chat so viewers can join and start drawing alongside you.
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Create Together

Pick a tool, pick a colour, and start drawing. Chat with participants and watch the piece come together in real time.