Chasys Draw IES is a suite of applications including a layer-based image editor with animation, icon editing support and super-resolution via image stacking (Chasys Draw IES Artist), a multi-threaded image file converter (Chasys Draw IES Converter), a fast image viewer (Chasys Draw IES Viewer) and a RAW camera file processor (Chasys Draw IES raw-Photo). The whole suite is UAC aware and is designed to take advantage of multi-core processors, touch-screens and pen-input devices.
Chasys Draw IES Artist features:
- Super-fast internal graphics engine (JpDRAW2)
- Free-style layering with blending modes
- Composite, Animation and Multi-resolution image modes
- Full alpha channel through out the workflow
- Re-editable tools and fully re-editable text
- Alpha protection (a.k.a. transparency protection)
- Multi-core aware software architecture
- Vista UAC aware
- Multiple display setup aware
- Tablet/Pen/Stylus support with pressure control
- Shell integration with thumbnails
- Asynchronous auto-save engine
- Anti-aliasing and super-sampling support in tools and paths*
- Unlimited Undo/Redo - undo any action any time
- Just-in-time memory compression
- Best-in-class post-edit heuristics anti-aliasing engine
- Image Stacking for noise reduction, super-resolution, etc.
- Advanced printing and scanning engines
- Video capture from devices (e.g. TV/Video)
- Animation Composer engine
- Video Screen Capture
- In-built utilities (Calculator, Notepad)
- Metadata save, restore and scale to imitate vector art
- Extensive plug-in support
- Support for Photoshop Filter Plug-ins (.8BF)
- Suport for the native formats of Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.NET
- Support for older formats such as PPM/PGM/PBM, PCX, TGA, etc.
- Vista-style icon import and export
- Can output C++ code module for inline image generation
- Uses the latest CD5 specification with animation and multi-resolution
- Includes plug-ins for JPEG-2000, AVI video, animated cursors, JPEG, PNG, animated GIF, etc.
- Streamlined SDKs with no restrictions
- Physical measurement specification
- Pantone equivalent palettes for PMS 100 to 814-2x
- Full UNICODE support in all components
- Multiple language support with user-editable language files
- Configurable Guides and Grids with Snap-to-Grid
- Smart-resizing (similar to seam-carving)
- Smart-dither to custom palette
- Asynchronous preview rendering engine
- Automatic color naming
- ... and many more!
Chasys Draw IES 5.17.05 changelog:
- Animated PNG support (read and write, APNG)
- Macintosh PICT support (read and write)
- JPEG-XL support (read and write, static and animated)
- Highly improved TGA (Truevision Targa) file support
- Highly improved PCX and DCX (ZSoft) file support
- Support for EXIF in PNG (both text and binary)
- ICC profile handling for several file formats
- Premultiply and Unmultiply Alpha effects
- Improved Lab color handling in PSD files
- Improved BMP and OS/2 BMP file support
- Improved NetPBM file support
- Several minor improvements and optimizations
- [bug-fix] Errors when saving .ANI
Download: Chasys Draw IES 5.17.05 | 28.3 MB (Freeware)
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