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 5.30.01 changelog:
TextArt 2.31, Quality Rollup and Optimized Loading
- This release features TextArt 2.31 with many new features and enhanced performance, as well as Embedded Fonts (via layer attachment). It includes the Quality Rollup for 2023 focusing on stability and reliability, and image file loading in Artist has been optimized and is now up to 60% faster.
Metadata, File Support and More
- You can now save frame animations to Motion JPEG (MPEG-4 container), and metadata rotation is now supported for Linked Layers (Smart Objects). FireAlpaca’s native file format (.MDP) and Pixlr’s native file format (.PXZ) are now supported, complete with support for re-editable text in both formats. Improvements have been made to the support for GIMP XCF (oversize handling) and Krita KRA (layout, text), with further improvements being made to Camera RAW file support and Icon file support (auto-size). For text, additional UNICODE ranges have been included.
The following changes have been made to Chasys Draw IES with the latest release:
- Quality Rollup for 2023 focusing on stability and reliability
- Optimized image file loading in Artist (up to 60% faster)
- TextArt 2.31 with many new features and enhanced performance
- Embedded Font support in TextArt (via layer attachment)
- Save frame animation to Motion JPEG (MPEG-4 container)
- Metadata rotation for Linked Layers (Smart Objects)
- Support for FireAlpaca’s native file format (.MDP)
- Support for Pixlr’s native file format (.PXZ)
- Support for re-editable text in FireAlpaca MDP files
- Support for re-editable text in Pixlr PXZ files
- Improved GIMP XCF file support (oversize handling)
- Improved Krita KRA file support (layout, text)
- Updated Camera RAW file support
- Updated Icon file support with auto-size
- Additional UNICODE ranges including latest SMP
Download: Chasys Draw IES 5.30.01 | 37.0 MB (Freeware)
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