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 5.27.01 changelog:
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Native HEIF/AVIF file support (Microsoft HEIF not required)
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Linked layers (Smart Objects) with customizable orientation
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New UI Color Theme: Deep Sea (dark mode)
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Zoom and Pan touch-screen gesture handling
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Improved video import plug-in with frame scaling
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Improved Krita KRA file support (oversize handling)
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Improved Paint.NET PDN file support (oversize handling)
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[bug fix] Ctrl+Z and other shortcuts trigger tool changes
Chasys Draw IES 5.27.02 changelog:
File Support Improvements
- HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format), including the AVIF (AV1 Image Format) variant, is now natively supported on computers with the relevant video codecs. Krita KRA and Paint.NET PDN file support now include oversize handling. Video file import now supports frame scaling.
Linked Layers, UI Themes, Touch and Bugs
- This release features linked layers (smart objects) with customizable orientation. It also features a new UI Color Theme (Deep Sea). Touch-screen user experience has been improved and a bug that affects the handling of shortcut keys such as Ctrl+Z has been fixed.
Download: Chasys Draw IES 5.27.02 | 32.4 MB (Freeware)
View: Chasys Draw IES Home Page | Wikipedia Page | Screenshot
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