What's new in PostworkShop 3.0.4990
May 30, 2012
- Simple Layout - with pre-processing, masking and post-processing
- Many styles have been accelerated
- Style Presets in the property editor
- A full-screen image viewing option, as well as before-and-after comparison modes
- PostworkShop can work as an external editor for Adobe Lightroom
- Color management
- Presets in the freehand painting and cloning modes
- New styles, textures and brushes
- Better support for tablets
- Project and Style browser tabs are hidden when switching to freehand painting
- Custom brushes can be embedded into installable style packeges (.stylez files)
- Paint settings property groups are lockable (paint preset values won't apply)
- Better folder navigation in the Save window
- Monochrome mode added to the Random Painter filter (for pencil/charcoal/etc.)
New in PostworkShop 2.0.4021 (Jul 22, 2011)
- New Features:
- Only in the Professional edition:
- PostworkShop works in plug-in mode
- 64 bit program version
- Unlimited render size (depends on the available memory)
- Batch improvements (regular expression based naming, displaying rendered images, persistent settings)
- Manual paint/retouch/clone module
- Alpha Map (layer mask) editor
- Auto save custom styles in the Style History
- Simplified Save Style window (publishing is not necessary any more)
- New styles, textures and brushes
- Multi-language user interface
- Toolbar (faster save, layout switching, ...)
- Detachable Projects/Styles/Properties panels
- DPI management (canvas and images)
- Image properties (pixel/physical size, DPI) displayed
- Image Resize window (pixel/physical size, DPI)
- New Save window (for projects and images)
- Objects/Layers can be renamed
- Pin types are displayed on the style thumbnails
- New Color Selector modes (Color Wheel, Color Names)
- Categorized, visual texture selector
- Categories in the brush selector
- Easier selection of active brush family members
- Data folder can be displayed from the application
- Optional automatic "Check for Updates" functionality
- Bug fixes:
- File format issues
- Imported ABR brush inversion
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP) issue on Windows
New in PostworkShop 1.1.2765 (Oct 5, 2010)
- Bug fixes:
- Old projects should load correctly now
- Random Painter handles better the transparent areas
- Fixed ABR brushes inversion
- Style Info ignores the presets while counting the styles in a category
- Features:
- Pin types are displayed on the style thumbnails in the Style Browser
- Speed improvement at the end of rendering large images
New in PostworkShop 1.1.2745 (Oct 5, 2010)
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed PSD loader bug related to an inactive alpha channel (now selectable)
- Application icon (on the desktop) is Windows XP compatible now
- Object and Image Source property sliders are more responsive now
- Deleting shortcuts from the Style Browser does not delete the original filter/style
- Copy style functionality now works with copy-pasted images too
- Double-clicking the Move Camera icon centers the canvas in the viewport
- Sending style shortcuts to User folders works now
- Color halftone filter provides better results
- Custom brush loading accepts more brush image file formats now
- Features:
- Filters can be bypassed both in the Property and Style Editors (eye icon)
- Style Editor visual enhancements
- Style Editor: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel zooms only the selected nodes
- ABR brushes loaded as image objects can be colorized
- Skecth filter output can be colorized and rendered on transparent backgound
- Current Style Database version is displayed in the Merge Log viewer
- "Sketch 2" and "Center (line art)" detection methods added to the Edge Detector filter
- The serial entry dialog now contains a buy or get free serial button
- Demo projects for first time users
- Projects can be sorted by name or by last access time
New in PostworkShop 1.1.2726 (Mar 2, 2010)
- PostworkShop 1.1 now comes with a Windows Installation Wizard. Download the zip file, run the installer and start creating.
- Load and save layered Adobe Photoshop PSD images.
- The Properties+Preview panel can now be displayed separately from the Projects/Styles tabs.
- Adobe Photoshop Brushes can be imported as either PostworkShop brushes or images to blend into your project.
- The Property Editor sliders are no longer limited to the range defined in the style.
- "Reset properties" button added to the Property Editor.
- Insert above/below/before/after commands added to the Layer Bowser context menu (Compositing view).
- Style Editor: improvements in Auto Arrange (much less overlapping of filter nodes).
- All windows now useable on 1024x600 netbook screens. The Palette Editor now includes the palette selector list.
- New artistic filters, new styles and geometrical brushes have been inserted.
- Improved keyboard navigation in the Style Browser.
- The Brush Manager now displays all the members of the selected brush family and the brushes can be individually switched on/off.
- Style Editor: Ctrl/Alt/Shift + Double-click now works similarly as in the Compositing view.
- The property and opacity sliders now change the preview in real-time.