Artweaver Plus Changelog

What's new in Artweaver Plus 7.0.16

Oct 22, 2023
  • Improved support for high DPI displays
  • Fixed error when printing to PDF
  • Fixed wrong saved 16 bits/pixel BMP documents
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.15 (Mar 26, 2023)

  • Fixed an error when editing default gradients
  • Fixed swapped element edits in capture imagestamp dialog
  • Fixed not working auto select with 16bit documents
  • Fixed wrong painted dots in lined paper filter
  • Fixed resetting all controls to defaults in smart blur filter
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.14 (Nov 23, 2022)

  • Fixed wrong behavior entering values in document size dialog
  • Fixed wrong result with transparency and difference brush category
  • Fixed selection is ignored with depth only brush impasto setting
  • Fixed wrong result with various filter and uneven document sizes

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.13 (Jul 10, 2022)

  • Improved FilterFX High DPI support
  • Improved hiding and showing of all palettes
  • Fixed a crash when loading JPEG documents
  • Fixed creation of shapes with shape tool does not always work

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.12 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Improved support for High DPI displays
  • Updated online help
  • Fixed error using shape tool
  • Fixed wrong undo with mirror layer command
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.11 (Jan 30, 2022)

  • Fixed a memory leak in magic wand tool
  • Fixed lasso tool cursor offset
  • Fixed layer merge down changes background layer size
  • Fixed a crash when hiding brush selector
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.10 (Oct 3, 2021)

  • Improved document resize quality
  • Improved error message when AWD loading fails
  • Fixed error when painting outside of document bounds
  • Fixed wrong text in load selection dialog
  • Fixed display errors on layers palette
  • Fixed some random appearing errors

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.9 (May 10, 2021)

  • Fixed missing capture brush entry in brush selector palette menu
  • Fixed wrong selection edges after free transformation
  • Fixed not updated selections when changing document mode
  • Fixed sometimes not updated selections palette
  • Fixed error in document mode undo/redo
  • Fixed wrong blend modes in AWD file format
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.8 (May 10, 2021)

  • Fixed hang on close with installed Twain32 plugin
  • Fixed hang while painting
  • Fixed hang in brush editor popup
  • Fixed wrong minimum values with expression
  • Fixed not always correct stroke color in brush editor preview
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.7 (Sep 13, 2020)

  • Improved saving of events
  • Fixed occasional hang when using watercolor brushes
  • Fixed capture image stamp does not work
  • Fixed guides have the wrong position after cropping
  • Fixed pressure sensitivity does not work in brush editor
  • Fixed JFIF file extension is not supported
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.6 (Jun 28, 2020)

  • Fixed wrong active layer after deleting layer group
  • Fixed error in selection free transformation
  • Fixed hang using brush tool and warp method
  • Fixed error using brush tool and hairy brush type
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.5 (Apr 13, 2020)

  • Improved Windows Ink Pen support
  • Fixed error while painting with certain pen tablets
  • Fixed layer send to back command does not always work correct
  • Fixed pasting text from clipboard as new layer does not work
  • Fixed wrong text tool behavior when entering text using keypad
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.4 (Feb 9, 2020)

  • Improved brush stroke performance with impasto
  • Improved PSD text layer loading
  • Removed not supported page setup margins
  • Fixed errors when executing certain FilterFX scripts
  • Fixed not correct centered document in print preview
  • Fixed text tool rendering issues with some special fonts
  • Fixed not all layer properties are duplicated
  • Fixed errors when hiding brush selector
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.3 (Dec 1, 2019)

  • Improved support for certain pen input devices
  • Fixed error after closing brush selector
  • Fixed error when selecting recent brushes from brush selector
  • Fixed error after canceling brush tool
  • Fixed error when default printer is not available

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.2 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Improved online update
  • Improved sending of error reports
  • Fixed error when canceling a WIA scan
  • Fixed error opening JPEG files with invalid markers
  • Fixed wrong palette size and default layout in high DPI environments
  • Fixed various error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.1 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Added new brush warning for Airbrush pressure
  • Improved document saving
  • Fixed errors with XP-Pen tablets
  • Fixed error when fast selecting brush presets
  • Fixed error when closing brush editor popup
  • Fixed wrong brush editor popup height
  • Fixed wrong default DPI value when loading PNG files

New in Artweaver Plus 7.0.0 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Improved brush handling and adjustments:
  • The whole brush handling has been changed to be more intuitive and easier to use. Therefore, the brush palette is removed, and all its settings are now also accessible on the brush tool property bar. Additionally, the brush editor has been enhanced and provides all possible settings of a brush in one place including a scratch pad to try out all those settings. Finally, the brush selector shows now a preview of the brush stroke and a history of recently used brushes.
  • Simplified preset handling:
  • All presets and its selectors are now combined into one new media palette instead of being spread all around the application. Importing of preset is now also easier as there is only one import dialog which can import all supported preset files.
  • Interactive gradient tool:
  • The enhanced gradient tool lets you interactively adjust the gradient properties and position while you are using the tool. And it also shows for all your changes a real-time preview.
  • Digital watercolor simulation:
  • There is a new Watercolor brush type which simulates a digital watercolor brush. In combination with paper texture there are good watercolor simulation results possible. Together with this new brush type there is also a new Watercolor brush preset category with various variants.
  • Windows Ink Pen support:
  • Besides the common used Wintab interface to retrieve pressure information from tablets and pens, Artweaver now also supports the Windows Ink Pen interface for pen pressure information which has been introduced with Windows 10 and is today used by many mobile devices (e.g. tablets and laptops).
  • Improved update:
  • For any available update there is now an update dialog shown on Artweaver startup which informs about the update and asks to install them. Afterwards the mandatory User Account Control is shown, and updates are downloaded and installed.
  • Misc improvements / adjustments:
  • Paper color is removed and is replaced by background or transparent color in tools and filters
  • Text palette is removed, and additional text settings are now available as popup on text tool property bar
  • Move tool shows transform controls for active layer to directly transforming it
  • Text tool can be now also applied by double clicking outside the text area
  • Layer duplication is enhanced with settings
  • The size of filter dialogs is increased
  • The history palette shows the last document saved state
  • The current brush preview can be also used as custom icon
  • Changes to impasto settings are now undoable
  • Automatic saved recovery information is now in Awd format instead of events which makes the recovering faster and more reliable
  • Tablet mode is removed

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.12 (May 21, 2019)

  • Improved stability
  • Fixed error when using clone sources

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.11 (Apr 7, 2019)

  • Removed email notification from error report upload as it is no longer supported
  • Improved palette drag & drop
  • Improved stability
  • Fixed error on startup after changing color theme
  • Fixed wrong name after restoring default brush variant
  • Fixed empty brush category list in brush editor
  • Fixed not correct loading of stroke smoothing brush setting

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.9 (Aug 26, 2018)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Improved pixel brush type
  • Improved memory handling
  • Improved performance of multi-threaded filters
  • Fixed various issues reported by automatic error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.8 (Mar 9, 2018)

  • Reduced overall memory usage
  • Fixed a crash closing all documents with a special tab arrangement
  • Fixed not updating coordinates while a tool is in use
  • Fixed wrong shown transformation frame with low zoom levels

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.7 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • Improved virtual memory management and overall stability
  • Improved support for Photoshop compatible plugins
  • Fixed not always correct shown selection preview
  • Fixed not correct handled transparency in Jitter blur FilterFX script
  • Fixed some small errors in online help
  • Fixed not always correct updating info palette

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.6 (Oct 7, 2017)

  • Improved loading of preset previews
  • Fixed not properly working color blend mode
  • Fixed not properly working merging of invisible layers
  • Fixed not completely clickable color selector on property bar
  • Fixed some not correct working tools at borders of documents

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.5 (Aug 24, 2017)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Increased maximum zoom level to 3200%
  • Changed default check for updates interval to daily
  • Improved stability of layer, history and selections palette
  • Fixed some issues reported by automatic error reports

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.4 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Online help improved
  • FilterFX help improved
  • Error reading text layers in PSD documents fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.3 (May 23, 2017)

  • Added delete script command to FilterFX filter
  • Added undo and redo commands to FilterFX filter editor
  • Added context menu to FilterFX filter editor
  • Display errors using tools in rotated view fixed
  • Wrong zoom tool preview in rotated view fixed
  • Crash when using FilterFX help fixed
  • Various errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.2 (Apr 8, 2017)

  • Hang when using text tool under Windows 7 fixed
  • Input error when entering font size on property bar fixed
  • Not properly updated preview palette when using rotate view tool fixed
  • Display errors when using straight line mode in brush tool fixed
  • Various errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0.1 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Italian language file added to setup
  • Save button on button bar improved
  • English localization improved
  • Faulty copy & paste via clipboard fixed
  • Not working default script in FilterFX filter fixed
  • Error applying custom filters on 16bit documents fixed
  • Memory errors fixed
  • Various errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 6.0 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • Support for High DPI displays:
  • Artweaver is now able to adjust its whole user interface to the current DPI scaling of the system. Therefore Artweaver will no longer look blurry if the system scaling is set to a higher value than 100%.
  • Besides improving the stroke interpolation while painting and the displaying of configuration warnings also some new options have been added:
  • Clone color method
  • Grain randomize texture
  • Stroke smoothing
  • The Artweaver user interface has been improved in many places with small, but very useful enhancements:
  • New button bar with common commands
  • Brush category and variant preset selectors merged into one preset selector
  • Change preset order buttons on all preset selectors
  • Reset preset order to default in preset manager
  • Min Size option on brush palette has been replaced by grain option
  • Color history for recent picked colors on color palette
  • Convert background layer by just clicking lock symbol in layer palette layer list
  • Event playback shows current played event number and total number of events
  • Current number of layers added to available document status bar information
  • Advanced support for Photoshop compatible Plug-Ins:
  • Besides improved compatibility the 64 bit version of Artweaver is now able to load and execute 64 bit Photoshop compatible Plug-Ins. Also support for 16 Bits/Channel has been added and additional locations for Plug-Ins are configurable in the preferences.
  • New Filters:
  • FilterFX to execute FilterFX scripts as filters
  • Tilt Shift to create tilt shift effects
  • Smart Blur to apply blur with precision
  • The text tool has been enhanced by some small but very helpful features:
  • New text palette with many additional text formatting options (alignment, kerning ...)
  • Support for copy & paste shortcuts while editing
  • Displaying of baselines while editing
  • Reposition text caret with mouse while editing
  • Not only the text tool but also other tools got some small but helpful improvements:
  • Move tool moves the content of selections if there are any
  • Move, selection and crop tools move by 10 pixels when shift key is pressed
  • Stamp and eraser tool got a new profile: Square
  • Misc improvements / adjustments:
  • Clone document draws original document with only 50% opacity
  • Swatch exchange (*.ASE) color set support
  • Online update improved
  • Memory handling improved
  • ArtweaverTeam.com integration removed
  • Standalone team server application added

New in Artweaver Plus 5.1.5 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Error handling for failed updates improved
  • Sometimes losing foreground and background color fixed
  • Various errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.1.4 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Events loading and playback improved
  • Error handling for corrupt preset files improved
  • Drag & drop error on layers palette fixed
  • Various errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.1.2 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • Language file for Hong Kong Cantonese added
  • Measuring unit support for grid size setting in preferences added
  • Various small errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.1.1 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Stability improved
  • Various small errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.1 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Optimized user interface for 2in1 devices added
  • Touch gestures support added

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.8 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Language file for Dutch added
  • PSD file format support improved
  • English translation improved
  • Wrong settings after selecting brushes fixed
  • Wrong displaying of brush preview cursor fixed
  • Error during closing fixed
  • Error using shape tool fixed
  • Various small errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.7 (May 26, 2015)

  • Language files for Spanish and simplified Chinese added
  • Hang while changing brush settings fixed
  • Various small errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.6 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Selecting of tools improved
  • Occasional application hang while painting or tool changing fixed
  • Display error while using transformation tool fixed
  • Various small errors fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.5 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • Playback of events improved
  • Changing visibility of docked palettes improved
  • Error report creation improved
  • Virtual memory management improved
  • Black borders after using shape tool fixed
  • Wrong positioning of clone source indicator fixed
  • Wrong brush category symbols when exporting fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.4 (Feb 8, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Set and restore of brush default variant improved
  • Displaying of brush strokes while drawing on small areas improved
  • Selecting of grouped layers improved
  • Various appearance improvements
  • Error when importing ABR brushes with drag & drop on application window fixed
  • Error using clone color on layers fixed
  • Pixel error in palette preview fixed
  • Wrong custom shape preview in shape tool fixed
  • Error message when closing documents fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.3 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Support for category symbols in brush export and import
  • Preset deletion improved
  • Events sending in team mode improved
  • Brush preset sorting error fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.2 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Shape tool improved
  • Importing from clipboard improved
  • Error during import of brush presets fixed
  • Missing opacity and grain support in Other - Add grain category fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0.1 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • German translation improved
  • Version differences in online help updated
  • Error with some layer blend modes in 16 bit mode fixed
  • Error on sorting presets fixed
  • Wrong colors when using big brushes fixed
  • Error loading corrupt BMP files fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 5.0 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Mirror painting to create easily symmetrical paintings
  • Support for documents with 8 and 16 Bits/Channel
  • High precision 16bit brush engine for exact results especially with low opacity values.
  • 3 different color themes for the user interface (default, light gray or dark)
  • Order of each preset in the selectors view can be adjusted
  • Brush Engine Improvements:
  • Maximum brush size to 999 pixels increased
  • New option: Rate for continuous time deposition
  • New option: Pickup color from underlying layers for resaturation and bleed
  • New option: Range for angle
  • New option: Drift with continuous time deposition for jitter
  • Support for stroke attributes in Airbrush category
  • Support for size expression in Pixel category
  • Improved quality of the Other - Blur and Other - Sharpen method
  • Behavior of Grainy cover and Grainy mild cover method changed so that for less grain the regular brush is applied and not almost nothing
  • User Interface Improvements:
  • Documents are saved as a copy if they contain features which not supported by the selected file format
  • All presets can be exported, brush categories completely with all their variants
  • Do not show again option for more message dialogs
  • Better warning message for unsupported features while saving
  • Support for picking up colors from the current document outside the color picker dialog
  • Brush engine angle configurations moved to a dedicated page in the brush editor
  • Marching ants can be hidden
  • Shift key support for scrubby sliders
  • Confirmation before restoring recovery information on application startup
  • Test of entered ArtweaverTeam.com account details in preferences
  • More Improvements:
  • Improved export of presets in events
  • Improved selection tools
  • Some tools allow scrolling, zooming and rotating the document while in use (Crop, transformation, selection and text tool)
  • Improved event support for tools
  • Loading of palettes layout allows it to keep current custom palettes
  • New customizable Misc shortcuts
  • Better quality for some filters on layers with transparency and impasto
  • Read and write support for the OpenRaster file format (0.0.4-pre.1 specification)
  • JPEG support for YCbCR, CMYK and YCCK color formats
  • Test period extended to 30 days

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5.5 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Events support in AWD documents improved
  • Error during document closing fixed
  • Color pickup error in rectangle color picker fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5.4 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Russian language file added
  • Document positioning after zooming improved
  • Maximum grid size to 250 pixels increased
  • Wrong reset of rotated view with not supported tools fixed
  • Error when selecting text layer in text tool fixed
  • Error reports: 2386096378, 2433739697, 2851387731, 1492471284

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5.3 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Palettes drag & drop improved
  • Crash during layer drag & drop fixed
  • Error reports: 1222557223, 2014397977, 10089453

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5.2 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Selection tool mode change via keyboard shortcuts improved
  • Quality of blur and sharpen filter on layers with transparency improved
  • Maximum radius of Gaussian blur to 999 increased
  • Palettes update during new document creation improved
  • Merge layer group undo improved
  • Hang when using captured brush type and warp method fixed
  • Error when executing halftone filter gallery filter fixed
  • Error reports: 3857223659, 2845497383, 3389773297, 2824182983, 2148969243, 4201597897

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5.1 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • This version includes the following improvements and fixes:
  • Reading of corrupt AWD files improved
  • Impasto support in various tools improved
  • PSD read error handling improved
  • Applying of minimum size during painting improved
  • Capturing of presets improved
  • Online Update improved
  • Smaller program interface improvements
  • Error when reading grouped layers in AWD file format fixed
  • Error in difference and reduce saturation brush category with existing selection fixed
  • Error when cloning from background to normal layer fixed
  • Error in loading move tool settings fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 4.5 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • ArtweaverTeam.com integration improved
  • Artweaver Team Uploader Plug-In added to default setup
  • Automatic saving of recovery information added
  • Perspective grid support to AWD file format added
  • Support for rotated view to guides and grid added
  • Character limits for many preset names removed
  • Clone color support for pixel, hairy brush and imagestamp brushes added
  • Merge opacity expression added
  • Improvements:
  • Impasto quality improved
  • Color variability quality improved
  • PSD file format support improved
  • Support of layer groups in AWD file format improved
  • Custom icon saving improved
  • Various program interface improvements
  • Minor performance improvements
  • Fixes:
  • Not working color picker from full preview in curves and levels filter fixed
  • Missing transparency support in color range command fixed
  • 1 pixel border when using hairy brush brushes fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.5 (May 30, 2013)

  • Palette handling improved
  • Automatic update improved
  • Filter preview with existing selection improved
  • JPEG image buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2013-3481 fixed (thanks to Kaveh Ghaemmagham via Secunia SVCRP)
  • Artifacts when applying filters with existing selections fixed
  • Black borders with blur brush category fixed
  • Wrong selection order when saving into PSD format fixed
  • Error on applying filters with selections fixed
  • Wrong spacing of warp brush method fixed
  • Crash on loading default keyboard shortcuts fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.4 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Captured quality of brushes export improved
  • Brushes import result message improved
  • Wrong brush method and category during ABR brush import fixed
  • Minimum size of custom palette improved
  • Palette handling improved
  • Straight Line mode of brush tool improved
  • Error in glow filter from filter gallery fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.3 (Dec 31, 2012)

  • Support for pen tablets improved
  • Deletion of commands from custom palette improved
  • Progress updates while transformation event playback improved
  • Wrong paper structure while brush tool event playback fixed
  • Missing rebuild of brush when changing captured preset fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.2 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Error in setup when configuring language and trial period fixed
  • Error in AWD document reading with layer groups fixed
  • Error in filter undo with impasto fixed
  • Error in layer clearing with impasto fixed
  • Occasional hang in team connection disconnect fixed
  • Error in layer transformation preview fixed
  • Error in perspective grid preset deletion fixed
  • Wrong layer preview fixed
  • Direction calculation improved
  • Event playback improved
  • Preset selector handling improved
  • Support for shift key in crop tool improved
  • Selection transformation improved
  • Perspective grid preset handling improved
  • Moving guides improved
  • PSD document reading improved
  • Generation of new name when duplicating documents improved
  • Scanning of documents via TWAIN improved

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.1 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Support for shift key in shape tool improved
  • Quality of paper structure scaling improved
  • Calculation of direction improved
  • Support for pen tablets improved
  • Applying of conical gradient improved
  • Wrong spacing in brush editor fixed
  • Scale to fit media error in print preview fixed
  • Some missing translations fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.1.0 (May 28, 2012)

  • Thick Impasto brush preset by dwsel added
  • Brush pen pressure detection improved
  • Brush editor handing improved
  • Lasso tool event playback improved
  • Preset loading improved
  • Online update error handling improved
  • English translation improved
  • Brush rotation artefacts fixed
  • Brush spacing error fixed
  • Custom palette loading error fixed
  • Wrong color balance filter result fixed
  • Color set palette scrolling error fixed
  • Wrong undo in load selection fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.0.4 (Apr 7, 2012)

  • Error in selection modify fixed
  • Error in recognizing keyboard shortcuts fixed
  • Error in rasterize text layer fixed
  • Error in showing palettes fixed
  • Custom palettes improved
  • Quality of brush tool improved
  • Pressure detection of pen tablets improved
  • Automatic renaming of text layers improved
  • Setting impasto settings for new documents improved

New in Artweaver Plus 3.0.3 (Apr 7, 2012)

  • Getting started with team functionality information added
  • Speed while saving AWD documents improved
  • Quality of brush tool improved
  • File information improved
  • Missing hairy brush presets in brush tool fixed
  • Error in preview of filter gallery filter fixed
  • Small memory leaks fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.0.2 (Apr 7, 2012)

  • Error that no documents can be opened under seldom circumstances fixed
  • Error in preview of remove red eyes filter fixed
  • Displaying of shortcuts in keyboard shortcuts dialog improved
  • Displaying of change log in online update improved

New in Artweaver Plus 3.0.1 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • Palette docking improved
  • Layer drag & drop improved
  • Reading of PSD files with gray scale color format improved
  • Closing of preferences dialog via ESC key added
  • Error while saving animated GIF files fixed
  • Error 300000 on starting fixed
  • Hang after importing and immediately using of presets fixed
  • Artefacts on refreshing text in text tool fixed
  • Wrong default image interpolation option in image size dialog fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 3.0 (Nov 22, 2011)

  • New team functionality to work together with several artists at the same document over LAN or ArtweaverTeam.com.
  • New brushes: Warping and Coloring.
  • Target category of new brush variants can now directly selected on saving.
  • New command to capture Imagestamps inclusive configuring multiple elements.
  • New Filter: Filter Gallery.
  • New command to capture Imagestamps inclusive configuring multiple elements.
  • Few filters show now a real-time preview directly in the document.
  • Selections can now free transformed like layers.
  • New views for all preset selectors: List and Thumbnail.
  • New command to deskew images automatically.
  • New layer properties dialog with more settings.
  • Improved speed especially on file read operations
  • Improved palette docking with drag & drop
  • Added support for tools to custom palette
  • Improved controls on Preview palette for zoom and rotation
  • Added support for units to New Guide dialog
  • Added expansion of all group layers with pressed Ctrl key and mouse click
  • Improved quality of Hairy Brush category
  • Added impasto support for Hairy Brush category
  • Added expression setting for Impasto smoothing
  • Improved adjusting of brush size with mouse and pressed Shift key
  • New shortcut to change brush tool mode
  • Shape-Selection and Shape tool now support view rotation
  • Added Strikethrough and Underline options to text tool
  • Improved saving of GIF animation with transparency
  • Added EXIF setting and preview of the resulting file size to JPEG save dialog
  • Added EXIF support to TIFF file format (only reading)
  • Added support for Large Document Format to PSD file format
  • Added 16 bits/pixel option to BMP file format save dialog
  • New command to convert a background layer to a normal layer and back
  • Text in Clipboard can now pasted into a new text layer
  • Added import of presets by double clicking a preset file
  • Improved online update
  • Many minor improvements and issues fixed

New in Artweaver Plus 1.5 (Jul 19, 2010)

  • Event support for gradient and stamp tool improved
  • Transparency pattern and units are now configurable
  • New filters added: Apply Bumpiness, Oilify and Lighting Effects
  • Quality of print preview improved
  • Support for Photoshop compatible filters improved
  • Text tool improved (amongst others text editor added)
  • Playback of event files improved