What's new in Portable RealWorld Paint 2023.1
Jul 24, 2023
- Import and export majority of existing SVG images.
- Batch process images and animations using built-in and custom operations.
- Layers can be put into a group (a layer with sub-layers).
- New "Subtle" color scheme for the canvas and configurable control handle size.
- Redesign of layer style user interface to support nondestructive editing of photos and iterative designing. Individual layer effects are visible in the Layers panel as sub-items, effects can be added directly from the main menu. A layer effect configuration is visible in the right side panel when an effect is selected. Some layer effects can be modified using control handles on the canvas.
- Stroke tool is a more powerful version of Line and Curve tools supporting multi-part curves.
- Experimental support for conversion of hand drawn shapes to Bézier curves with given accuracy in the Shape and Stroke tools.
- Text tool and the new Stroke tool can use different color for an outline. Outline alignment and join style are configurable.
- Long shadow effect, Projected shadow effect (replacement of the Projected shadow tool, now usable as a layer style).
- Vector shape offsetting (produces a polygon).
- Morph command to help generate intermediate frames in animations with vector layers.
- Multiple CPU cores are used when updating canvas or applying some effects (configurable in main Options).
- ...and many minor improvements.
New in Portable RealWorld Paint 2013.1 SP1 (Sep 16, 2013)
- Bézier deformation mode added to Transform tool.
- Flip or mirror floating selection from context menu.
- Image effect configuration windows use a different layout with configuration in a single column at the right side of the window.
- Holding SHIFT while drawing with Pencil or Brush tools forces a straight line.
- Pasting layer style applies the style to all selected layers.
- Changing frame duration while multiple frames are selected sets the duration to those frames.
- Use image in clipboard when filling with pattern.
- Shrink/grow image mask by multiple pixels; bugfixes related to image masks.
- Multiple bugfixes and enhancements related to vector images, text elements and shape outlines.
- Speedups when editing images with a lot of layers and layer styles.
- Customizable application name and splash screen.
New in Portable RealWorld Paint 2013.1 (Sep 16, 2013)
- Vector layers.
- Shape tool for creating shapes from Bezier arcs.
- Image brush now respects active color if the pattern is monochrome.
- Polygon tool with configurable start shape.
- Out-of-canvas content supported for both vector and raster layers.
- Effects automatically remember up to 5 last configurations and allow you to return to them or to reset values to defaults.
- Color picker and fill style selector were merged and simplified.
- Redesigned tool configuration panels.
- Two-column window layout with Layers panel on the left side and a new Media panel on the right side.
- More types of downloadable media packs and easier application of downloaded styles.
- Improved .psd import - vector masks are imported as vector layers.
New in Portable RealWorld Paint 2011.1 (Oct 15, 2011)
- .pds, .xcf, .pdn import export with layers
- animatiton and gif optimization
- new user interface for layer styles
- downloadable media and plug-ins