Pixarra Software Help

Version 5

5.9 Standard page sizes, scaling improvements and fixes.

Added - Many standard page sizes selectable in Set Page Size dialog.
Improved - Many filters and operations were not honoring the mask. This is now supported.
Improved - Performance of bi-linear and bi-cubic scaling
Changed - Changed name of menu "Resize Page" to "Set Page Size".
Fixed - Failure to open some file types (such as ArtSets) would result in a program exit.
Fixed - Allow read only files to be read.
Fixed - Some inaccurate interpolation in bi-linear and bi-cubic scaling.

5.8 More Filters - Distortions, Texturizers, image process and stylized types

Added - Filter : "Texturize Emboss" - Select from a wide range of textures to add to your images.
Added - Filter : "Texturize Bump" - Select from a wide range of textures to add to your images.
Added - Filter : "Twirl"
Added - Filter : "Sine Distortion"
Added - Filter : "Kaleidoscope"
Added - Filter : "Scratch"
Added - Filter : "Waves"
Added - Filter : "Divider"
Added - Filter : "Carpet"
Added - Filter : "Glass"
Added - Filter : "Voxel"
Added - Filter : "Zoom"
Added - Filter : "Rotate"
Added - Filter : "Seamless"
Added - Filter : "Tilt"
Added - Filter : "Edge"
Added - Filter : "Bump"
Added - Filter : "Emboss2"
Added - Filter : "Maximum"
Added - Filter : "Minimum"
Added - Filter : "Colorize"
Added - Filter : "Edge2"
Added - Filter : "Arithmetic Mean"
Added - Filter : "Geometric Mean"
Added - Filter : "Harmonic Mean"
Added - Filter : "Maximum2"
Added - Filter : "Minimum2"
Added - Filter : "Midpooint"
Added - Filter : "Median"
Added - Filter : "De-interlace Video"
Changed - Some reorganization of the existing filters.

5.7 Filters and Backgrounds

Added - Filter : "Lines" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Points" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Circles" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Rectangles" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Splines" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Worms" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Fibers" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Trees" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Noise" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Blobs" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Plasma" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Sine Plasma" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Fractal Plama" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Perlin Noise" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - Filter : "Pattern" under Filter|Generate menu
Added - 130 Background image filters in three categories, material, nature and other.
Added - Merge and continue feature. Merge current layer, clear the current layer and keep it active. Hot key "M"
Added - Menu item to merge the current layer
Fixed - Exit Brush History and Color Palette History mode if loading a new ArtSet.
Fixed - Don't allow layer 1 to become empty. This was possible by moving down layer 1 when layer 2 was empty.

5.6 - Brush History

Added - Display the current selected brush in the tool bar area.
Added - Brush History feature. (Replaces the auto preset feature)
Added - Color History feature.
Fixed - Unexpected error exit when there are no script files in the ScriptBrushes or ScriptBrushesUsers directories.

5.5 - Additional image formats, more brushes

Added - Essentials ArtSet. A set of 60 basic drawing tools in one art set.
Added - Read additional file types - EMF, GIF, PCX, PCD, PSD, WBMP and WMF
Added - Write additional file types - EMF, GIF, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF and WMF
Added - Icons for artset brushes for scripts, cloners, blenders, erasers and stampers.
Added - Two new types for the gradient tools to allow gradients of transparency.
Enhanced - Dynamically adjust color for artset brush icons that don't store their own color but use the current color
Enhanced - Added brush effects reference section to help documentation.
Improved - Preserve artset brush name and settings when creating a new brush preset.

5.4 - Layer Drawing Error

Fixed - Drawing on layers was too faint - not picking up enough of the painting color.

5.3 - Layer additions and fixes

Added - Move tool (assignable to the right mouse button) to freely move layers around
Added - Tool bar for tools that are assignable to the right mouse button. (replaces the tool combo box)
Added - Alpha Invert command (under layer menu)
Added - Layer blending mode - Texturize
Added - Layer blending mode - Alpha Filter
Added - Layer blending mode - Alpha Black Outline
Added - Layer blending mode - Alpha Overlay Outline
Added - Layer blending mode - Alpha Highlight
Fixed - Blending transparent areas of a layer was incorrectly handled
Fixed - Filters with previews were not working properly on layers if the layer was not yet edited.
Fixed - Layers not removed with resetting page to default size. Could crash if unremoved layer is selected.
Fixed - If "Cancel" is select in response to the Create Layer prompt the layer options dialog still appeared.
Fixed - Clear Page command was not making layers transparent - it should.
Fixed - Changes in the Layer Options dialog were not being saved if exiting without any other edits.
Fixed - Layer menu to moving layer up and down in the stack was incorrectly assigned.
Fixed - Flatten layers should make the background visible after the operation
Fixed - Ellipse tool had red and blue colors switched.

5.2 - Layers!!!

Added - Layers!!!
Added - Internal program logging
Added - Menu item File | New to create to reset the current page to a new image. Previously relied on clearing the paper to do this.
Added - Paste Into functionality. To paste into an existing layer rather than replace the entire image.
Added - Brush effect - Erase Mode. Allow for proper erasing on layers
Added - Create mask from alpha. In the mask menu.
Improved - Performance of some image filters by eliminating an extra image copy.
Improved - Rate of update to the canvas when drawing to give more feedback.
Changed - Allow for auto-preview on the offset filter.
Changed - Graphite, Color pencil and pastel art sets changed to have "real" erasers.
Fixed - If exiting the application when minimized, when restarting it would appear to not start properly.
Fixed - Some Filters were mapped to page menus.

5.1 - Cloner Brushes

5.0 - Important crash fix

Added - Brush effect - Skip. Skip the next brush effect on an interval.
Fixed - Crash after 50000 dabs applied with pressure. Pressure stack was not being reset.
Fixed - Don't allow Scripts or Scripts (User) brush category for random brushes.