New version of Pixopedia XE is available (2020.07). Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are uploaded together with new ImageMagick (32/64) support for various image types. New ImageMagick plug-in support can be downloaded separately. 32-bit Pixopedia version still comes with old (single dll) ImageMagick plug-in. If you want to use the newest version, you must delete imagemagick.dll file from pixopedia folder.
OK, new features:
- Dock/undock possibility added to right bar tools: by double-clicking on the top header to undock/dock active tool.
- Stamp brush browsing and loading changed to more user friendly mode.
- Stamp brushes can be rotated.
- Selected stamp brush can be rotated on the fly, either by using fixed angle (jitter, cumulative +, cumulative -) or by dynamic angle (follow the stroke).
- Blur brush tip added to procedural brushes that use static brush tip (solid, hair, parallel) .
- New brush type added: pump brush. Similar to image nozzle, but it works with stamp brush collection packed in one file.
- Load from file option added to assistant images. If image has alpha channel, alpha channel will be used as a mask.
- Spread action->Stroke warper->Color picker mode->Step with brush color scheme mode moved to the bottom of radio-group.
Bugs in previous version (resolved and fixed):
- Bug when invoking “Analyze me gently…” extra menu entry. Program throws “floating point operation exception”. Fixed.
- Bug when rendering text shapes: does not render drop shadow although the shadow is on. Fixed.
- Bug when loading multi-layer image (extensions: ien, lyr, psd): program throws error when drawing on layer(s). Fixed.
- Bug in settings->rendering modes: regardless of user choice, automatic rendering mode is always on. Fixed.
- Bug in settings->Max. brush size: regardless of user choice, max brush size is always 300. Fixed.
- Bug in Spread action->Stroke warper->Color picker mode->Step with brush color scheme does not work as described. Fixed.
- Bug when drawing filled ellipse/rectangle: undo does not restore filled area. Fixed.
Note: changes in stamp and new pump brush are still in experimental phase, so some buggy behavior may be expected.
Note: User pump brush can be created from PNG images extracted from ABR brush collection. To extract PNGs from ABR collection you can use AbrMate or AbrViewer.NET. After images are extracted to some folder, you can use pump brush create button to pack images (actually alpha channels) to PBR file (compressed TIFF format).