PhotoScape

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PhotoScape X
Developer(s) MOOII Tech
Initial releaseMay 28, 2008;16 years ago (2008-05-28)
Stable release
3.7 / September 11, 2014;9 years ago (2014-09-11)
Written in C++
Operating system NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/macOS/Ubuntu
Platform Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux
Size 356.09 MB
Available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Nederlands, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian
Type Raster graphics editor
License Freeware
Website www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

PhotoScape is a graphics editing program, developed by MOOII Tech, Korea. The basic concept of PhotoScape is 'easy and fun', allowing users to easily edit photographs taken from their digital cameras or even mobile phones. PhotoScape provides a simple user interface to perform common photo enhancements including color adjustment, cutting, resizing, printing and GIF animation. [1] [2] Photoscape operates on Microsoft Windows and Mac and is available on Linux systems as a Snap package. [3] The default languages are English and Korean, with additional language packages available for download.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Version 3.7 is the current stable release for Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8. The current version Photoscape X is for Windows 10 and macOS 10.12 or later, with a pro version available for a fee. Older versions are still available for Windows 98 or ME users. It is distributed free of charge for all users, including commercial bodies.[ citation needed ]

Features

PhotoScape can perform tasks of: [4]

Notable release

Version [5] Release date [5] Significant changes [5]
3.1May 28, 2008Initial release
3.2October 9, 2008Many new options and supports +19 languages
3.3January 5, 2009Many new options, adjustments, tools and supports +23 languages
3.4August 28, 2009Many new options, adjustments, supports netbook resolutions (1024×600) and supports +27 languages
3.5May 24, 2010Adjustments, new tools, stop supportings Windows 95, 98 and Me, start support Windows 7, Vista and supports +34 languages
3.6December 21, 2011New options, adjustments and supports +37 languages
3.6.1February 28, 2012Adjustments, new tools
3.6.2April 23, 2012Adjustments, support RAW files
3.6.3December 27, 2012Adjustments and new functions, vibration brush included
3.6.4June 25, 2013Adjustments, new tools and functions, JPEG quality option improved
3.6.5July 5, 2013Bug fixes for Sharpen, Blur and Bloom filters, Blur Brush upgraded
1.0October 23, 2013Forked into Photoscape X ("Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8, please use PhotoScape 3.7.")
2.0December 9, 2014
2.1January 8, 2015
2.2April 28, 2015
2.3October 28, 2015
2.4May 20, 2016
2.4.1July 16, 2016
2.5December 17, 2016
2.6July 6, 2017
2.6.1July 15, 2017
2.6.2July 16, 2017
2.6.3August 24, 2017
2.7December 21, 2017
2.7.1December 23, 2017
3.0.0April 23, 2019Added ‘Auto Color’ filterAdded ’Surrealistic’ filter; Added 26 Blurred Textures; Added 210 Face and 60 Ball Stickers; Added Margins option to Print tab; Added Zoom (Actual Pixels) option to Preferences; Added ‘Fit & Fill (Don’t Enlarge)’ option to Loupe View and Full Screen; Improved Color Balance, Point Color, Replace Color, and Cut Out; Improved RAW support; Improved UI; Fixed permission issue on macOS Mojave 10.14 (macOS); Fixed bugs
4.0/4.01

/4.02

  • Macro: Record actions
  • Redo+: Redo with different settings
  • Filter Favorites: Add frequently used filters to Favorites
  • Added Matte filter
  • Added 'Replace Image' filter
  • Added 'Enlarge 16x’ (Editor > Resize)
  • Added 'Reduce Luminance Noise', Reduce Color Noise’ to Batch tab
  • Added Stretch option to Batch tab
  • Added 240 Face #3, 272 Flag, 221 Floral Stickers
  • Added 223 Geometric Figures
  • Added 3 more brush shapes
  • Added more metadata fields to text object (FL3, FL4,FOLDER,FOLDER-UP,FOLDER_LO)
  • Added RAW Engine option
  • Doubled thumbnail size
  • Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a square or circle
  • Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a line at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 degrees
  • Support WebP format in Viewer tab
  • Support Dark Mode (macOS 10.14+)
  • Support Traditional Chinese (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어)
  • Improved RAW support (CR3 format)
  • Improved UI
  • Fixed bugs
4.1/4.11Works on Mac M1 Silicon with Rosetta Stone very Powerful
  • New Text Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks, Background
  • New Object Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks
  • New Filters: Gradient Opacity, Radial Speed Lines, Lines, Concentric, Geometric Collage
  • New Filter Objects: Mosaic #2, #3, #4, Frosted Glass
  • New Text Warp: Gradient Upper, Gradient Upper 2, Gradient Lower, Gradient Lower 2
  • New Features: Copy and Paste multiple objects, Add Empty Cell (Print tab), Flip Horizontal/Vertical (Text object)
  • Improved Enhance Document
  • Improved Object Transform
  • Improved Spot Healing Brushes
  • Improved Gradient options
  • Improved Raw Engine
  • Added 119 Film Looks
  • Added 104 Film Extras
  • Added 150 Nature
  • Added 108 Comic Stickers
  • Added 4 more Draw Brushes (Stipple)
  • Added 1 more Text Outline Type
  • Added 6 Object Transform Skew Types
  • Added 8 Canvas Grid Types
  • Support Nederlands, Polski (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文)
  • Improved UI
  • Fixed bugs

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