The emphasis on the technical side of illustration might make DrawPlus X4 sound a bit dull, but the program also has strong creative capabilities. There’s also a new Colour Palette Designer which automatically generates colour palettes based on your choice of base colour and colour harmony rules (monochrome, triad, complementary and so on). The new Colour Picker tool lets you sample average colours rather than points and, if you drag rather than click, you can quickly pick up and apply gradients. Some of the draw features in DrawPlus include: Auto Heal, undo/redo, Auto Brighten, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, Slicing, Bevel Along Color, Free Transform, Convection Boxes, Curves, Radial Menu, Matrix Based Highlights, Auto Shadows, Highlight Maps, Convert To RGB, Matrix Based Glow, Overlay & Outline, customizable brushes, gradient tools, and more.In terms of formatting power, DrawPlus offers good handling of tiling bitmaps, gradients and mesh fills, but the most important option remains simple flat colours. DrawPlus can also be used to create text effects, adjust transparency and colour, create clipping path objects, adjust brightness and saturation, and use custom brushes. The user interface is simple to navigate and provides several useful features such as multiple drawing and painting modes, layer-based masks, an undo feature, and support for most Paint styles.

This software it comes with over 100 Photoshop ready shapes, which are ideal for retouching photographs and illustrations.

The software allows for easy performance and easy use. DrawPlus offers a powerful array of tools including advanced drawing and paint support along with image importing and exporting facilities.

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