(Don’t worry, there’s no need to understand the underlying colour theory, it’s just as easy to select each option in turn and choose the palette that most appeals.) Choose a base colour, select a colour spread – monochromatic, complementary, triadic, tetradic and more – for suggestions on the most fitting palette. Or draw a line on the screen to sample the colour gradient – the colours in a sunset, for instance – then turn this into a custom gradient fill.Īlternatively, if you’re looking for a more scientific way to create a colour palette, then you could always turn to the new Colour Palette Designer. Exactly how well this works depends on the sources, but it’s easy to use, and is very helpful when, say, blending brush strokes over textured backgrounds.Įxtended colour tools include the colour picker, which is now able to pick an average colour from an area, perfect for dithered or noisy backgrounds. There a whole range of new illustration options to help you deliver better results, in less time.īlend modes provide the ability to combine objects’ colour, brightness, texture and more. PhotoLab is almost powerful enough to be a stand-alone application in its own right, and it’s a welcome addition to DrawPlus X4. And there are a host of genuinely effective special effects to, say, convert photos into works of art. Colour balance, lighting and other tweaks are just a slider away. This provides one-click fixes for brightness, lighting, colour balance, noise removal and more. If you still spend considerable time with bitmaps, though, you’ll appreciate the new PhotoLab, an excellent tool for editing and optimising digital images.
These can produce very small files, are supported by web browsers, and are text-based, so their content may be indexed by search engines – they’re a perfect choice for many online graphics projects. Not only can DrawPlus X4 handle the basic formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, WMF, TIFF and more) and many others (PSD, PDF, EPS), but it’s also finally able to work with SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files.
This isn’t just a cosmetic upgrade: it fixes a few long-standing issues, and adds even more versatility with some major new features.Ĭompatibility, for instance, is better than ever. And the latest DrawPlus X4 release takes the package considerably further. Serif DrawPlus has been around for many years, a constant reminder that quality illustration software doesn’t have to be expensive, or difficult to use.
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