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Artipic Changelog

What's new in Artipic 2.7

Mar 23, 2018
  • Improvements:
  • Enhanced color panel.
  • Panel management improvements.
  • Fixes:
  • Revert issue fixed.
  • Text tool “!-symbol” issue fixed.
  • Brush size issue fixed.
  • Crop “fixed size” issue fixed.
  • Watermark issue fixed.
  • “Show in folder” issue fixed.

New in Artipic 2.5 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Gradient preview.
  • Popup sliders.
  • Screen panning.
  • Crop manual adjustment.
  • Proportional transformation.
  • Toolbar functionality improved.
  • Performance improved.
  • Fixes:
  • Blur on alpha channel issue. Fixed.
  • Saving layers to a format that does not support layers issue. Fixed.
  • Insufficient memory issue. Fixed.

New in Artipic 2.4.1 (Dec 29, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Dodge and Burn brushes.
  • Refine edges.
  • Feather selection.
  • Advanced mask operations.
  • Vignette color.
  • RAW conversion presets.
  • Moving selected objects with keyboard.
  • Extended color range selection.
  • Performance improvement for Retina.
  • Fixes:
  • Image downscale problem. Fixed.
  • RAW conversion histogram cutting. Fixed.
  • Mask extension problem. Fixed.
  • Toolbar wrong behavior in positioning and saving states. Fixed.
  • Mask extension problem. Fixed.
  • Cropping with “Hide” option malfunction. Fixed.

New in Artipic 2.3.2 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Fixes:
  • In OS X 10.11 some images could not be opened. Fixed.
  • In OS X 10.11 “Export and Share” could not export some files to PNG. Fixed.
  • Keyboard shortcuts Opt and/or Shift did not switch selection modes in some cases. Fixed.
  • The app could hang when a file was dropped on “Open File” window. Fixed.
  • “Save As” did not choose the last used file extension. Fixed.
  • Improvements:
  • Pressing “Cmd+J” duplicates layers even with no selection.
  • Inverting masks can now be performed by pressing “Cmd+I”.

New in Artipic 2.3.1 Build 6955 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • Major Enhancements
  • Check for updates - Artipic will now be automatically checking for new versions available and notify you. This setting can be changed in Preferences. It is also possible to check for available updates manually: just click “Help> Check for updates” menu item.
  • Send Report - It is now easier to communicate with Artipic support on any issues. If any problem occurs, you can use “Help> Send Report” menu item to add the system information to your email to our support.
  • Major defect resolution:
  • Text tool. Lowercase-d issue solved.
  • Problem with opening some TIFF files solved.
  • Problem with opening image plugins on start solved.
  • “SWbemLacator“ issue du ring setup process solved.

New in Artipic 2.3 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • Major Enhancements:
  • Last filter and last adjustment - It is possible to apply again and again a filter or an adjustment that have been applied latest without opening the parameters window, but just by simply using keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+F or Ctrl+Shift+F for the last filter or last adjustment accordingly. The parameters entered for the latest filter or adjustment will be used automatically.
  • Load an image right to a layer or mask - It is now possible to load images right to layers or masks with drag&drop from outside Artipic. It simplifies operating with layers and masks for creating compositions.
  • RAW converter improvements - RAW converter now provides a possibility to adjust the white balancing of a picture by using a “Grey Card” approach. “Grey Card” can be located by simply dragging mouse over the picture area or by clicking to a particular point on the picture. In addition, gamma presets are available now.
  • Strength for the blurring brush - It is now possible to set strength of the blurring brush. The strength parameters can be adjusted within a “1–100%” range with 100% meaning the maximum blurring effect.
  • New RAW formats - New RAW formats supported. The camera list is extended with Mamiya, Pentax, Polaroid, Ricoh, Samsung and Sigma cameras. Along with that, the list of formats extended with MEF, MOS, PEF, SRW and X3F.
  • Adobe Photoshop file format (.psd) - It is possible to read the composite image of Adobe Photoshop PSD file format.
  • Export and Share configuration - It is possible to add, delete or modify new entries for Export&Share drop-down lists (both dimensions and sizes) right on the main toolbar. All the changes done can further be adjusted in Preferences.
  • Color profiles in Batch Processing - It is now possible to set up color profiles in the output settings in Batch Processing.
  • Major defect resolution:
  • Processing various image formats stabilized.
  • Keyboard shortcuts adjusted to fit the common practices.
  • Color space conversion is now available on opening files.
  • Watermark font configuration issue fixed.
  • Sign effect for batch processing works correctly.
  • “Contiguous” option for Magic Wand issue fixed.
  • Transformation background for batch processing issue fixed.
  • TIFF compression window is now available on saving .tif files.
  • PNG alpha channel issue fixed.
  • JPG compression issue fixed.
  • Default file extension for JPG-family on saving is now chosen correctly.
  • Confirmation message window now appears when closing the RAW converter without saving.
  • “Image in clipboard” dimensions are now correctly processed by the New File window.
  • The latest tool used selection is kept correctly on restart.

New in Artipic 2.2 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • The list of major enhancements includes the following key capabilities introduced to the solution:
  • New filters such as High Pass Filter for sharpening images, Defuse Glow for applying artistic effects, Vignette for editing portraits.
  • New image adjustments such as Tint for giving pictures a stylish view, Photo Filters for emulating optical filters, Color Enhancer for adding richness and depth to pictures, Color Temperature for adjusting “warmness“ or “coldness“ of images.
  • Batch processor is significantly improved with such new functionality like a free angle image rotation or color/background manipulations.
  • Other enhancements:
  • Add noise filter - This filter helps you to make up images that are not perfectly obtained or scanned and seen full of pixels of many different colors.
  • Red eyes reduction - This tool gives you a possibility to easily get rid of the red eyes effect.
  • Colorize effect - This adjustment gives you an easy way to apply a color to your picture.
  • Threshold effect - This adjustment creates a grey-scale outline based on the picture edges.
  • Auto levels - This function extends the Levels adjustment and allows you to set the default levels of colors.
  • Selection on mask - This functionality gives you a possibility to make a selection based on a mask.
  • Major defect resolution:
  • Resampling algorithms are now available for all the image transformations.
  • “Save as” functionality is simplified to use.
  • Exact crop size can be set up now.
  • Selections can be erased using Del button.
  • Key board shortcuts for “100%” and “Fit on screen” added.
  • Text level creation defects resolved.
  • Text antialiasing added.
  • New file window now considers image sizes from the clipboard.
  • Reordering effects in both Stylization panel and Batch panel works now.