PostworkShop Changelog

What's new in PostworkShop 3.0.4990

Mar 15, 2014
  • More paint presets
  • Cloning type paint presets are visually identified in the list
  • Plug-in mode transparency handling improved
  • Photoshop action recording (containing PWS plug-in operations) is improved
  • Resize works if the image is opened by drag and drop
  • Image info is displayed correctly for plug-in objects
  • Preferences window fixed (can close now)
  • Duplicated menu item is removed from the Layouts menu.
  • Offset filter is fixed so pop art styles work again.
  • Canvas size is adjusted to the image size after rotating the image if there is only one object
  • The Windows installer now correctly replaces the old plug-in file
  • Plug-in About box fixed on Mac
  • Using the plug-in in Simple Layout is more stable
  • Image is always rendered in Compositing after returning from the Freehand Painting tab
  • Random crashes during manual painting fixed
  • Your PWS2 custom styles can be imported automatically
  • Your own custom styles can be unpacked by providing your PWS2 serial number
  • Improved color management (for plug-in, external editor and batch processing modes)
  • Property names exported from embedded styles are displayed correctly

New in PostworkShop 3.0.4823 (Apr 7, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Simple Layout - with pre-processing, masking and post-processing
  • Many styles have been accelerated
  • Style Presets in the property editor
  • A full-screen image viewing option, as well as before-and-after comparison modes
  • PostworkShop can work as an external editor for Adobe Lightroom
  • Color management
  • Presets in the freehand painting and cloning modes
  • New styles, textures and brushes
  • Better support for tablets
  • Project and Style browser tabs are hidden when switching to freehand painting
  • Custom brushes can be embedded into installable style packeges (.stylez files)
  • Paint settings property groups are lockable (paint preset values won't apply)
  • Better folder navigation in the Save window
  • Monochrome mode added to the Random Painter filter (for pencil/charcoal/etc.)

New in PostworkShop 2.1.4157 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • Built-in access to the Fotolia stock image collection.
  • Installation and activation issues fixed.

New in PostworkShop 2.0.4021 (Jul 22, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Only in the Professional edition:
  • PostworkShop works in plug-in mode
  • 64 bit program version
  • Unlimited render size (depends on the available memory)
  • Batch improvements (regular expression based naming, displaying rendered images, persistent settings)
  • In the Artist and Pro editions:
  • Manual paint/retouch/clone module
  • Alpha Map (layer mask) editor
  • Auto save custom styles in the Style History
  • Simplified Save Style window (publishing is not necessary any more)
  • Available in all editions:
  • New styles, textures and brushes
  • Multi-language user interface
  • Toolbar (faster save, layout switching, ...)
  • Detachable Projects/Styles/Properties panels
  • DPI management (canvas and images)
  • Image properties (pixel/physical size, DPI) displayed
  • Image Resize window (pixel/physical size, DPI)
  • New Save window (for projects and images)
  • Objects/Layers can be renamed
  • Pin types are displayed on the style thumbnails
  • New Color Selector modes (Color Wheel, Color Names)
  • Categorized, visual texture selector
  • Categories in the brush selector
  • Easier selection of active brush family members
  • Data folder can be displayed from the application
  • Optional automatic "Check for Updates" functionality
  • Bug fixes:
  • File format issues
  • Imported ABR brush inversion
  • Image copy/paste on Mac
  • Resizable application window on Mac
  • Data Execution Prevention (DEP) issue on Windows

New in PostworkShop 1.1.2745 (Sep 29, 2010)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed PSD loader bug related to an inactive alpha channel (now selectable)
  • Application icon (on the desktop) is Windows XP compatible now
  • Object and Image Source property sliders are more responsive now
  • Deleting shortcuts from the Style Browser does not delete the original filter/style
  • Copy style functionality now works with copy-pasted images too
  • Double-clicking the Move Camera icon centers the canvas in the viewport
  • Sending style shortcuts to User folders works now
  • Color halftone filter provides better results
  • Custom brush loading accepts more brush image file formats now
  • Features:
  • Filters can be bypassed both in the Property and Style Editors (eye icon)
  • Style Editor visual enhancements
  • Style Editor: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel zooms only the selected nodes
  • ABR brushes loaded as image objects can be colorized
  • Skecth filter output can be colorized and rendered on transparent backgound
  • Current Style Database version is displayed in the Merge Log viewer
  • "Sketch 2" and "Center (line art)" detection methods added to the Edge Detector filter
  • The serial entry dialog now contains a buy or get free serial button
  • Demo projects for first time users
  • Projects can be sorted by name or by last access time