6 Welcome
• Improved quality
Some important technologies in PhotoPlus have been improved
to give you a higher quality display while you're editing, and
higher quality brushes that support larger sizes and smoother
drawing. These changes make PhotoPlus even more useful for
increasingly-large digital photos!
• Broad support for scanners and digital cameras (see p. 18)
As manufacturers have been very slow to introduce 64-bit
versions of their scanner drivers, PhotoPlus has been updated
to support both 32-bit and any newer 64-bit drivers (whether
you're running either the 32-bit or 64-bit version of PhotoPlus).
WIA-compliant imaging devices are also supported, and the
Raw Studio now also opens files from an even bigger range of
high end digital cameras.
• New look for tabs
The user interface tabs have been given a makeover with a
modern, flat look. They now also respond better to being
resized, with sliders and other adjustments fitting to the
available space.
• Save as JPG XR
JPG XR has become a recognised standard format and is
supported by PhotoPlus when opening, saving, and exporting
images. This file type supersedes Microsoft HD Photo WDP
and HDP files, which are still supported.
• New Clone Tool pick-up preview (see p. 91)
After cloning the source area, the Clone Tool shows the "picked
up" pixels directly under the clone brush before applying. Great
for a visual indication of how the cloned region will look on the
target area.
