Technical data

4 Welcome
Key PhotoPlus features
PhotoPlus brings professional image editing to everyone—with features
like these:
♦ Powerful Image Export Optimizer
The Export Optimizer lets you see how your image will look (and
how much space it will take up) before you save it! Its multi-
window display provides side-by-side WYSIWYG previews of
image quality at various output settings, so you can make the best
choice every time.
♦ Web Animation Tools
Now it’s easy and fun to create or edit animations for the Web.
You can import and export animated GIFs, and even let PhotoPlus
create entire animations for you automatically.
♦ Editable Text
Add formatted color text to an image, reposition and scale it,
integrate it with your design. Text layers keep the contents separate
so you can go back and alter the words or formatting at any time!
♦ Image Enhancement
Apply professional, darkroom-style color and histogram
adjustments to your images.
♦ Unique Selection Options
PhotoPlus goes well beyond the basic rectangle and lasso tools,
adding more than a dozen completely customizable selection
shapes like polygons, spirals, and stars. Or define a selection
shaped like text—using any font and style! Advanced options let
you fine-tune the selection and its properties for precise effects.
♦ Smart Shapes
Choose from a panoply of fully adjustable filled shapes to produce
chevrons, hearts, badges, teardrops, moons, zigzags, and many
more. Just drag sliders to control each shape’s appearance!
♦ Image Slicing and Image Maps
Now it’s not just the pros who can use these techniques to add links
to Web graphics! Simply click to divide images into segments—
each with its own hyperlink and popup text—or add hotspots to
specific regions. PhotoPlus outputs the HTML code and lets you
preview the results directly in your Web browser.
♦ Advanced Tools and Features
Built-in support for most pressure-sensitive graphics tablets. RGB,
CMYK, HSV, and Grayscale color modes. Robust and convenient
layer management with pop-up preview and masking support.