Datasheet

Welcome 13
Design
• Spray brush strokes (p. 81)
Have some painting fun with spray brushes from categories such as
Airbrushes, Grunge, and Special Effects; change brush colours to suit
your design or adjust brush nozzle control.
• Brush and edge effects on object outlines (p. 147)
Bored of solid line fills? Try stroking a brush outline around artistic
text, image, and shapes. Alternatively, use textured edge brushes for
ripped, painted, smudged, glowing or burnt edges.
• Design aids (p. 42)
Use Overlays such as Rule of Thirds grid (for improved page
composition) and Divine Proportions (for aesthetic proportioning).
For more focused design, use Solo mode to work on an object in
isolation.
• New stunning 2D and 3D filter effects (p. 193 and p. 196)
Blur any object or create a coloured solid or gradient outline around
object edges (use the new Contour fill which applies gradient fill from
the inner to outer outline width). 3D effects are boosted with
Reflection Maps which offer a realistic glass-like transparency control
of non-reflective/reflective surfaces. Multiple separately coloured
lights are added for dramatic lighting effects. All filter effects can now
be applied in preview mode or to the object on the page.
• Powerful object cropping (p. 110)
The Crop Tool makes cropping your design or imported image more
instinctive and intuitive. An on-document control bar lets you
transform the crop window, with respect to position, rotation, and
shape. Crop to preset Crop Shapes. For better composition while
cropping, use a cropping Rule Thirds grid.
Importing and Exporting
• Open picture as document (p. 24)
Pictures can now be opened in DrawPlus as a new document
automatically sized to the picture dimensions. Add design objects
(captions, line, or shapes) and then export.