New Functions in Version 13
The Channel Mixer (Tool/Channel Mixer) allows to replace the single
channels of an image by a combination of the existing channels.
The Channel Mixer is mostly used to convert a color image to gray
by using user-defined rules. Aside from that it can be used as an effect.
Easier Post-Processing of Photos
In order to simplify the enhancement of photos PhotoLine offers new
automatic and half-automatic functions. Aside from the already existing
Automatic White Point Correction there are now functions to automatically
correct the brightness (Filter/Automatic/Brightness Correction) and the
color saturation (Filter/Automatic/Color Correction). Automatic Correction
combines these three functions to one.
Furthermore there is the Correction Wizard to correct the white point,
the brightness, the saturation and the sharpness step by step. Each
step allows to optimize the precalculated values according to the current image.
Rectify (Filter/Digital Camera/Rectify) removes perspective distortions
from digital photos. You only have to define four edges, that should
be straight. The rest is handled by PhotoLine.
High Pass Filter
The filter High Pass (Filter/Other/High Pass) keeps strong contrasts
and converts weak ones to gray.
By combining the result of the filter High Pass with the original
image by using the display mode Screen the edges of the original
image will be enhanced.
The Healing Brush
The new tool Healing Brush can be used to remove disturbing parts
of an image. This is accomplished by copying the structure of a
source area to the destination.
Mark Extreme Values
If Mark Extreme Values (View/Mark Extreme Values) is turned on, all
parts of the document windows will be marked which are full black or
full white. This way excessive corrections can be identified immediately.
The options can be used to set-up the color used for marking and
the tolerance of black and white.
The function Light/Shadow has been reworked.
There is now an additional tab in the Browse window: Keyword. This tab
lists all IPTC-keywords used in the active directory. Behind the keyword
the number of occurrences is shown.
The list can be sorted alphabetically and by numbers.
The Browse window now is able to call other applications in order to
edit the currently selected files.
Copy and Paste
Files can now be duplicated by using the standard commands Copy and
Paste. On Windows 2000 and XP Cut is supported, too.
The directory tree of the browse window now lists links to directories, too.
Load/Save EXIF Data
EXIF data can now be saved as a separate file and afterwards be appended to an image file again.
Copy EXIF Date
If images taken by a digital camera are edited and saved, of course
the file date is modified, too. But often this behaviour is not
wanted, because sorting by date will use this modification date
and not the date of taking. Copy EXIF Date fixes this problem by
copying the date of taking stored in the EXIF data to the file
date. This function can be applied to every selected file or to
all files in a directory. In the latter case all subdirectories
can be included, too.
Change EXIF Date
If the internal time or date of a digital camera was not set correctly
when taking a photo, the date of taking can be corrected by using Change EXIF Date.
The thumbnails in the Browse window are now showing additional information by adding small icons:
- whether the photo was taken upside-down
- whether there are EXIF or IPTC data
- whether the file is a Raw image
Furthermore additional EXIF data can be shown textually under the thumbnail.
Text styles are used for uniform formatting of long text.
A text style stores all attributes needed for formatting a text.
There are two different kinds of text styles in PhotoLine:
- Character Styles
Character styles contain all settings defining the appearance of
text like the font family, the size, the color and so on. Character
styles can be applied to single characters or to a block of text.
- Paragraph Styles
Paragraph styles contain all settings of character styles. Additionally
all options needed for paragraph formatting are defined: line and
paragraph distance, left and right edge, and so on. Paragraph
styles are always applied to full paragraphs.
If a style is applied to a text and this style is modified later,
the text will change its appearance automatically accordingly.
Text styles can be created hierarchically. This means a new text
style can inherit all settings of another style and only differs in
some points. Changing the base style will modify the settings of
the derived style, too, if the derived style hasn't defined this settings on its own.
On Mac OS X PhotoLine is supporting the built-in spell checker. On
Windows ASpell, an Open Source spell checker, is supported which has
to be installed separately. ASpell can be downloaded from:
The spelling is checked while entering the text. Unknown or incorrectly
spelled words are marked red.
The context menu of a marked word offers proposals for correct spelling if there are any.
Crop Text Flow
Crop Text Flow is a comfortable way of splitting a text flow that
uses several text layers.
The function Serial Document combines a CSV-file and a template
document and creates a serial document. The template document controls
which data field to insert in the result.
Support of Multiprocessor Computers
If you run PhotoLine on a computer with more than one processor core,
PhotoLine will utilize these additional cores.
Support of USB-Sticks
PhotoLine can now start directly from an USB-stick. You just have to
create a directory named "UserSettings" in the application directory
of PhotoLine (on Mac OS X in the "Resources"-subdirectory), and PhotoLine
will use it to load and save its settings.
The Curve Creation Tool
This new vector tool allows to create and edit new vector graphics in a single step.
Create Multipage Document
Create Multipage Document allows to combine all open pictures to a
single document. Each picture will be on a separate page.
Im- and Export of DDS-Files
PhotoLine is now able to load and save DDS-files. DDS-files are mainly used by computer games.
Windows: Set and Get Wallpaper
PhotoLine can now get and set the background image of the desktop.
Card Is Now View
The Card-dialog has been renamed to View, because it now additionally
contains a list of the opened documents and a list of the pages of the active document.
In cooperation with the users and beta testers of PhotoLine the menu entries have been reordered.
Windows: Docked Dialogs Now Minimizable
Docked dialog can now be minimized.