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DrawPlus 4.0 From SerifSoftWare
By admin | June 4, 2007
This is a freeware graphic design and vector drawing software. The developer of the program (SerifSoftware) promotes the following advantages of using the application:
Say goodbye to complicated tools and ’shaky hand’ drawings. DrawPlus makes drawing simple with easy to use QuickShapes, Natural Curve Editing and Curve Smoothing.
You can add abstract or themed backgrounds very easily. From dazzling presentation backgrounds to space style scenes, give any drawing a ready-made designer canvas.
The new tabbed Studio stores hundreds of pre-set lines, fills, transparencies, fonts and Wizard elements which are always convenient and ready to use.
It’s extremely quick and easy to apply color fills to any drawing using the on-screen studio palette.
Great fun, easy to use and perfect for bringing your Web sites and presentations to life. Use advanced features like onion skinning, backgrounds, overlays and frame management.
Use the blend tool to automatically ‘morph’ 2 images. You choose the number of steps and DrawPlus does the rest!
Easily create sparkling photo-like realism and quality in seconds with no experience required.
A notoriously difficult effect to create is now a total breeze, with a wide range of customizable watermark designs on hand.
This flexible Wizard instantly adds borders to the page or to individual objects. Choose a border from the extensive library or get really creative and let the Border Wizard help you to build a totally unique design.
Define new color sets as shades of a base color, then transform the color scheme of a whole image instantly - just by altering the base color. DrawPlus Colour Schemes do the work for you!
Stretch and squeeze objects or text into whatever shape you choose. Select from the range of special outline shapes or customize your own!
Create high-impact text for headlines, logos, banners, Web pages and more. Plus convert text to curves to bring fonts to life.
Packed with all the drawing and graphics tools and resources you’ll ever need.
Imagine the most powerful set of drawing tools that you’ve ever envisaged. Even extremely complex shapes like spirals, petals and Webs are simple to draw and customize using QuickShapes.
You can get superior printed results with smooth color blending. DrawPlus 4 now exports Transparent GIF, Animated GIF, and PNG for forward looking Web page design.
Source: freeserifsoftware.com
The program is available in two version: commercial and freeware. Downloading the freeware version is possible through DownLoad Link. But the freeware version also requires registration of the user by the developer as part of the installation process. In the registration form you must identify your name and e-mail address to which the developer will send you a registration key.
When you start the program it opens up a small window asking you about your intentions. You can Use a Design Wizard, Create an Animation, Create a Drawing, Open Saved Work, View a Quick Tour, View Samples. The default option is Create a Drawing. If you choose it the program asks you about the size of the paper for printing and its orientation. (The default paper size is A4 and orientation Tall (Portrait)).
The Main Menu of the application has seven options: File, Edit, View, Insert, Tools, Arrange and Help.
The option Help opens the Help popup menu which contains options for the context-sensitive on-line help in the Microsoft Help format, as well as web-links on the Serif Software site, Registration Wizard, Quick Tour and the standard option About.
The option File opens File Dialog and contains standard options for file manipulating and printing. The option Convert to Animation allows you to convert images to animation.
The option Edit opens standard Edit Dialog.
The option View contains options for zooming in and out, as well as options for manipulating program toolbars and tabs, and layout tools.
The option Insert has three options: Object (for inserting an object), Picture Wizard and Border Wizard.
The option Tools unites all options for work with program tools. It also contains the option Options which opens the Options [of the image] window and Save settings.
The option Arrange opens a popup containing options for aligning, sizing, flipping, rotating objects in the image/of the image as a whole, etc. It also has the option Layers for dealing with the Layer Manager of the application.
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