Serif Launch DrawPlus X3

Dale_Cook · 16th February 2009, 12:54 PM

Hello everyone!

Serif is delighted to announce the launch of the latest title in its award-winning software range, DrawPlus X3, the all-in-one studio for professional-quality creative design.

DrawPlus X3 is your one-stop-shop for creative fun, realistic painting, professional logos, stunning interactive Flash® animations, layouts and plans, business diagrams and much more. With an abundance of impressive artistic power and a stack of exciting new features, DrawPlus X3 has something for everyone – from students to home users and business professionals, novices to enthusiasts and experienced artists!

Some of the great new features and benefits include:

An all-new AutoTrace Studio: Quickly convert photos, sketches and logos into amazing, editable artistic drawings scalable to any size.
Image Cutout Studio: Easily remove backgrounds from pictures – and also use the cutout area as shape or silhouette art.
High Quality Brushes: New Spray Brushes and improved Media Brushes offer more natural painting and photo-realistic special effects.
Creative User Interface: A fresh new look and screen layout aims to improve productivity and inspire artistic creativity.
Crafting Tools: Shaped knife blade edges give cutout shapes a unique look, plus new Edge Effect brushes enhance shapes even further.
Import & Edit More Artwork: Now import end edit Adobe® Illustrator® files and EPS graphics alongside powerful PDF and CAD file import.
Flexible Sharing: Image exports now include Microsoft HD Photo, and sharing online is easy with the DrawPlus.com online community.

Of course there are also hundreds of smaller, behind-the-scenes or user-requested features and improvements! Some of these include a new crop tool, smart cutout stamp shapes, new special effects (reflection maps for great glass and metal effects, outlines, and blur), new ‘golden spiral’, ‘rule of thirds’ and ‘export area’ overlays, Solo Mode for design without page clutter, lasso selection, simple transparency on the Colour Tab, support for the SMF format for transferring graphics to other recent Serif programs, and opening bitmaps and EPS graphics as DrawPlus documents for easier editing.

Useful links:
DrawPlus X3 Overview (has 3 subpages)
DrawPlus X3 What’s New (has 3 subpages)
DrawPlus X3 Video Intro (requires Flash® plug-in)
DrawPlus X3 User Guide (PDF file)
DrawPlus X3 System Requirements

If you have any questions please post them in the DrawPlus forum.

Kind regards, Dale Cook
Serif Product Information Manager

16th February 2009, 12:54 PM	#1
Dale_Cook Serif Europe Limited Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 103	Serif Launch DrawPlus X3 Hello everyone! Serif is delighted to announce the launch of the latest title in its award-winning software range, DrawPlus X3, the all-in-one studio for professional-quality creative design. DrawPlus X3 is your one-stop-shop for creative fun, realistic painting, professional logos, stunning interactive Flash® animations, layouts and plans, business diagrams and much more. With an abundance of impressive artistic power and a stack of exciting new features, DrawPlus X3 has something for everyone – from students to home users and business professionals, novices to enthusiasts and experienced artists! Some of the great new features and benefits include: An all-new AutoTrace Studio: Quickly convert photos, sketches and logos into amazing, editable artistic drawings scalable to any size. Image Cutout Studio: Easily remove backgrounds from pictures – and also use the cutout area as shape or silhouette art. High Quality Brushes: New Spray Brushes and improved Media Brushes offer more natural painting and photo-realistic special effects. Creative User Interface: A fresh new look and screen layout aims to improve productivity and inspire artistic creativity. Crafting Tools: Shaped knife blade edges give cutout shapes a unique look, plus new Edge Effect brushes enhance shapes even further. Import & Edit More Artwork: Now import end edit Adobe® Illustrator® files and EPS graphics alongside powerful PDF and CAD file import. Flexible Sharing: Image exports now include Microsoft HD Photo, and sharing online is easy with the DrawPlus.com online community. Of course there are also hundreds of smaller, behind-the-scenes or user-requested features and improvements! Some of these include a new crop tool, smart cutout stamp shapes, new special effects (reflection maps for great glass and metal effects, outlines, and blur), new ‘golden spiral’, ‘rule of thirds’ and ‘export area’ overlays, Solo Mode for design without page clutter, lasso selection, simple transparency on the Colour Tab, support for the SMF format for transferring graphics to other recent Serif programs, and opening bitmaps and EPS graphics as DrawPlus documents for easier editing. Useful links: DrawPlus X3 Overview (has 3 subpages) DrawPlus X3 What’s New (has 3 subpages) DrawPlus X3 Video Intro (requires Flash® plug-in) DrawPlus X3 User Guide (PDF file) DrawPlus X3 System Requirements If you have any questions please post them in the DrawPlus forum. Kind regards, Dale Cook Serif Product Information Manager Last edited by Patrick Connor; 26th March 2009 at 05:35 PM.

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