Free basal software for windows

Major Features:

1. Chasys DrawIESArtist
   • General:
   • • Super-fast internal graphics engine (JpDRAW2)
     • Free-style layering with blending modes
     • Composite, Animation and Multi-resolution image modes
     • Full alpha channel through out the workflow
     • Re-editable tools and fully re-editable text
     • Alpha protection (a.k.a transparency protection)
     • Multi-core aware software architecture
     • Vista UAC aware
     • Multiple display setup aware
     • Shell integration with thumbnails
     • Asynchronous auto-save engine with 1 minute latency
     • Anti-aliasing and super-sampling support in tools and paths*
     • Unlimited Undo/Redo - undo any action any time
     • Just-in-time memory compression
     • Best-in-class post-edit heuristics anti-aliasing engine
     • Image Stacking for super-resolution, stitching and moving object removal
     • Advanced printing and scanning engines
     • Video capture from devices (e.g. TV/Video)
     • Video sequence composer engine
     • In-built utilities (Calculator, Notepad)
     • Metadata save, restore and scale to imitate vector art
     • Extensive plug-in support
     • Support for Photoshop Filter Plug-ins (.8BF)
     • Support for older formats such as PPM/PGM/PBM, PCX, TGA, etc.
     • Uses the latest CD5 specification with animation and multi-resolution
     • Vista-style icon import and export
     • Can output C++ code module for inline image generation
     • Includes plug-ins for JPEG-2000, AVI video, animated cursors, JPEG, PNG, animated GIF, etc.
     • Physical measurement specification
     • Streamlined SDKs with no restrictions
     • Pantone equivalent palettes for PMS 100 to 814-2x
     • • path super-sampling enables very smooth selections, smoother than you would get with any other image editor
   • Tools:
   • • Hand - for moving layers around
     • Pencil - for pixel art, draws thin single-pixel lines
     • Line - for drawing thick, straight, anti-aliased lines
     • Curve - enables you to draw smooth curves that join points on an image
     • Brush - allows you to draw thick anti-aliased free-form lines in any color of your choice
     • Effects Brush - for special effects, such as smoke, red-eye reduction, and re-color
     • Cloning Brush - (healing brush), copies pixels from one area of an image to another
     • Pattern Brush - used to fill an area with a pattern, tiling it if and when necessary
     • Smoother - smoothens the area around it
     • Sharpen - sharpens the area around it
     • Spray gun - sprays paint over a surface
     • Texturizer - "roughens" the area around it
     • Filling Paint - fills areas with even color with selected color
     • Border Fill - fills areas within a border with selected color
     • Transparency Fill - makes areas with even color transparent
     • Color Picker - picks (selects) colors from the image
     • Rectangular Selection - cuts out rectangular portions for editing
     • Elliptical Selection - cuts out circular portions for editing
     • Polygon Select - cuts out free-form portions for editing
     • Pen and Path - allows you to create a path, which you can then use to select, fill and stroke regions. Supports several modes of operation, including elastic and magnetic lasso
     • Razor - slices (splits) the current layer into two pieces
     • Eraser - allows you to make pixels in a layer transparent
     • Opaquer - allows you to make pixels in a layer opaque
     • Magic Wand - erases pixels that have the same hue or brightness as the selected pixels
     • TextArt - allows you to add plain and decorative text to your images
     • Ruler - allows you to make markings and measurements on the workspace
     • Lens - used to view small areas on your work up close
     • Shape - allows you to draw various common shapes such as rectangles, circles, etc
     • Custom Shape - allows you to draw a custom shape (polygon) of your choice by setting vertices
     • GT Shape - draws a variety of gradient- and alpha-shaded shapes
     • Triangle List - draws a series of triangles in a polygon fan or strip manner
     • GT Sparkle - draws a gradient- and alpha-shaded star (sparkle)
     • Full-page Gradients - draws gradients covering the entire layer; such gradients are usually used as backgrounds
     • Decorative GTs - draws various gradient- and alpha-shade objects and effects
     • Texture Mapper - transforms an image into any four sided polygon
     • Texture Plexus - transforms an image into a region of any shape and complexity
     • MyTool - allows you to use tools exposed through MyTool plug-ins
   • Engines:
   • • Icon Generator (supporting 32 bpp Vista style icons and cursors)
     • Video Sequence Composer
     • Stacking : Noise Averaging
     • Stacking : Sequence Stitching
     • Stacking : Moving Object Removal
     • Stacking : Multi-frame Super-resolution
     • Heuristics-based Single-frame Super-resolution
   • Transforms:
   • • Flip
     • Rotate
     • Skew
     • Perspective
     • Stretch
     • Tile
     • Kaleidoscope
   • Adjustments:
   • • Brightness and Contrast
     • Hue, Saturation and Lightness
     • Greyscale with Tint
     • Levels and Gamma
     • Curves / Transfer Function
     • Alpha Function
     • Auto-Level
     • Histogram Equalization
     • Invert Color
   • Effects:
   • • Synthetic Enhance
     • Replace Color
     • Duo Tone
     • Bilevelize
     • Channel Swap
     • Blur
     • Sharpen
     • Heuristic Anti-alias : Edges
     • Heuristic Anti-alias : Image
     • Pixelate
     • Posterize
     • Oilify
     • Dither to 256 Colors
     • Noise Reduction
     • Red-eye Reduction
     • Color-play Reduction
     • JPEG Artifact Reduction
     • Emboss : Simple
     • Emboss : Advanced
     • Edge Detect
     • Drop Shadow
     • Create Halo
     • Blue-Screening : Normal
     • Blue-Screening : Exact Match
     • Blue-Screening : Basal : Black
     • Blue-Screening : Basal : White
     • Custom Effect via GraphAsm Program
     • Custom Effect via Convolution Matrix
     • External Effects via Plug-ins
   • Blending modes:
   • • Alpha-blend
     • Additive
     • Subtractive
     • Multiply
     • Overlay
     • Hue
     • Chroma
     • Luma
     • Screen
     • Mask
2. Chasys Draw IES Converter
   • Support for dual/multi-core processor acceleration (up to 32 cores for 32x speed)
   • Animation conversion
   • Super-fast internal graphics engine (JpDRAW2)
   • Vista UAC aware
3. Chasys Draw IES Viewer
   • Easy advance - keypad, mouse and mouse-wheel
   • High-speed loader function
   • Animation and animation rotation support
   • In-built support for plug-ins with lossless rotation (e.g. JPEG)
   • Super-fast internal graphics engine (JpDRAW2)
   • Vista UAC aware

Enhancements: Includes revamped user interface.

Requirements:

• Processor (CPU):
• • Minimum: Pentium III, 600 MHz CPU clock or equivalent
  • Recommended: Core 2 Duo, dual-core, 2.0 GHz or equivalent
• Memory (RAM):
• • Minimum: 256 MB ( 512 MB on XP or Vista )
  • Recommended: 2.0 GB or more of fast DDR2/DDR3 RAM
• Hard-Disk space:
• • Minimum: 50 MB + 500 MB free for temporary files
  • Recommended: 3.0 GB free on the installation drive
• Monitor:
• • Minimum: Monitor capable of 1280 x 1024 resolution or higher in full color
  • Recommended: 20" or larger LCD monitor with native 1600 x 1200 resolution or higher
• Operating System: Windows 98 / 2000 / ME / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7
• Other Requirements:
• • Up-to-date drivers for all your hardware, especially graphics
  • TWAIN-compatible drivers for scanning/imaging hardware