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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>PhotoScape can perform tasks of:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Photo Editor: Enhance and balance color, resize, add effects, Overlays and clip-arts.</li> <li>Photo Batch-Editor: Process multiple photos at once, rename multiple photos at once.</li> <li>Collage Creator: joins multiple photos into poster-like single page or into one final photo.</li> <li>GIF Animation: Make multiple images into <a href="/facts/Graphics_Interchange_Format/HfIBWrIC">GIF</a>-animated image.</li> <li>Featured Printer: Print photos for particular occasions, such as Passport photo, or lined page such as graph, calendar or music paper.</li> <li>Screen Capture: Save monitor screen into an image file.</li> <li>Color Picker: Pick color from screen pixel.</li> <li>RAW Converter: Convert RAW format picture into <a href="/facts/JPEG/HQ8QS3uB">JPEG</a> format.</li> <li>Face Finder: Find similar faces through internet.</li> <li>Screen Capture: Windows 10: full screen, window, or box selection.</li></ul> <h2 id="notable-release">Notable release</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></th><th>Release date<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><th>Significant changes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td>3.1</td><td>May 28, 2008</td><td>Initial release</td></tr><tr><td>3.2</td><td>October 9, 2008</td><td>Many new options and supports +19 languages</td></tr><tr><td>3.3</td><td>January 5, 2009</td><td>Many new options, adjustments, tools and supports +23 languages</td></tr><tr><td>3.4</td><td>August 28, 2009</td><td>Many new options, adjustments, supports netbook resolutions (1024×600) and supports +27 languages</td></tr><tr><td>3.5</td><td>May 24, 2010</td><td>Adjustments, new tools, stop supportings <a href="/facts/Windows_95/1E1L93qC">Windows 95</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_98/6qtq4oJm">98</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_ME/fjENFRNa">Me</a>, start support <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Vista</a> and supports +34 languages</td></tr><tr><td>3.6</td><td>December 21, 2011</td><td>New options, adjustments and supports +37 languages</td></tr><tr><td>3.6.1</td><td>February 28, 2012</td><td>Adjustments, new tools</td></tr><tr><td>3.6.2</td><td>April 23, 2012</td><td>Adjustments, support <a href="/facts/Raw_image_format/1T6qygdz">RAW</a> files</td></tr><tr><td>3.6.3</td><td>December 27, 2012</td><td>Adjustments and new functions, vibration brush included</td></tr><tr><td>3.6.4</td><td>June 25, 2013</td><td>Adjustments, new tools and functions, JPEG quality option improved</td></tr><tr><td>3.6.5</td><td>July 5, 2013</td><td>Bug fixes for Sharpen, Blur and Bloom filters, Blur Brush upgraded</td></tr><tr><td>1.0</td><td>October 23, 2013</td><td>Forked into Photoscape X ("Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8, please use PhotoScape 3.7.")</td></tr><tr><td>2.0</td><td>December 9, 2014</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.1</td><td>January 8, 2015</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.2</td><td>April 28, 2015</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.3</td><td>October 28, 2015</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.4</td><td>May 20, 2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.4.1</td><td>July 16, 2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.5</td><td>December 17, 2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.6</td><td>July 6, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.6.1</td><td>July 15, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.6.2</td><td>July 16, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.6.3</td><td>August 24, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.7</td><td>December 21, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.7.1</td><td>December 23, 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3.0.0</td><td>April 23, 2019</td><td>Added ‘Auto Color’ filterAdded ’Surrealistic’ filter; Added 26 Blurred Textures; Added 210 Face and 60 Ball Stickers; Added Margins option to Print tab; Added Zoom (Actual Pixels) option to Preferences; Added ‘Fit & Fill (Don’t Enlarge)’ option to Loupe View and Full Screen; Improved Color Balance, Point Color, Replace Color, and Cut Out; Improved RAW support; Improved UI; Fixed permission issue on macOS Mojave 10.14 (macOS); Fixed bugs</td></tr><tr><td>4.0/4.01<p>/4.02</p></td><td></td><td><ul><li>Macro: Record actions</li><li>Redo+: Redo with different settings</li><li>Filter Favorites: Add frequently used filters to Favorites</li><li>Added Matte filter</li><li>Added 'Replace Image' filter</li><li>Added 'Enlarge 16x’ (Editor > Resize)</li><li>Added 'Reduce Luminance Noise', Reduce Color Noise’ to Batch tab</li><li>Added Stretch option to Batch tab</li><li>Added 240 Face #3, 272 Flag, 221 Floral Stickers</li><li>Added 223 Geometric Figures</li><li>Added 3 more brush shapes</li><li>Added more metadata fields to text object (FL3, FL4,FOLDER,FOLDER-UP,FOLDER_LO)</li><li>Added RAW Engine option</li><li>Doubled thumbnail size</li><li>Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a square or circle</li><li>Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a line at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 degrees</li><li>Support WebP format in Viewer tab</li><li>Support Dark Mode (macOS 10.14+)</li><li>Support Traditional Chinese (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어)</li><li>Improved RAW support (CR3 format)</li><li>Improved UI</li><li>Fixed bugs</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>4.1/4.11</td><td></td><td>Works on Mac M1 Silicon with Rosetta Stone very Powerful<ul><li>New Text Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks, Background</li><li>New Object Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks</li><li>New Filters: Gradient Opacity, Radial Speed Lines, Lines, Concentric, Geometric Collage</li><li>New Filter Objects: Mosaic #2, #3, #4, Frosted Glass</li><li>New Text Warp: Gradient Upper, Gradient Upper 2, Gradient Lower, Gradient Lower 2</li><li>New Features: Copy and Paste multiple objects, Add Empty Cell (Print tab), Flip Horizontal/Vertical (Text object)</li><li>Improved Enhance Document</li><li>Improved Object Transform</li><li>Improved Spot Healing Brushes</li><li>Improved Gradient options</li><li>Improved Raw Engine</li><li>Added 119 Film Looks</li><li>Added 104 Film Extras</li><li>Added 150 Nature</li><li>Added 108 Comic Stickers</li><li>Added 4 more Draw Brushes (Stipple)</li><li>Added 1 more Text Outline Type</li><li>Added 6 Object Transform Skew Types</li><li>Added 8 Canvas Grid Types</li><li>Support Nederlands, Polski (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文)</li><li>Improved UI</li><li>Fixed bugs</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215074842/http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/software/3345650/photoscape-review/">PhotoScape Review</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Photoscape". PCWorld. Retrieved June 26, 2024. <a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/485869/photoscape.html" target="_blank">https://www.pcworld.com/article/485869/photoscape.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Luke Alessi (December 9, 2012). "Programmi per Modificare Foto Gratis – I Migliori" (in Italian). Tutto Tech. Retrieved January 6, 2013. <a href="http://www.tuttotech.com/archives/16567/programmi-per-modificare-foto-gratis-i-migliori" target="_blank">http://www.tuttotech.com/archives/16567/programmi-per-modificare-foto-gratis-i-migliori</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"PhotoScape". Snapcraft. Retrieved November 28, 2020. <a href="https://snapcraft.io/photoscape" target="_blank">https://snapcraft.io/photoscape</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Sue Chastain. "PhotoScape for Windows Free Photo Editor Review". About.com. Retrieved January 6, 2013. <a href="http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freesoftware/fr/photoscape.htm" target="_blank">http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freesoftware/fr/photoscape.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Change Log". PhotoScape Official Website. Retrieved January 6, 2013. <a href="http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php" target="_blank">http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Change Log". PhotoScape Official Website. Retrieved January 6, 2013. <a href="http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php" target="_blank">http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Change Log". PhotoScape Official Website. Retrieved January 6, 2013. <a href="http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php" target="_blank">http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>