The main enhancement of this upgrade is the newly added ability to use user-customized shapes. The upgrade also includes changes to increase performance and quality of output.
Custom shapes can be provided as Windows™ bitmap (.BMP) images. Shapes can be of any size and may include partially transparent areas. They can be rotated and scaled like the shapes generated by Halftone™ itself. A wide range of custom shapes is included with Halftone, demonstrating the possibilities. The average intensity of custom shapes is detected and used to scale them to a useful average size on screen.
Also new is the ability to apply rotational jitter to all available shapes; this lets the rotation of each individual shape be randomized by a specified number of degrees.
| All news items |
|---|
2009-06-12 Unleashing the power of Alpha. |
2009-05-18 Source modes, grid layouts and custom shapes galore. |
2008-12-30 New plug-in for photographers. |
2008-11-01 Winner will be announced shortly. |
2008-02-02 Many new features. |
2007-07-18 Mixing plug-ins without guessing work. |
2007-07-18 All plug-ins updated to improve compatibility with Windows Vista. |
2006-04-27 Custom shapes features, rotational jitter and performance enhancements |
2006-02-25 What can you expect from us in 2006? |
2006-02-23 New user interface and 16-bit support for all color modes. |
2006-02-21 New user interface and delete button. |
2006-02-10 New user interface and delete button. |
2006-01-25 What can you expect from us in 2006? |
2006-01-25 Completely new user interface with new features. |
2004-09-26 New plug-in released; over 100 effects in one plug-in. |
2002-12-30 Density setting for high-resolution printers. |
2002-12-30 "Railz" tileset for Linkz released. |