PhotoLine is a graphics editor for Windows and Mac OS X. Its features include 16 bits of color depth, full color management, support of RGB, CMYK and Lab color models, layer support, and non-destructive image manipulation. It can also be used for desktop publishing.

Features

* raster graphics editing, vector graphics editing and basic desktop publishing * full color management, and, Monitor proofing * RGB, CMYK,

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and grayscalecolor models; color models and ICC profiles can be chosen on a layer by layer basis * 8, 16 and 32 bits of color depth per channel * full layer support, including blending modes and grouping * non-destructive editing * filters, brushes and adjustment layers can be used in Lab and HIS color modes (HIS is a variant of HSL), independently of the color model of the underlying image layer * vector layers and text layers including spell checking and character and paragraph styles and text flow inside or around objects. * multi page documents, including text flow between pages * supports Photoshop plugins and PSP tubes PhotoLine on the German Wikipedia * support for pressure-sensitive graphics tablets * support for Photoshop PSD files,

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files, animated

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s, Adobe Flash animations, and, SVGs * camera

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support based upon dcraw * macro (action) recording.

Language support

PhotoLine is available in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian and Chinese.

File format

Native PhotoLine files have the file extension .PLD or .pld which is an abbreviation of "PhotoLine Document". It may contain embedded

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, PNG or camera raw images. In addition it includes a preview image in JPEG or PNG format which can be used by the OS or third-party programs for displaying a thumbnail of the image. On Mac OS X thumbnails are supported natively, for Windows the

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Standalone Codec Pack provides the ability to display thumbnails inside the Windows Explorer.

Version history

Originally, PhotoLine was developed for the

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computer. Version 2 was the first version for Windows, and since Version 6, PhotoLine is also available for Mac OS.

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