Chasys Draw IES

Chasys Draw IES is a suite of image editing applications including a layer-based image editor with adjustment layers, linked layers, timeline and frame-based animation, icon editing, image stacking and comprehensive plug-in support (Chasys Draw IES Artist), a fast multi-threaded image file converter (Chasys Draw IES Converter) and a fast image viewer (Chasys Draw IES Viewer), with RAW image support in all components. It supports the native file formats of several competitors including Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, ArtWeaver, Corel PhotoPaint, FireAlpaca, GIMP, Krita, Paint.NET, PaintShop Pro and Pixlr, and the whole suite is designed to make effective use of multi-core processors, touch-screens and pen-input devices.

Designed under the mantra of “unique, flexible and powerful”, Chasys Draw IES takes a radically different approach to image editing with the aim of opening up new possibilities for those who dare to be different.

“unique, flexible and powerful”

Chasys Draw IES is built to adhere to four core principles, which I call the “four pillars of Chasys Draw IES”:

Character: No photoshop imitations here
Performance: Fast, efficient and stable
Innovation: New techniques and out-of-the-box thinking
Cleanliness: Clean code devoid of bloatware

The adherence to these principles is the reason why it is said that once you go Chasys you will never go back.

Latest Changes (Notes)

The following changes have been made to Chasys Draw IES with the latest release:

Streaming Downsampler and Other Improvements

This release has a new feature called the Streaming Downsampler for host-based oversize handling, as well as improvements to the graphics engine (JpDRAW2™ v25.01) and language translation engine (LLTE 2.02). We now have a landscape/portrait switch in Crop and Set Canvas, and improved TextArt rendering for oversized text.

File Support and More

PSD file support has been improved to include multi-channel and bi-level color modes for Photoshop images, while PNG and JPEG-2000 file support have been improved to include oversize handling. Some user interface improvements have been made and a bug affecting error reporting on Windows XP SP2 has been fixed.

Latest Changes (List)

The following changes have been made to Chasys Draw IES with the latest release:

Streaming Downsampler for host-based oversize handling
Landscape/portrait switch in Crop and Set Canvas
Improved TextArt rendering for oversized text
Improved PSD file support (multichannel and bilevel)
Improved PNG file support (oversize handling)
Improved JPEG-2000 file support (oversize handling)
Improved graphics engine (JpDRAW2™ v25.01)
Improved language translation engine (LLTE 2.02)
Several minor UI improvements
[bug-fix] Error reporting issues on Windows XP SP2

Chasys Draw IES is updated regularly, with a new version coming out every 1 to 3 months. If you have Chasys Draw IES installed on a computer with an internet connection, you will be notified of updates as they become available. You can also visit this page to check.