Specialty Tools:

·  Use Gradients and Patterns;

· Text (rotate, flip, effects, place on circular path, etc.);

· Create outline Polygon Text, which may be deformed;

· Create 3D text and other lighted 3D objects;

· Create or import paragraph text;

· Animation Editor;

· Flood Fill Tools (including fill with image or lighted embossed texture, color replacement fill, etc.);

· Erasers include: Color Channel eraser (eliminate Red Eye in scanned photos, etc.), Color-to-Color eraser (remove only specific colors), Normal Eraser (erase to paper color);

· Shapes: rectangles, circles, polygons, stars, lines and curves;

· Image Deformation brushes;

· Clone paint using material from another area of the same image (great for retouching), or even between open images;

· Brush in or fill with material from a second image (or a previously saved version of the same image);

· Paint using clipart on brushes (brush on a series of one or more small images or patterns, with optional rotation);

· Selector Tools;

· History list of recently used colors.

Special Effects Filters:

·  Special Effects may be brushed on, or applied to all (or a selected part) of your image;

· Brightness, Contrast, Gamma;

· Bump mapping (create raised, 3D effects);

· Spotlight;

· Texturize;

· Mosaic;

· Create Seamless Tiles;

· Motion, Whirlpool and other effects;

· Blur, Sharpen, Edge Detection;

· Support for Photoshop-type Plugin filters;

· Custom, User-defined filters;

· and many more.

Compositing Layer Features:

· Control layer Transparency prior to merging into image;

· Merge a second image into the image being edited;

· Options to position/resize imported images.

Animator:

·  Copy, move and delete frames;

· Control timing;

· Full painting capabilities;

· Auto-generate transition effects;

· Import from other animation files;

· Merge frame with other images.