Hornil StylePix can help you create and edit various types of graphics, including photographs. The program has a very nice interface, which is in many ways similar to those of other graphic editors; so, it is quite improbable you have difficulties using it if you had an experience with similar tools before. However, inexperienced users may feel somewhat lost and need some time to explore its features before they can use them fluently.
It is great that the editor lets you edit various images simultaneously by opening them in separate tabs. It also allows modifying batches of pictures to avoid repetitive and mechanical operations, such as renaming, changing format or resizing. Luckily, this also includes adding watermarks to a whole set of pictures. Moreover, it supports live previewing of all the changes you make.
In addition to standard shapes, brushes and pencils, Hornil StylePix also comes with other drawing tools. For instance, there is the spray and the flood tools. Likewise, you can use a clone brush to fill an area with a pattern taken from an image.
Most users would be glad to know that the editor lets you enhance and restore photographs. For this purpose, it has the Burn, Dogde, Blur and Sharpen tools. Besides, the program can also help you remove scratches and the undesirable red-eye effect.
As most other products of this type, Hornil StylePix lets you add text to images. It also lets perform various manipulations with text, for example, you can rotate the object without losing its properties. Text can also be decorated according to your preferences, by changing font, styles, etc.
Probably one of the best assets of this editor is that it comes with a varied array of selection tools. Similarly, it allows you to place objects in different layers, which definitely make editing much easier. Therefore, you can select a complete layer, or just a part of it using automatic selection, color range, and channel selection, among other tools. Then, it is possible to manipulate the results with several combination modes, like add, subtract and intersect. In this regard, it is important to point out that 21 ways to blend layers are supported.
All in all, there is an excellent balance between the features available from Hornil StylePix, its size and most of all its price, because the product fortunately has a free edition. However, should you need additional features, such as Quick Mask, Dynamic Brushes, Layer Styles and the Desaturate, Saturate and Smudge tools, you have to buy its paid edition, called StylePix Pro.
v1.9 [Mar 13, 2012]
Improvements
- The Cut, Copy and Paste features added in the context menu of the Select and Move tool.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bugs that the last path of the Browser did not save.
- Fixed bugs that the slideshow did not start in a specific environment.
- Fixed bugs that the vertically guide line did not work.
- Fixed bugs that the Straighten feature did not work correctly in the Ruler tool.
- Fixed bugs that the Rotate Arbitrary feature did not work correctlry.
- Fixed bugs that the Image Resize feature did not work correctly in a specific environment.
- Fixed bugs that program did not load some bmp files with a specific format like a 4bits depth.
- Fixed bugs the type icons of the Gradation fill did not check correctly in the Style panel.
- Fixed problems that the scrollbars of the MDI's child window are initialized when the parent window activated.
- Fixed bugs the menu did not display in full screen mode in some OSs.
- Fixed bugs the Open with Scanner or Camera did not work in some OSs.
- Fixed problems that the Uninstall information did not remove in the registry.
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