New: Circular and linear gradients now with repetition and reflection
New: Circular gradient now optionally elliptical
Gradients: Optionally with cubic interpolation
Placeholders: Now with extended options (save preview, bit depth of preview, transparency for Dynamic Filters)
New: Placeholders: "Create From Layer" command
New: Placeholders: "Open As Placeholder" command
SVG export, PDF export, PDF import: adjusted for transformed gradients
New: Adjustment layers, layer masks and clipping layers: can be inverted now (switch in Layer Attributes)
New: Layer List with "Find" command
New: Browse: custom sorting
New Display mode for documents: PDF Proof Mode
New Display mode for documents: Pattern Mode
New: Vectorial fill patterns
New: Patterns can now be transformed in the document window
New spell checker on Windows 10: Support of the native Windows 10 spell checker
New: Layer List: "Protect Content" switch
New: Layer Attributes of image layers: adjustable preferred interpolation
New, line patterns: Start offset and aligning to corners
New filter: Color Lookup (better PSD compatibility)
New filter: Exposure (better PSD compatibility)
Guides: Dragging a new guide off the ruler while holding Shift, will create the guide on the active page only
New View commands: "Fit to Selection" and "Fit to Selection Width"
Document Window: If a document doesn't have the input focus, layer handles will be grayed out
Page List: Thumbnail is created faster
Dehaze, placeholders: "Dehaze" now works with placeholders
Mouse wheel, Windows: in modal dialogs mouse wheel events will be sent to the control at the mouse position
Tiled document preview: is calculated in the background
Tiled document preview: now with real progress view
Dynamic Animation: Track stack no upside-down (analogous to the Layer List)
Color list from Free Colours (sbz) can now be imported
Document gradient editor, circular gradients: will show the bounds of the gradient, center point will move the gradient
Gray images, assigning color: gradients are now allowed, too
PDF export: If images are exported, PhotoLine will now export whether they should be antialiased
PDF export: Problem with vector layers having several fill/line styles and transparency fixed
PDF export: Optionally creates clipping for bleed
PDF export, transparency, perspectively distorted vector layers: Transparent gradients untransformed relative to the page are now exported correctly
PDF export: Layers with a intensity of 0 are no longer exported
PDF export: Reducing the dpi value of an image layer will use the interpolation defined in the Layer Attributes
PDF export: Export of vector layers with perspective distortion were sometimes exported incorrectly
PDF export: Rendering a layer for export will create the smallest possible size
PDF export: Some enhancements with path effects
PDF export: Virtual copies to a group on a different page containing adjustment layers are now exported correctly
PDF export: Images with binary transparency are no longer reduced
PDF export: Images with binary transparency can now be overprinted
PDF import: Better import of ligatures
PDF import: Support of the color key mask
Non-modal color editor: Double-click will edit patterns
Color Management > Devices: Rendering intent removed (rendering intent is now controlled by the source)
New Document: Uses a color model instead of a color profile
Image Map > ImageMap Export: Small problems with the file selection fixed
Relief filter used as child adjustment layer: Non-even zoom factors created transparency
PSD import: Problem reading some curves adjustment layers fixed
Radial Blur filter: Updated
Printing, Windows: Before printing an image, a clipping to the bounds of the image will be set
Preview, Polar Coordinates: revealing the dialog preview after opening the dialog showed a wrong preview
Saving as JPEG with additional PLD: The PLD will now be created always
Rendering engine (not on-screen): Will use the preferred interpolation of images
Isolated groups, cache: For performance reasons caches are now created in screen quality
Document: Inactive documents will show more decoration elements (guides, ...)
Placeholders, Layer Attributes, convert to image: The placeholder automatically gets the bit depth of the embedded document
Placeholders, convert to image: Child layers are no longer deleted
Browse: Some file formats will show transparency
Placeholders: Can be used as layer masks/clipping layer
Layout > Placeholder > Edit: Saving the document of an editor placeholder will update the placeholder at once
Color Editor, gradients: Changing the color stops by using the menu of the color stop bar will only change the colors of the gradient
Color controls, gradients: Switching to a different gradient while holding Ctrl/Command will not change the gradient type
Color controls, patterns: Switch to a different pattern while holding Ctrl/Command will not change the transformation of the pattern
Automatic guides: A lot faster with many layers
Reduce Colors: Enhanced Octree
Radial Blur, Polar Coordinates: Preview problems with transparent images fixed
Placeholders, nested: A file-base placeholder inside an embedded placeholder didn't save the relative path correctly
Create Line: Potential redraw problems fixed
Picture Info, Lab, Byte: Using the unit "Byte" and Lab, a and b shows -1 for gray
Document window: The lasso will be drawn in inactive windows
Layer Mask > Create From Alpha: Is now disabled for images without alpha
Toolbar: Is now disabled with modal dialogs open
Gradient editor, document window: points are now correctly aligned to guides
Small vector layers, high zoom factor: curves could be angular
Zooming with Ctrl/Command+mouse wheel: sometimes didn't zoom correctly to the mouse position
Tint colors in Document Colors popup: Wrong output fixed
Color names: color names were unexpectedly delocalized
Adjustment layer, scaled layers: adjustment layers applied (blur) to scaled images were not applied correctly
Nik Sharpener Pro 3: Output Sharpener: Crash with transparent images fixed
Rotated images: Undo of horizontal or vertical mirroring changed position
Virtual copies: The virtual copies of an adjustment layer are now treated just as an adjustment layer (con be dragged onto an image layer)
Virtual copies: The virtual copies of a placeholder are now treated just as a placeholder (Dynamic Filters possible)
Coarser and Grain filter: Didn't use mask
Crop tool: Without a given ratio Shift+arrow key will only change width or height (not both at once)
Page Up/Down: Will change the active page
Text tool: Handle page up/down by itself
Glowing outside: The result was too small
Linear gradients: The last pixel didn't reach the end color (noticeable with small, symmetric gradient)
Change Channels: Copying a 1 bit image from the clipboard didn't work correctly
Create Line tool: If the copy mode was "at mouse position", the resulting line was at the wrong position
Text Styles: The names were automatically localized and delocalized
Automatic alignment to pixels: Will no longer be done with aliased layers
Color and curve control, adjustment layers: 1. edit an adjustment layer using Adjustment Layers, 2. edit a color or curve of the adjustment layer using the modal editor, 3. close the editor of the adjustment layer with the editor open, 4. potential crash
Image layers: Transparent image layers can be assigned a color
Blend modes, macOS: Are updated while the popup is open
Image with assigned color: Converting to gray or 1 bit will keep the color
Cannel List: Viewing only a spot color didn't work