PhotoScape
Graphics editing program
PhotoScape is a graphics editing program, developed by MOOII Tech, Korea. The basic concept of PhotoScape is 'easy and fun', allowing users to easily edit photographs taken from their digital cameras or even mobile phones. PhotoScape provides a simple user interface to perform common photo enhancements including color adjustment, cutting, resizing, printing and GIF animation. Photoscape operates on Microsoft Windows and Mac and is available on Linux systems as a Snap package. The default languages are English and Korean, with additional language packages available for download.
Version 3.7 is the current stable release for Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8. The current version Photoscape X is for Windows 10 and macOS 10.12 or later, with a pro version available for a fee. Older versions are still available for Windows 98 or ME users. It is distributed free of charge for all users, including commercial bodies.
01Features
PhotoScape can perform tasks of:
- Photo Editor: Enhance and balance color, resize, add effects, Overlays and clip-arts.
- Photo Batch-Editor: Process multiple photos at once, rename multiple photos at once.
- Collage Creator: joins multiple photos into poster-like single page or into one final photo.
- GIF Animation: Make multiple images into GIF-animated image.
- Featured Printer: Print photos for particular occasions, such as Passport photo, or lined page such as graph, calendar or music paper.
- Screen Capture: Save monitor screen into an image file.
- Color Picker: Pick color from screen pixel.
- RAW Converter: Convert RAW format picture into JPEG format.
- Face Finder: Find similar faces through internet.
- Screen Capture: Windows 10: full screen, window, or box selection.
02Notable release
| Version | Release date | Significant changes |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | May 28, 2008 | Initial release |
| 3.2 | October 9, 2008 | Many new options and supports +19 languages |
| 3.3 | January 5, 2009 | Many new options, adjustments, tools and supports +23 languages |
| 3.4 | August 28, 2009 | Many new options, adjustments, supports netbook resolutions (1024×600) and supports +27 languages |
| 3.5 | May 24, 2010 | Adjustments, new tools, stop supportings Windows 95, 98 and Me, start support Windows 7, Vista and supports +34 languages |
| 3.6 | December 21, 2011 | New options, adjustments and supports +37 languages |
| 3.6.1 | February 28, 2012 | Adjustments, new tools |
| 3.6.2 | April 23, 2012 | Adjustments, support RAW files |
| 3.6.3 | December 27, 2012 | Adjustments and new functions, vibration brush included |
| 3.6.4 | June 25, 2013 | Adjustments, new tools and functions, JPEG quality option improved |
| 3.6.5 | July 5, 2013 | Bug fixes for Sharpen, Blur and Bloom filters, Blur Brush upgraded |
| 1.0 | October 23, 2013 | Forked into Photoscape X ("Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8, please use PhotoScape 3.7.") |
| 2.0 | December 9, 2014 | |
| 2.1 | January 8, 2015 | |
| 2.2 | April 28, 2015 | |
| 2.3 | October 28, 2015 | |
| 2.4 | May 20, 2016 | |
| 2.4.1 | July 16, 2016 | |
| 2.5 | December 17, 2016 | |
| 2.6 | July 6, 2017 | |
| 2.6.1 | July 15, 2017 | |
| 2.6.2 | July 16, 2017 | |
| 2.6.3 | August 24, 2017 | |
| 2.7 | December 21, 2017 | |
| 2.7.1 | December 23, 2017 | |
| 3.0.0 | April 23, 2019 | |
| 4.0/4.01/4.02 | Dec 17, 2019 / Dec 21, 2019 / Dec 31, 2019 | |
| 4.1/4.1.1 | Oct 22, 2020 / Nov 6, 2020 | |
| 4.2/4.2.1 | Jan 16, 2022 / Jan 21, 2022 |
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “PhotoScape”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- PhotoScape 3.6++ version.PNG by Unknown author, Fair use
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