Tools for Everything You Want to Draw

Working with Text and Images

drawing and editing of squares, rectangles, circles, ellipses, regular polygons, and numerous types of stars
artistic and paragraph text, editing right inside of a document, fitting of text to curves
barcoding tool
table drawing tool
blends between objects, including combined objects
conversion of objects into basic curves
creation of new objects from multiple existing ones using Boolean operations: intersection, trimming, welding, and combining
multiple copying - both "linear" (along a grid) and along a curve of your choice
functions for aligning and distributing objects and unifying their sizes
both visual and numerical transformations

work with layers: customizable names, visibility, etc.; individual layers can be edited and printed separately
multi-page documents, master pages
large documents can be printed using billboard printing
maximum document size: 40.3 × 28.5 meters (about 44 × 31 yards)
supported measurement units: centimeters, millimeters, points, picas, and pixels
guidelines and grid, including snap-to-grid option

import of vector and metafile formats: AI 7, EPS, PS, CDR 8, CMX 7, CGM, DRW, DSF, WMF, EMF, DXF 13, DWG 13, PLT, HGL, ZBR, ZMF, ZCL and ZMP
import of bitmap formats: PCX, GIF (including transparency), TIF, WPG, MAC, TGA, ICO, BMP, RLE, PCD, JPG, PNG, BMI, DIB, PSP, PSD, CRW, ORF, NEF, MRW, RAW, THM and ZMP
export of vector and metafile formats: WMF, EMF, DXF, AI, EPS, PDF, HGL and PLT
export of bitmap formats: PCX, GIF, TIF, WPG, TGA, BMP, JPG, PNG and BMI

an integrated advanced editor for editing the bitmaps in a document, with features on par with Zoner Photo Studio 7 Professional
transparency mask tool
support for standard Adobe plug-in filters

customizable palette with colors defined using any of the four major color models: RGB, CMYK, HSB or HSL
fountain fills: solid, linear, conical, radial, rectangular, cross-shaped, flexible, and bitmap
transparency: solid, linear, conical, radial, rectangular, cross-shaped, fractal, and bitmap
shadows: colored, based on object brightness, transparent, and soft
panning, views manager, document navigation features including mouse-wheel zooming