Brush Strokes Image Editor 1.01 is a
bitmap graphics editor
A raster graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to create and edit images interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many raster graphics file formats (also known as bitmap images) such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF ...
made by Paul Bird for
Microsoft Windows. It is released as
freeware
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Features
* GIF animations
* filters (e.g. blur, sharpen, negative, outline, posterize)
* transformations (e.g. rotation, perspective, twist)
* colour adjustment
* selections (e.g. magic wand, colour selections)
* paint tools (e.g. pen, brush, clone tool)
* pattern and image fills
* transparency
* feathering
* crop
The "Filters & Lenses" tool box has a noise reduction function that retains edges within the canvas. It can significantly reduce or eliminate speckles and smudging in
JPEG images. Any of the filters can be applied repeatedly for two seconds by clicking on the last button in the tool box. The first row of buttons in the tool box apply the current pen color as a semi-transparent gradient superimposed on the canvas:
* Top to bottom
* Right to left
* Bottom to top
* Left to right
The "Distortions" tool box performs horizontal & vertical flips and rotations. It also contains the "stretch or twist" and "perspective" tools, although they do not perform automatic antialiasing, in the free version of the software.
Note: Right-click the mouse in Brush Strokes to show tooltips. They don't appear automatically.
John Conway's Game of Life simulation
An unusual addition to the "Filters & Lenses" tool box is an implementation of
John Horton Conway
John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches ...
's
Game of Life. It's a simulation of the evolution of cellular automata in which cells replicate or die according to a simple set of rules. The initial pattern of cells constitutes the first generation of automata in the simulation. In Brush Strokes, the pattern of pixels in an image constitute the initial state. Three buttons at the bottom of the "Filters & Lenses" tool box launch a single iteration of the game, modify the image by means of plug-in filters, or trigger the last command repeatedly for two seconds. Any of the filters in the tool box can be applied before proceeding with the game.
Bitmap formats
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BMP
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JPEG
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GIF
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PCX
PCX, standing for ''PiCture eXchange'', was an image file format developed by the now-defunct ZSoft Corporation of Marietta, Georgia, United States. It was the native file format for PC Paintbrush and became one of the first widely accepted DOS ...
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TIFF
Tag Image File Format, abbreviated TIFF or TIF, is an image file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and photographers. TIFF is widely supported by scanning, faxing, word process ...
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TGA
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PNG (import only)
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AVI (import only)
See also
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External links
Brush Strokes HomepageDownload Version 1.0 at softpedia
Raster graphics editors
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