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Imagelys Picture Styles

By Imagelys Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Jul 27, 2010

We'll be honest with you: Imagelys Picture Styles produces the kinds of images that we used to use on our first Web site back in the mid-1990s, when we were first learning HTML and thought that having a different colorful pattern of wallpaper on every page was really cool. We're not big fans of this aesthetic anymore, but for those who are, this program can create a wide variety of customized patterns and textures.

The program's interface isn't the most intuitive we've ever seen, but the Help file contains a handy tutorial to help newbies get started, and we found the program pretty easy to use once we'd familiarized ourselves with its functions. Large graphical buttons across the top give users access to the major features, and floating palettes for tools and layers give the interface the potential for customization. Users can start with a particular image or just a plain background in the color of their choice. The program then lets users add effects to the image in individual layers, each of which can be adjusted for opacity. There are a wide variety of different effects: abstract, psychedelic, tie-dye-style patterns, water droplets, bricks, leaves, and much more. Users simply select the ones they like, adjust as needed, and save the finished result. For the most part, the program worked fine, although it often seemed to take a while to apply the effects, and at least once we had to forcibly shut the program down and restart it. Overall, we think the program produces images that have a somewhat dated look, but it works fine for what it is.

Imagelys Picture Styles installs a desktop icon without asking but uninstalls cleanly. We recommend this program to all users.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 9.5

Version 9.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

General

Release December 4, 2015
Date Added December 4, 2015
Version 9.5

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 10, Windows 2003, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP
Additional Requirements None

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Total Downloads 44,990
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Developer's Description

Imagelys Picture Styles application is a way of creating an unlimited number of beautiful graphic images in a minimal amount of time. You can create seamless backgrounds for your desktop or your web design, original wallpapers, textures for 3D modelling, skins for your favorite programs, and much much more. You don't have to be an expert designer to be able to produce truly amazing results. Imagelys Picture Styles generates seamless textures using mathematical formulae and works with ready-to-use effects including generators, deformers, filters, colour adjustments, special FX and masks for transparency. It presents a variety of textures that you can modify, mix etc. Ready to use. You can also use your photos to create amazing textures or art works.

Some of Imagelys Picture Styles features include: Offers unlimited compositing possibilities; Seamless texture rendering; Smart random image creation; More than 5400 Seamless Textures predefined and customizable; Opens a various range of image formats like: bmp,jpeg,jpg,gif,png,emf,wmf,ico; Save images to a number of image formats like: bmp,jpeg,jpg,gif,png,jng; Opens and saves custom project files; Add your favorite custom textures or effects into the ToolPalette; Standard retouching tools and image manipulation tools; Multiple layers from bitmaps, clipboard; Create/edit masks to apply various transparency effects; Bitmap alpha blending; Multiple customizable easy-to-use overlay layers; Variety of resampling filters to resample images to various sizes; Multiple Undo/Redo; Web export function; Make seamless image from whatever photos; Image warping support; Texture Pack support; Selection tool; Free transform support; Deformation function; Resynthesizer tool, create seamless texture with a part of a photo; Ruler support; Layers palette; Advanced text render; Transforming perspective support.

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