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AKVIS Sketch Version History
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Changes Version 7.0
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1. Added the Background tab with special effects that make the final photo more impressive. 
2. Added tools which help to define the effect areas (Keep/Drop pencils). 


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Changes Version 6.5
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1. Added real-time drawing that allows to make the process more entertaining, preview the result and control the processing.
2. Added a possibility to interrupt the processing by pressing Escape.
3. Improved Color Strokes algorithm.


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Changes Version 6.0
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1. Added the possibility to imitate a drawing on a canvas or any other textured surface, such as corrugated paper, brick wall, metallic or ceramic coating, etc.
2. Added a new tab  - "Canvas"-  with the settings for the new effect. 
3. Added a Texture Library with surface samples. 
4. Added support of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). 
5. Added compatibility with Photoshop Elements 6.0. 
6. Fixed some minor bugs. 


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Changes Version 5.5 
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Standalone version made available. The download contains both versions (plugin and standalone) plus help files.  


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Changes Version 5.0 
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1. Added new feature "Color Strokes" that allows converting a photo to sketch in such a way that it looks like drawn by color pencils.
2. Improved color profiles handling.
3. Fixed some minor bugs.


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Changes Version 4.0 
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1. Image processing speed increased  approximately on 25-40%. 
2. Sketch is now Universal Binary! It runs on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers. 
3. Compatibility with Photoshop CS3 on Intel Mac.


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Changes Version 3.0 
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1. Added option to save/edit Presets.
2. Fixed bug that caused false display and processing of an image in the plug-in's window after layer transformation/movement.
3. Compatibility with Windows Vista.
4. New installation method on Macintosh. To install the plugin just drag the folder AKVIS Sketch into the PlugIns folder of a photo editor.


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Changes Version 2.1 
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1. Added new interface languages: Italian, Japanese. 
2. Added support of Photoshop Elements v.5.


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Changes Version 2.0 
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1. Added Photoshop batch processing support that allows applying the same settings 
   to a series of images.
2. Simplified the installation procedure on mac computers.


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Changes Version 1.1 
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- first public release