Has some important new features, particularly regarding brush stokes, which were confined to solid black lines in all previous versions - in this version brushes can be chosen like in Photoshop, that create lines that look like real brush strokes.
Old test results
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Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)
What works
Installation, opening templates, drawing with mouse and Wacom tablet, writing, printing, saving, help including interactive visual reference card.
What does not
Gliding handles to choose line width etc., registration *without* installation of Internet Explorer 6, calling web sites from help menu.
What was not tested
Everything not mentioned above.
Additional Comments
Prior to installation mfc42.dll etc. have to be installed - I used winetricks vcrun6; installation of Internet Explorer 6 allows registration, otherwise program complains missing javascript.
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Calling Web Pages / PDF export
by Tobias Hilbricht on Sunday October 14th 2012, 9:31
* In order to call web pages from within Serif DrawPlus 8 set all libraries listed in winecfg back to "builtin" after registration (for which IE 6 installation seems to be necessary, see comments above).
** In order to export paint/brush/shadow effects to PDF use cups-pdf rather than the "Export to PDF" option in Serif Draw Plus 8.
