

PNG alpha channels will also display as transparent areas in the browser and Open dialog box thumbnail previews as a result of this change. Previous versions treated a PNG alpha channel as a Paint Shop Pro alpha channel. When opening Portable Network Graphics (PNG) containing an alpha channel, the channel content is read as transparency. using drag-and-drop) when Multiple Image Printing is active will no longer cause the wrong menubar to appear.

Opening an image from outside of the application (e.g. All selected files obey the "Files of type" drop-list selection when using the File Open dialog box. Irrelevant characters are discarded from plug-in category names to ensure proper sorting. The application no longer stalls at start-up if resources (e.g., gradients) or their designated folders are unavailable. The change eliminates the "Cannot open PhotoCD Image" message some users encountered when using the browser. The program no longer calls all installed format filters when it cannot identify a file type. This issue is fixed for Gamma Correction and other affected commands. When using the Gamma Correction adjustment dialog, proofing an image before the right preview window updated could apply incorrect modifications and fail to revise the command history. Added an "Apply Smoothing" option to the WMF/Import tab of the File Format Preferences dialog box to improve the quality and accuracy of some imported vector data. It is no longer necessary to leave these versions installed to edit embedded Paint Shop Pro 5 and 6 objects. Paint Shop Pro 7 now processes OLE embedded documents from Paint Shop Pro versions 5 and 6. Preview windows are faster in several program dialog boxes. Paint Shop Pro 7 users do not need to install the Animation Shop 3.04 patch separately as it is included in the 7.04 patch. You must have Paint Shop Pro 7.0, 7.01, or 7.02 to install the patch. Patch to update Paint Shop Pro 7.0, 7.01, or 7.02 to version 7.04 has just been released by Jasc.
