New Functions [1]	New Functions [2]
New Functions [3]	Exclusive Features for PlayStation 2
Ultimate Color Reduction Engine	Image Editing
Enhanced Palette Management	Intuitive User Interface

Image Editing

iMageStudio features the functions that support creating and editing "Layer Structure" and "Alpha Channel" efficiently and effectively as recent consumer game consoles equip a MIPMAP function and a high level transparency display function.

Support Major Image Formats

iMageStudio supports various image formats. You also can add more formats with "File Loading Plugin", "File Writing Plugin", "Filter Plugin", "Import Plugin", and "Export Plugin" of each OPTPiX Plugin and "Susie Plugin" (for loading only) that are supported by iMageStudio. * Plugin SDK (including the specifications and sample sources, etc.) is distributed for free.

Formats for Loading 2BP, ACT, BAP, BMP, DIB, IFF, IS, J6I, JPEG, LAY, MAG, MAKI, PCX, PDD, PI, PIC (Softimage), PIC (X68k), PICT, PIX, PNG, PPM, PSD, Q0, QBM, RAS, RGB, RLE, SGI, TGA, TIFF, WMF, XBM, XPM, XWD Formats for Saving BAP, BMP, JPEG, PCX, PIC (Softimage), PICT, PIX, PNG, PSD, QBM, RGB, RLE, SGI, TGA, TIFF * "for PlayStation 2" also supports TIM, TIM2, CLT, and CLT2 of the platform exclusive.

Alpha Channel and Alpha Blending Display

Because of the demand and the usefulness of the advanced semi transparency and transparency functions, Alpha Channel is getting largely required for game development; iMageStudio equips almost all the utilities identical to Adobe® Photoshop® Alpha Channel functions. iMageStudio can load PSD files of "transparency" created by the eraser tool and alpha channel of Photoshop as Alpha Channel. Alpha Blending Functions allows an image being displayed with Alpha channel. A multilayer image can be displayed together with Alpha channel of each layer.

[Alpha Blending Image]

Edit Multilayer

Supports "Layer Structure", which allows single image file to have multiple images as layers. The layers can be direct color images or indexed images or mixture of both. For indexed color image layers, each layer can have own palette. This function is designed mainly for game development. The layers in iMageStudio will be displayed as tabs. The image (right) is a layer window for an animation loaded by Photoshop.

Selective Area Protector for Image Resizing

Area Protector prevents the color mixing of a transparent pixel with that of an opaque pixel area at image resizing. You can protect selective color area with either one of "Specified-Color Areas" and "Alpha 0 (Transparent) Areas" options completely. Click to check "Selective Area Protector for Image Resizing" in New Functions [2] for more details.

Layer Animation

When an image file is in multiple image layer structure, "Layer Animation" will be available to execute by switching layers automatically. If the file contains Alpha value, the animation will be processed with alpha blended images.

Create and Edit MIPMAP

With highly competitive resize algorithms and the ultimate color reduction engine, iMageStudio lets you create MIPMAP image of the most suitable texture for a 3D retouch engine from single image while the single side of the MIPMAP image will be resized down in 1/2, 1/4, 1/8... of every half size of the original image. This splendid feature completely protects the transparent region from mixing up its border with non transparent region when creating and resizing down MIPMAP images. The border of the transparent region is generated with alpha channel to create high quality MIPMAP images. iMageStudio eliminates lengthy routine task of pixel editing!

[MIPMAP Image]

15 bit Colors Mode

Traditional full color graphics software are usually designed to create images for 24 bit full color environment. Therefore, when displayed on 15 bit color environment, the images can not expressed in good quality. OPTPiX iMageStudio allows you to open full color images as 15 bit colors mode and also transfers a full color image to 15 bit colors mode while editing the image swiftly. Additional "Normalization" option will prevent from darken the image in 15 bit colors mode, which typically happens without the option "ON".

Retouch Tools

With these tools, an indexed color image containing alpha can be easily edited. Correcting image data after color reduction and even creating image while conducting palettes from a scratch are absolutely easy tasks for iMageStudio. iMageStudio is one of few rare graphics tools that enable to handle indexed color images with Alpha. iMageStudio is one of the few graphics tools that can handles an indexed color image with alpha * A two colored dithering pen is available from version 5. "Assistant Viewer" enhances your productivity with pixel editing!

[Retouch Tools]

Anti Flicker Filter

iMageStudio original "Anti Flicker Filter" is the rescue function for all game players! Flickers appeared on TV monitor while playing video games are unavoidable but a huge headache for game creation. They annoy game players' eyes and make them tiring. iMageStudio "Anti Flicker Filter" is constructed based on algorithms, which is devised from the characteristics of NTSC video, and adjusts data for producing minimum flickers. Now more minute data display of drastic color contrast can be realized! Although the image below with filter looks shaded on regular PC monitor, the image will be showing lot less flickers and much softer to your eyes on the environment for interlace display. iMageStudio original "Anti Flicker Filter" does not adjust areas, where do not produce flickers. Thus, compared to "Deflicker" by hardware, "Anti Flicker Filter" can more accurately correct the flickers.

Useful Editing Functions

iMageStudio offers various handy editing functions.

Link Images	compose a single image by lining up multiple images of in same size.
Divide into Cells	divide an image into any number of pieces in even size.
Text	composite letters into image.
Resize	resize image.
Canvas Size	change image size and insert frame margin and cut it off etc.
Rotate	rotate image. If the degree of the rotation is not multiple of 90 degrees, the number will be interpolated.
Rotate Left	rotate image to the left by 90 degrees.
Rotate Right	rotate image to the right by 90 degrees.
Flip Vertically	flip image vertically.
Flip Horizontally	flip image horizontally.

Image Adjustments and Filters

These are the examples of Image Adjustment Functions featured by iMageStudio. You can adjust each R, G, B, A channel individually from version 5. Brightness adjust brightness. Contrast adjust contrast. Color Density adjust color density. Gamma adjust gamma of the image. Levels adjust black and white level of the image. Tone Adjustments adjust hue and saturation of the image. Auto Level Adjustments set suitable level value automatically. Equalize Histogram balance histogram of the image. iMageStudio features filter functions for special effects. "OPTPiX Plugin SDK (Software Development Kit)" can let you import additional filters of your own. Sharpen emphasize/sharpen the outline of the image. Blur make the image look softer by blurring. Sepia make the image in sepia monotone. Grayscale make the image in grayscale. Reverse Colors convert image positive/negative. Anti-Flicker reduce flickers for interlace display environment. Border Protector replace a border color of a transparent color area. Tiling create a large image by tiling a small image repeatedly. Plugin Filter plugin for applying various filter effect over an active image. * More filters added to version 5.

[Image Adjustments]

[Sharpen Filter]