A new beta of Cameleon 0.98 is out — the native paint and image-editing program for MorphOS. The headline change is a completely rebuilt brush system, but there's more.
What's new:
Parametric pen generator (a Photoshop-style brush engine). A pen is no longer a loaded bitmap — it's defined by a set of parameters and generated on the fly. A new pen editor with a live curved-stroke preview and controls grouped into sections: Pen Tip Shape (size, hardness, roundness, angle, spacing, round/square, flip), Shape Dynamics, Scattering, Texture, Transfer (flow jitter), Color Dynamics, Dual Brush and Smudge. Pressure and fade support.
Pens saved as tiny, regeneratable .cpen files — "Save as…" adds a pen to the picker.
A new pen picker on the bar — pens shown as live stroke previews, grouped into named categories (Round, Calligraphy, Square, Textured, Scatter, Effects, Smudge, User); 18 built-in pens.
Effects and plugins now preview live, directly on the canvas (the GIMP model) — non-destructive, confined to the selection, with Apply/Cancel and full undo.
Icon themes — the toolbar can be themed ("flat" and "mono" ship in the box), chosen in Preferences.
New Cameleon application and drawer icons; Manual.pdf now opens with VPDF.
Fixes: the Sobel plugin crash (and the same bug in Randomize) is fixed, Open Project on a bad file now shows a requester, and the Project/Export menu entry works.
Download:
Cameleon website
· Requires MorphOS 3.x (PowerPC), MUI, and the ttengine library for TrueType text.