This version includes the following new features and improvements:

New Features

• Native 64 bit version and improved support for multiple CPU cores
• New tabbed document interface (TDI) instead of a multiple document interface (MDI)
• Revised and improved icons
• Preview images of brush presets can be customized by own images
• Many tools show useful information directly on the canvas while using them
• Crop tool darkens document area outside the crop rectangle for a better visual feedback
• Shape tool now supports more complex custom shapes and includes many new custom shapes
• Custom palettes support presets commands and command order is configurable
• The team token locking has been replaced by an automatic locking
• New brush profile: Soft
• New brush settings: Merge mode and Merge opacity
• New layer blend mode: Overlay
• New effect filters: Portrait, Dithering, Video, Difference Clouds and Custom
• Support for Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) devices which replaces Twain

Improvements

• Improved palette docking and many palettes are now fully resizeable
• Added menus to more tools for a quick access to common commands on right click
• Instead of a menu brush tools show now the preset selector for variants on right click
• For both eraser and stamp tool the use of pen pressure to control size and opacity is now directly configurable on the tool properties
• Added a histogram to thresholds filter
• Built in team server functionality has been replaced by ArtweaverTeam.com
• Clouds filter shows a real-time preview directly in the document and adds new options
• Added a warning to capture imagestamp dialog if entered values are not applicable
• Auto select of layers in move tool is now more configurable
• Added Sample option for dropper tool
• Added New mode option for shape tool
• Maximum allows size for capturing presets increased
• Additional buttons added to some palettes for quick access to common commands
• Added snap to bounds / guides for many tools
• Added new Misc commands to keyboard shortcuts
• Perspective grid tool shows a hint if perspective grid is currently not visible and allows to show it
• Preset commands are now disabled if not possible (and additionally indicated by a shield symbol)
• New paper and imagestamp presets
• Many team messages improved
• Quality of smear method improved
• Event support improved (especially for playback)
• Work-flow and usability of online update improved
• Contract and expand selection combined into one single command
• Some brush categories renamed: Distortion to Smear and Warping to Warp
• Brush variant Oily – Oily Marker removed
• Many bug fixes