Chasys Draw IES 4.61.02

While Photoshop was and still is one of the best image editing software around, others have evolved far past their simple Microsoft Paint days and can now compete. And the best part of it all? Most of those competiting software are free, like Chasys Draw IES!

One of the most noticeable things about this piece of software is the install process itself, funny enough. When you click the install option, it also hits you with several, several options. One of them is to import brushes from another image editing program. When I came across this choice, I shrugged and clicked okay". Then it promptly warned me that doing so would disable the same brushes on Photoshop. It's strange that it would affect that, considering importing implies that it would copy them over. There were a bunch of other steps too, but that initial interaction freaked me out enough that I just left everything at default.

Once you're in, Chasys Draw IES's interface doesn't leave a great first impression. There are three full toolbars on the left all with various functions, and none of them have text on them. You need to hover over each one to see what their function is.

Once you get over that initial learning curve, though, the program is great. It has functions Photoshop doesn't, like recording your webcam and creating GIFs from a series of pictures. If you need to do any of those things, then Chasys Draw IES is perfect for you. Give it a download!