Program Fixes for Paint Shop Pro Studio 1.01

We’ve made a number of significant fixes in Paint Shop Pro Studio 1.01 to address issues reported to us by our customers. The list below highlights the more significant fixes addressed.

Fixes and Issues Addressed

• If Flash Player 7 or later was not installed, a non-specific error message appeared where a more specific message detailing the needed version should have appeared.


• During installation, users specifying a Paint Shop Pro Studio resource file folder other than the default "My PSP Files" folder were reporting that the resources were still installing in the default folder and not their custom location.


• The Fine Leather preview pane was not showing an accurate representation until the Proof button was clicked.


• The Tiles effect was sometimes dropping lines between tiles, and displaying a noticeable difference between the preview and the resulting image.


• Due to an issue with the automation OLE server in Microsoft Access 2003, integration with Microsoft Access wasn’t always work correctly. Additionally, when inserting a Paint Shop Pro Studio object into a Microsoft Word document, Paint Shop Pro Studio was closing automatically if no other document was open.


• Vector objects with lines 2 pixels thick (and wider) were displaying with an extra pixel.


• The Quick Guides in the Learning Center palette were presented in alphabetical order, but are now presented in a work-flow order. Additionally, a Quick Guide describing basic print layout usage was added.


• An erroneous, abbreviated error message sometimes appeared when using the Hue/Saturation/Lightness dialog on a Windows ME computer.


• Changing the filename case of some resources (such as Picture Tubes) wasn't being reflected in the visual resource pickers.


• Changing a Gradient name via the Resource Manager dialog modified the gradient's thumbnail appearance in the drop-list.


• EXIF data for Raw images from the same camera was varying depending on the presence of the image thumbnail.


• When using the Image Browser, navigating folders with the arrow keys sometimes caused focus to jump to other folders.


• In Windows Explorer, right-clicking an image file and attempting to open it with Paint Shop Pro Studio was not working.


• In Windows Explorer, right-clicking a folder to "Browse with Paint Shop Pro Studio" wasn't functioning properly.


• The Raw Camera Data dialog's zoom presets drop-list was improperly displaying the zooming options.


• When in Tabbed Documents mode, selecting images for Print Layout via the Image Browser wasn't displaying the image thumbnails.


• After dragging and dropping another image into the current image, attempting to view Layer Properties was causing Paint Shop Pro Studio to crash.


• Clipboard contents pasted into a selection were not conforming to the shape of the selection.


• A Help topic associated with placing text along a vector path mistakenly referred to a button labeled "OK" instead of "Apply."


• A Help topic associated with copying resources via the Resource Manager dialog needed additional information.


• A Help topic associated with the auto-hide feature for palettes needed additional information.


• Users of the Logitech Track Man mouse were reporting slowdowns when in Paint Shop Pro Studio.


• During installation, attempting to change the location of user data folders wasn't working properly.


• In the Layers palette, scanned images opened into Paint Shop Pro Studio were not being labeled as the "Background" layer.


• A few dialogs in the application still referred to the Layers palette as the Layer palette.


• The Alt key shortcuts listed in the Layers menu and the Layers context menu did not match.


• When the Layers palette was set to auto-hide, and then a new layer was created, the palette was hiding improperly.


• The Layers palette icon used to indicate a layer's lock status was difficult to see.


• Load/Save Selections and Masks wasn't allowing access to the File Locations button when there were no resources in the current folder.


• Some models of cordless pointing devices were having difficulty with slow mouse movements in Paint Shop Pro Studio.


• In the Image Browser, dragging an image onto an already populated folder did not open the folder.


• After adjusting a layer's opacity and then selecting another tool, the cursor was disappearing.


• When using the Anti-alias option with the Freehand Selection tool, the resulting selection did not appear anti-aliased.


• After executing a Select All command, right-clicking to deselect was not functioning properly.


• When using the Circle or Ellipse selection type without the Anti-alias option checked, the selection was failing.


• Attempting to move an empty (transparent) selection was prompting an error message to appear.


• When the Windows screen settings were set to use the largest font option, the bottom of the application registration form was being cut off.


• A Help topic link associated with Aligning and Spacing Text on Object Paths was opening a popup window, not another Help topic.


• While using a vector tool with the foreground property set to Transparent, subsequent attempts to apply paint in the Mixer palette were failing.


• Use of the Mesh Warp tool was leaving holes in the image where none existed in the previous Paint Shop Pro Studio version.


• When using the Mesh Warp tool, the edges of some warped images appear to change after applying the modifications.


• While using the Warp brush tool, the Apply and Cancel buttons were grayed out under certain conditions.


• While using the Clone tool, the X marking the source position wasn't appearing during clicks and drags.


• While using the Raster Deform tool to proportionally resize a layer, occasionally the proportion was being distorted depending on cursor position.


• Raster paint brush presets incorporating certain settings were causing the application to lock up.


• Saving a brush preset with the name "Last Used" was prompting an error message.


• Under specific settings, Paint Brush strokes over undone strokes were occasionally causing the undone strokes to reappear on the canvas.


• Straight vector lines drawn with anti-alias on and having an even-numbered width setting didn't look as good as expected.


• Editing some of the vector shapes and then closing the document occasionally caused Paint Shop Pro Studio to crash.


• When docking was turned off, the Layers palette was occasionally hidden behind the Materials palette.


• Under certain conditions, Materials palette swatch thumbnails set to appear at small or medium sizes were not fully visible in the palette.


• The response time for docking and undocking palettes appeared to slow down after several docks/undocks.


• When resizing the main application window such that the Tools toolbar was partially hidden, the icon indicating the additional tools was being clipped.


• When clicking on the Paint Shop Pro Studio main window to reactivate the application, clicking over a docked palette/toolbar would undock the palette/toolbar.


• After clicking the Layers palette to give it focus, subsequently clicking another palette would not always give that palette focus.


• After exiting Print Layout, multiple images that had been minimized in the main window were moving upward such that the title bars were overlapping.


• In the Objects menu and the vector-related context menus, command name capitalization was not consistent.


• Under certain conditions, images minimized in the workspace were sometimes hiding below the Status bar.


• Setting a Logitech optical mouse scroll wheel to execute a double-click when pressed was not working consistently in the application.


• The ability to scroll through options in drop-lists by using the mouse wheel or the arrow keys was not functioning properly.


• Some Windows 98 users were reporting that preset lists were appearing at their smallest size for no know reason.