Download NPS Image Editor (Cross Platform) 5.0.14 build 385 release

NPS Image Editor is a modern multi-layer image editor with classic charm. It is perfect for pixel art, screenshots, drawing, and light photo editing. This is the cross-platform version for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, and Android.

Many bug fixes

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Release notes for this version

• UI fixes
  • Show transparent background color in narrow mode
  • Rounded corners in system backdrop mode (currently macOS only)
  • Brush/Texture Manager height fix on narrow screens
  • Brush thumbnail background for full-color brushes
  • Fix flashing "loading asset" when setting color
  • Fix welcome screen drag-drop behavior on Linux
  • Allow Curves filter to remove points via long-press on iOS devices
  • Improved dialog strip readability - tap to see the full message if the screen is too narrow
  • Visibility and Hidden icons in layer list more consistent
  • Fix macOS title bar color mismatch when window transparency disabled
  • Added window transparency level for platforms that support it (currently macOS)
  • Window transparency improvements: no toolbar grip, soft edges
  • Touch-friendly scaling fix to menu buttons
  • Added spinner to layer thumbnails that are in the process of loading
  • Tweaked welcome button colors
  • Updated airbrush icons
• Layer blending
  • Support indexed + alpha channel layers
  • None transparency mode handling for transparency creation - create with background color, not black
  • Fix Hard Mix and HSLHue modes to match NPS 4.x behavior for better document compatibility
• Drawing fixes
  • Layer thumbnail now correctly shows the colors for restricted mode (grayscale, etc)
  • Added loading indication to layers while thumbnail loading
  • Fix dragged selection not switching to selection tool
  • Set destination layer as active when merging down
  • Fixed indexed layer handling for merge down
  • Added "Select All Content"
• Performance and Stability
  • Large image filter guardrails
  • Export -> Data URI much faster now
• Brushes, palettes, etc
  • Give default palette a name when creating
  • Fix asset editing (brushes, textures, etc) hitting 404 on some platforms
  • Fix Reset feature on all hosts
  • Remove zzDev scripts from macOS and Linux packages
  • Updated brush/texture/palette manager UI buttons to better support touch and mouse devices
  • Support GIMP palettes (*.gpl)
  • LUT Editor - show an indication when saving
• Files and documents
  • Document Recovery fixes to functionality and UI
  • HEIC support for Android/Windows (if OS supports, NPS does not have its own codec)
  • Sharing target fix on Android
  • Fix missing document saving prompt on Avalonia/macOS
  • Updated file format descriptions in filter
  • Auto-start camera on import
  • Added NPSD loader and compatibility version display
  • Fix lost metadata during autosave recovery (including animation, brush type, etc)
• macOS
  • Fix missing prompt to save document when closing window
  • Fix missing Paste From, Open Script, and Choose File functions (button did nothing, now it does the thing)
  • Fix bundles not importing color palettes or brushes
  • Fix histogram shifting left when displayed together with the classic palette
  • Fix View -> Full Screen menu duplication
• Linux
  • Renderer fallback for devices that had white screen at startup. The white screen is caused by GtkWebView and its interaction with your GPU, not NPS-specific code, so you can modify its rendering behavior with environment variables if the fallback doesn't do what you expect.
  • Disable screen clipping options until support is added, previously the button did nothing
  • Fix [Invalid UTF-8] issue on file dialogs