Chasys Photo 5.37.01

Chasys Photo offers editing, viewing, and converting tools with layers, animation, RAW support, multi-core optimization, and compatibility with Photoshop, GIMP, Krita, and more.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · Nov 12, 2025 10:52 EST with 0 comments

Chasys Photo

Chasys Photo is a suite of image editing applications including a layer-based image editor with adjustment layers, linked layers, timeline and frame-based animation, icon editing, image stacking and comprehensive plug-in support (Chasys Photo Editor), a fast image viewer (Chasys Photo Viewer) and a fast multi-threaded image file converter (Chasys Photo Converter) , with RAW image support in all components. It supports the native file formats of several competitors including Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, ArtWeaver, Corel PhotoPaint, FireAlpaca, GIMP, Krita, Paint.NET, PaintShop Pro and Pixlr, and the whole suite is designed to make effective use of multi-core processors, touch-screens and pen-input devices.

Designed under the mantra of “unique, flexible and powerful”, Chasys Photo takes a radically different approach to image editing with the aim of opening up new possibilities for those who dare to be different.

Chasys Photo key features:

Free-style layering with blending modes
Adjustment layers with multiple adjustments per layer
Linked layers (a.k.a Linked Smart Objects)
Composite, Image List, Frame Animation and Object Animation image modes
Animation, both frame-based and object-based (timeline animation)
Animation Composer engine
Image Stacking for noise reduction, super-resolution, etc.
Tablet/Pen-input/Stylus support with pressure control
Touch-screen support with gestures including pitch-to-zoom and multi-finger panning
Support for the native formats of Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, ArtWeaver, Corel PhotoPaint, FireAlpaca, GIMP, Krita, Paint.NET, PaintShop Pro and Pixlr
Support for common formats such as JPEG, animated PNG, animated GIF, TIFF, PICT, WebP, HEIF, DDS, JPEG-2000, JPEG-XR, JPEG-XL, AVI video, etc.
Support for the OpenRaster interchange file format and rare formats such as QOI, MNG/JNG and DPX
Support for older formats such as PPM/PGM/PBM, PCX/DCX, PCD, TGA, COKE, etc.
Comprehensive Camera RAW file support with live adjustment
Extensive plug-in support with streamlined SDKs
Support for Photoshop Filter Plug-ins (.8BF)
Advanced printing and scanning engines
PDF document generation
Icon and cursor editing, import and export, including Vista-style and Mac-OS icons
Screen Capture, including Video Screen Capture with multiple triggering modes
Video capture from devices (e.g. TV/Video)
Supports multi-core processors, High-DPI displays and Multiple Display setups
Integrated File Browser, Bluetooth OBEX and in-built utilities (Calculator, Notepad)
Shell integration with thumbnails and conflict detection
Unlimited Undo/Redo and Asynchronous Auto-Save, with Just-in-time memory compression to save space
Fully re-editable text with advanced styling and effects (TextArt)
Full alpha channel through out the workflow with Alpha protection (a.k.a. transparency protection)
Multiple language support with user-editable language files and translation assistant (Chasys Photo Language Studio)
Anti-aliasing and super-sampling support in tools and paths*
Smart-resizing (similar to seam-carving)
Best-in-class post-edit heuristics anti-aliasing engine
Physical measurement specification with display size detection via EDID
Uses the latest CD5 specification with animation and multi-resolution
Super-fast internal graphics engine (JpDRAW2)
Full UNICODE support in all components
Metadata save, restore and scale to imitate vector art
Configurable Guides and Grids with Snap-to-Grid
Smart-dither to custom palette
Asynchronous preview rendering engine
Pantone equivalent palettes for PMS 100 to 814-2x
Automatic color naming
... and many more!