The skill of all the painters has been improved. We call this High Skill. High Skill features the followings.
1. Higher Resolution Support and Higher Quality
2. Dynamic Scaling
3. Deformation with Focus Points

Higher Resolution Support and Higher Quality
The new version supports the higher resolution photos of recent digital cameras and make it possible to print richly expressive paintings with the latest color printers.
A sample of 3 mega pixels image (1536 x 2048 pixels) painted by Edleen (Embroidery).

A sample of 6 mega pixels image (2000 x 3008 pixels) painted by Purts (Oil Painting).

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Dynamic Scaling
According to the size of the original images, the new version dynamically resizes the background texture and brush stroke. This makes it possible to create paintings with tremendous impact, no matter how large the original images are. Furthermore, this helps bridge the gap that may exist between the results shown in the preview and the final paintings.
You can manually adjust the scale if you like. Using a smaller scale makes us feel like we see the painting on a large canvas from afar.Using a larger scale makes us feel like we see the painting on a small canvas at close range. The former gives the impression of stability, the latter the impression of dynamic alla prima (*).
* A style of painting where, instead of building colors up with layers, the painting is done in one session while the paint is still wet. From the Italian word which literally means at once.
A sample of Dynamic Scaling
From left, "Small (20)", "Normal (50)" and "Large (80)"

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Deformation with Focus Points
The feature deforms the object in the area that is specified with focus points. In order to activate this, you need to create a focus point and set Deformation "Intense (more than 50)" with the Adjust dialog.
A sample of Deformation
From left, "Normal (50)", "Intense (80)" and "Intense (100)"

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Other new features with the Standalone version only.
1. Enhanced usability and performance when working with high resolution images
2. All new designed Toolbar buttons and enhanced features
3. New Preferences dialog allows you to configure various options concerning file import and export