Ability Photopaint Studio uses paint tools, color palettes, brushes, selections, special effects filters, and layers to help you apply the right color, or range of colors, in the right place to get the effect you want. Furthermore, the inclusion of Vector Drawing tools and support for Adobe Photoshop-compatible Plug-ins enables Studio users to take advantage of the latest vector drawing technology and to download thousands of extra special effects filters.

Nearly 100 Filters, helpfully sorted into categories such as Titles, Artistic and Distort, enable you to experiment with a range of special color, density and shape effects;

A variety of Brushes and Paint tools can be used to apply color using modes, shapes and densities chosen by you;

a Brush Editor enables you to design your own brushes;

Paint tools include Pencil, Paintbrush, Airbrush, Eraser, Duplicate, Pattern Brush, Blur, Sharpen, Emboss, Dodge, Burn, Smudge, and Historic;