Pixia Version Log and Release Notes

Pixia, all kinds:  11 March 2024

  • Pixia Microsoft Store Edition is released for Windows 10! (UWP)
  • *New* Pixia 64 bit ver. 6.61p
  • Pixia 32 bit ver. 6.61j
  • Pixia ver. 4.81a
  • Filter installers updated

Pixia Microsoft Store Edition

Pixia on the Windows 10 store

CURRENT VERSION: 6.50c – equivalent to Pixia 32 bit ver. 6.50c. (updated 22 April, 2019)

To download, open the Microsoft Store app on Windows 10. Pixia in the Windows Store is equal to Pixia 32–bit v. 6.50c (from 22 April, 2019).

Pixia 64–bit v.6

THe noise that appeared when the font tool was used has been eliminated. - ver. 6.61p (11 March 2024)

Icons started looking desintegrated and stopped functioning after Pixia was left idle for tens of minutes on the previous version. Now the bug is fixed. - ver. 6.61k (9 September 2023)

The UI is tuned for improved look. - ver. 6.61j (29 June 2023)

Improved overall quality and better command on fractal drawings - the speed is doubled. Also improved drawing speed for mirror drawings (both horizontal and vertical). - ver. 6.61h (22 May 2023)

"Koch" is added to the Fractal. - ver. 6.61f (30 April 2023)

Sorry the file uploaded on 19 Mar. contained the Japanese edition of pixia.exe. The revised installer contains the correct English file. - ver. 6.61d (installer revised - 4 April 2023)

"Leaf" is added to the Fractal. The noise that sometimes appeared while rectangle or circle selection tool was in use has been fixed. - ver. 6.61d (19 March 2023)

"Tree" is added to the Fractal. The program is adjusted to smoothen operation when you use a mouth and a pen at the same time. - ver. 6.61c (6 February 2023)

The splash image is fixed to show the correct version number. - ver. 6.61b (25 December 2022)

A new function is added: "Fractal" is added in Supplementary Settings. - ver. 6.61a (19 December 2022)

The noise that the Clone Tool created on the screen when the cursor was hovering is now eliminated. - ver. 6.51e (2 November 2022)

The Clone Tool is fixed; it is now functioning. - ver. 6.51d (27 October 2022)

The difficulty of parallel transport of a straight line is fixed. Some other small fixed, too. - ver. 6.51c (20 May 2022)

There was a bug that the Dropper Tool did not pick a color properly. It is now fixed. - ver. 6.51b (19 January 2022)

The problem that changing the pen size caused dead-lock is solved. - ver. 6.51a (7 January 2022)

The malfunctioning of the Magnifier (Loope) is fixed. - ver. 6.50z (6 January 2022)

The program is tuned for Windows 11 compatibility. The malfunction of the Selection Tool is fixed. - ver. 6.50w (17 December 2021)

The quality of drawn lines improved. - ver. 6.50v (9 September 2021)

Eraser function now works only while "E" key is pressed down. - ver. 6.50t (28 April 2021) - The installer revised; now it contains Visual C++ Redistributable files so that it no longer needs internet connection on installation when they do not exist in the target PC. (7 May 2021)

A bug that prevented adjustment of hue and histogram by the digitizer stylus on Windows 10 1909 and 2004 is fixed. - ver. 6.50s (28 March 2021)

A long-lasted problem that a part of the program does not behave the same on the recent versions of Windows 10 as they did on the earilier versions is now solved and the response of the program improved further. - ver. 6.50r (27 January 2021)

A bug that prevented change of layers and the problem on change of the brush size being difficult on Windows 10 ver. 1909 and later are now fixed. - ver. 6.50p (23 December 2020)

A problem that degraded the smoothness of pen strokes on Windows 10 ver. 2004 and 20H2 is fixed. The ripple effect noise that shows up when you move the color slider with Windows Ink on is also fixed. - ver. 6.50n (3 December 2020)

The quality of pen strokes has improved. - ver. 6.50m (27 September 2020)

The bug of the pen pressure being wrongly reflected is now fixed. When a PC equipped with Wacom AES pen system is used, rubbing with your finger is now treated as the "blur" function. - ver. 6.50k (24 May 2020)

The problem that the newest Wacom tablet driver sometimes mistakenly detects a pen as a mouse is now fixed. Channels of color adjustment can now be saved. - ver. 6.50h (23 April 2020)

The bug of Clone Brush not working properly is fixed. - ver. 6.50g (24 August 2019)

The program is adjusted to work better on tablet PCs. Now you have better control when you move panels and choose functions on tablet PCs. - ver. 6.50e (19 August 2019)

The graphics API used for Pixia is changed from OpenGL to Direct2D. Now the program is readjusted to work properly on the API. - ver. 6.50c (8 March 2019)

A bug that froze the program during the mouse being used for painting is fixed. The problem where the coordinates get shifted and out of position when the display magnification is set to other than 100% is also fixed. - ver. 6.04z (14 Sep. 2018)

The response time and the quality of drawn lines on using a pen tablet have very much improved. Also the check-box of antialiasing at the Paint tab in the supplemental toolbox which did not work now works. - ver. 6.04y (10 Sep. 2018)

A bug that caused a fatal error when you use the text tool is fixed. - ver. 6.04u (9 July 2018)

A bug that caused flickering or a fatal error in the worst case when you used the Tone Filter is fixed. - ver. 6.04t (30 May 2018)

A bug that caused image corruption when you edit alpha channel is fixed.
Specification change: left-clicking the pentip page switcher used to switch pages one by one. Now left-click skips font and 3D pen pages; right-click the switcher to switch to the font and 3D pen pages. - ver. 6.04s (5 May 2018)

A bug that caused a fatal error when you click Text icon before the canvas has not finished being displaed is now fixed. - ver. 6.04r (28 Apr. 2018)

The positional displacement of alpha channel at saving PXA is fixed. - ver. 6.03q (16 Apr. 2018)

Gesture function at Color Panel and Option Panel is taken off to avoid mulfunctioning. Improved pressure sensitivity and coordinate accuracy. Some Japanese texts left in EXIF window are now all translated. - ver. 6.04p (15 Apr. 2018)

64bit Pixia can run simultaneously with 32bit Pixia running at the same time. - ver. 6.04n2 (14 Apr. 2018)

New functions are equipped: Flip Vertical, Flip Horizontal, Vertical Mirror Drawing and Horizontal Mirror Drawing. A bug that caused a corruption on saving a PXA file is fixed. Also the problem that caused unnecessary repeats of refreshing palette window is fixed. - ver. 6.04n (13 Apr. 2018)

The problem that caused a fatal error when Exif information is displayed is fixed. – ver. 6.04k (8 Apr. 2018)

Pen pressure of a pen tablet was not reflected on Windows 10 Ver. 1709, a.k.a. Fall Creators Update, while it works with no problem on previous versions of Windows 10.  Now it is fixed and pressure works on Ver. 1709. – ver. 6.04j (1 Apr. 2018)

  1. The selection tool bar is now permanently displayed. Previously it popped up only when you clicked on an selection icon.
  2. [View] Menu has a new option added: Selection Panel.  This is the panel which previously always popped up after you selected an area.  Now it is suppressed since it is set to "off" by default.  You can turn it on and off any time now.
  3. The quality of drawn lines has improved. – ver. 6.03k (24 Mar. 2018)

A new setting is added: "Ignore Display Scaling" at Preferences. This fixes the scaling of text, dialogs, windows, and other items of Pixia to 100%, ignoring the Windows display setting. Those who hate the blurry appearance of the items and pictures displayed in Pixia due to the scaling set to other than 100%, try this function. – ver. 6.04f (2 Mar. 2018)

A bug in Pixexp that caused a fatal error is fixed. – ver. 6.04e (27 Nov. 2017)

A coordinate miscalculation of the function "Make Rotated Duplicate" on an image which is not square is fixed. – ver. 6.04d (23 Sep. 2017)

The bug that caused a fatal error on the previous version is fixed. – ver. 6.04c (14 Sep. 2017) – Revised installer uploaded: the setting button of Blur filter is fixed to function properly. – ver. 6.04c (17 Sep. 2017)

The speed of the function of image rotation is improved. The bugs in the "Save" function and some filters are fixed. – ver. 6.04b (13 Sep. 2017)

Pressure of the tablet pen can be reflected on the size of bitmap pens now. – ver. 6.03c (3 Nov. 2016)

Undo and Redo did not work properly since previously 64bit Pixia only used physical memory for fast speed. Now this version utilizes vertual memory for storing history files so undo and redo function correctly. – ver. 6.03a (2 Sep. 2016)
A revised installer containing PNG save module is uploaded. (20 Sep. 2016)

64 bit version of Pixia only had WIA interface for scanners and cameras since TWAIN was originally designed for 32bit, but this version is now capable of utilizing TWAIN interface as well as WIA. Also fixed is a bug where dragging with SHIFT key down did not constrain proportions when expanding/shrinking an image or a selection. – ver. 6.02u (20 Aug. 2016)
The image browser, Pixexp, which was not working has been fixed. – The installer is replaced with a new one but the version number of Pixia stays the same.(23 Aug. 2016)
A file for Pixexp was missing so it caused a fatal error; a revised installer with the file is uploaded. (26 Aug. 2016)

The side switch of the tablet pen did not function as the alternative of right button of the mouse. Now it does. – ver. 6.02s (16 Jun. 2016)

Bugs found in the Selection Tool and Magnifier Tool have been fixed. (Certain procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 6.02r (15 Jun. 2016)

A bug found in the tablet setting has been fixed. (A certain combination of procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 6.02q (14 Apr. 2016)

Filters increased. Some functions are tuned for faster speed (x1.5 ~ 3): Color Adjustment, Tone Balance, Brightness and Contrast, Automatic Adjustment, Color Balance. If you choose "Fast" at Anti–Alias of Advanced Option in Preference dialog, the speed of brush stroke can now be as fast as that of Pixia ver. 4. A bug that Undo function of filter did not work is fixed. – ver. 6.02p (9 Apr. 2016)

A bug found in the magnifier tool to cause a fatal error is fixed. – ver. 6.02m (2 Apr. 2016)

Uploaded is a revised installer containing Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x64). (28 Mar. 2016)

The program is redesigned to optimize multi core processors. Now this version works three times as fast as previous versions. (This version requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 (x64) runtime. If you encounter an error message saying "Vcom120.dll is missing", please download the x64 version of VC++2013 runtime file and install it.) – ver. 6.02j (23 Mar. 2016)

The program has become compatible with Wacom's new technology, Active ES. – ver. 6.02h (22 Feb. 2016)

The Selection tools have been tuned to work faster, and now new functions are added: Mirror Drawings (Horizontal and Vertical) under Paint menu. – ver. 6.02f (3 Feb., 2016)

Now 64 bit version of Pixia is out. It runs only on 64 bit environment of Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 so cannot be installed on Windows 7 or any 32bit versions of Windows, but it operates much faster than 32bit Pixia.
This is, however, a sort of experiment, since it does not contain all the filters 32bit Pixia has, nor does TWAIN work properly yet.
Also, please note that 32bit filters will not work with this 64bit program, so importing the filters from 32bit Pixia may lead to malfunctioning. (17 Oct. 2015)

It has been found that the file set lacked one important file without which saving pxa format caused a fatal error. A new installer with the file equipped has bee uploaded. (2 Dec. 2015)

Pixia 32–bit v.6

Improved overall quality and better command on fractal drawings - the speed is doubled. Also improved drawing speed for mirror drawings (both horizontal and vertical). The UI is tuned for improved look. - ver. 6.61j (4 July 2023)

"Koch" is added to the Fractal. - ver. 6.61f (12 May 2023)

The previous version contained a technical malfunction that resulted in a program crash when you attempt to drag the color picker. Now the problem is fixed. - ver. 6.61e (4 April 2023)

"Tree" and "Leaf" are added to the Fractal. The program is adjusted to smoothen operation when you use a mouth and a pen at the same time. Also the noise that sometimes appeared while rectangle or circle selection tool was in use has been fixed. - ver. 6.61d (21 March 2023)

A new function is added: "Fractal" is added in Supplementary Settings. - ver. 6.61b (24 December 2022)

The Clone Tool is now functioning properly. It did not work on the previous version. - ver. 6.51e (7 November 2022)

The problem that changing the pen size caused dead-lock is solved. - ver. 6.51a (7 January 2022)

The malfunctioning of the Magnifier (Loope) is fixed. - ver. 6.50z (6 January 2022)

The problem that adding new points to an existing spline curve sometimes did not work is fixed. - ver. 6.50y (29 December 2021)

The program is tuned for Windows 11 compatibility. The malfunctioning of the Selection Tool is fixed. - ver. 6.50w (17 December 2021)

The following problem is solved: the program used to eat up all the buffer and occasionally become unable to process further drawing on recent high speed computer processors. - ver. 6.50u (5 June 2021)

A bug that prevented adjustment of hue and histogram by the digitizer stylus on Windows 10 1909 and 2004 is fixed. Eraser function now works only while "E" key is pressed down. - ver. 6.50t (28 April 2021) - The installer revised; now it contains Visual C++ Redistributable files so that it no longer needs internet connection on installation when they do not exist in the target PC. (7 May 2021)

The response of the program improved further. - ver. 6.50r (27 January 2021)

A long-lasted problem that a part of the program does not behave the same on the recent versions of Windows 10 as they did on the earilier versions is now solved. - ver. 6.50q (26 January 2021)

A bug that prevented change of layers and the problem on change of the brush size being difficult on Windows 10 ver. 1909 and later are now fixed. - ver. 6.50p (23 December 2020)

A problem that degraded the smoothness of pen strokes on Windows 10 ver. 2004 and 20H2 is fixed. The ripple effect noise that shows up when you move the color slider with Windows Ink on is also fixed. - ver. 6.50n (3 December 2020)

The quality of pen strokes has improved. - ver. 6.50m (20 August 2020)

The problem of detection of pen pressure sometime becoming unstable is fixed. - ver. 6.50k (25 May 2020)

The bug of pen pressure being wrongly reflected is now fixed. When a PC equipped with Wacom AES pen system is used, rubbing with your finger is now treated as the "blur" function. - ver. 6.50j (19 May 2020)

The problem that the newest Wacom tablet driver sometimes mistakenly detects a pen as a mouse is now fixed. Channels of color adjustment can now be saved. - ver. 6.50h (21 April 2020)

The bug of Clone Brush not working properly is fixed. - ver. 6.50g (24 August 2019)

The program is tuned for stability and faster speed. - ver. 6.50f (11 August 2019)

The program is adjusted to work better on tablet PCs. Now you have better control when you move panels and choose functions on tablet PCs. - ver. 6.50e (3 August 2019)

The graphics API used for Pixia is changed from OpenGL to Direct2D. Now the program is readjusted to work properly on the API. Compatibility with Windows 7 has been eliminated. - ver. 6.50c (11 April 2019)

The problem where the coordinates get shifted and out of position when the display magnification is set to other than 100% is also fixed. - ver. 6.04d (15 Sep. 2018)

The response time and the quality of drawn lines on using a pen tablet have improved. - ver. 6.04c (22 Aug. 2018)

The problem of ver. 6.04a is fixed and now released as ver. 6.04b - ver. 6.04b (27 July 2018)

A problem found on ver. 6.04a. The uploaded file is reverted back to ver. 6.03z. (26 July 2018)

Quality of lines drawn by a pen tablet has improved. - ver. 6.04a (24 July 2018)

A bug that caused a fatal error when you use the text tool is fixed. - ver. 6.03z (9 July 2018)

A bug that caused flickering or a fatal error in the worst case when you used the Tone Filter is fixed. - ver. 6.03y (28 May 2018)

A bug that caused image corruption when you edit alpha channel is fixed.
Specification change: left-clicking the pentip page switcher used to switch pages one by one. Now left-click skips font and 3D pen pages; right-click the switcher to switch to the font and 3D pen pages. - ver. 6.03w (5 May 2018)

A bug that caused a fatal error when you click Text icon before the canvas has not finished being displaed is now fixed. - ver. 6.03v (28 Apr. 2018)

Gesture function at Color Panel and Option Panel is taken off to avoid mulfunctioning. Improved pressure sensitivity and coordinate accuracy. Some Japanese texts left in EXIF window are now all translated. - ver. 6.03t (16 Apr. 2018)

New functions are equipped: Flip Vertical, Flip Horizontal, Vertical Mirror Drawing and Horizontal Mirror Drawing. A bug that caused a corruption on saving a PXA file is fixed. Also the problem that caused unnecessary repeats of refreshing palette window is fixed. - ver. 6.03s (13 Apr. 2018)

The problem that caused a fatal error when Exif information is displayed is fixed. – ver. 6.03p (8 Apr. 2018)

Pen pressure of a pen tablet was not reflected on Windows 10 Ver. 1709, a.k.a. Fall Creators Update, while it works with no problem on previous versions of Windows 10.  Now it is fixed and pressure works on Ver. 1709. – ver. 6.03n (1 Apr. 2018)

Bugs found on ver. 6.03k have been fixed, one of which consumed more memory than necessary. – ver. 6.03m (27 Mar. 2018)

  1. The selection tool bar is now parmanently displayed. Previously it popped up only when you clicked on an selection icon.
  2. [View] Menu has a new option added: Selection Panel.  This is the panel which previously always popped up after you selected an area.  Now it is suppressed since it is set to "off" by default.  You can turn it on and off any time now.
  3. The quality of drawn lines has improved. – ver. 6.03k (24 Mar. 2018)

For Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10: A new setting is added: "Ignore Display Scaling" at Preferences. This fixes the scaling of text, dialogs, windows, and other items of Pixia to 100%, ignoring the Windows display setting. Those who hate the blurry appearance of the items and pictures displayed in Pixia due to the scaling set to other than 100%, try this function.
For Windows 7: Some minor bugs are fixed. (Above function cannot be equipped due to the limitation of the OS.) – ver. 6.03j (8 Mar. 2018)

A bug in Pixexp that caused a fatal error is fixed. – ver. 6.03h (14 Nov. 2017)

A coordinate miscalculation of the function "Make Rotated Duplicate" on an image which is not square is fixed. – ver. 6.03g (24 Sep. 2017)

A problem that saving function did not work in some environments has been fixed. – ver. 6.03f (21 Jul. 2017)
The installer revised – Windows 7 users who downloaded the file between 21 and 26 July, please download this revised file again and upgrade Pixia. The previous installer actually contained the old 6.03d EXE for Windows 7 which is not compatible with new dlls so is likely to crash. Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 users who used the file released on 21 Jul. for upgrade do not need to download this installer since your EXE is already upgraded to 6.03f. Apologies for the inconvenience. (27 Jul. 2017)

Gesture function for touch–panel screen is added for Windows 8/8.1/10. The bug that caused a fatal error when attempting to print under the environment where no printer setting is configured is now fixed. – ver. 6.03d (1 Jun. 2017)

The bug that caused a fatal error in the previous version has been fixed. – ver. 6.03c (14 Apr. 2017)

Now Pixia is compatible with Wacom Intuos Pro's 8192 pressure levels and pen tilt sensitivity. This installer no longer contains the VC runtime installer packages; it will download necessary runtimes when they do not exist. – ver. 6.03b (28 Mar. 2017)

Pressure of the tablet pen can be reflected on the size of bitmap pens now. – ver. 6.03a (19 Nov. 2016)
VC++2010 redistributable package is also included now. (7 Dec. 2016)
VC++2015 redistributable package is included and the installer is reconstructed. (29 Jan. 2017)

Fixed is a bug where dragging with SHIFT key down did not constrain proportions when expanding/shrinking an image or a selection. – ver. 6.02z (20 Aug. 2016)

The side switch of the tablet pen did not function as an alternative of right button of the mouse. Now it does. – ver. 6.02y (16 Jun. 2016)

Bugs found in the Selection Tool and Magnifier Tool have been fixed. (Certain procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 6.02w (14 Jun. 2016)

A bug found in the tablet setting has been fixed. (A certain combination of procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 6.02q (14 Apr. 2016)

Some functions are tuned for faster speed (x1.5 ~ 3): Color Adjustment, Tone Balance, Brightness and Contrast, Automatic Adjustment, Color Balance. If you choose "Fast" at Anti–Alias of Advanced Option in Preference dialog, the speed of brush stroke can now be as fast as that of Pixia ver. 4. – ver. 6.02p (9 Apr. 2016)

A bug found in the magnifier tool to cause a fatal error is fixed. – ver. 6.02m (2 Apr. 2016)

The program is redesigned to optimize multi–core processors. This version works three times as fast as previous versions. The installer contains Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x86), which will be installed when it does not exist. – ver. 6.02k (28 Mar. 2016)

Some minor bugs are fixed. – ver. 6.02j (1 Mar. 2016)

Another bug found that caused a fatal error on Windows 7 is fixed. EXE is replaced for Windows 7, but no change for Windows 8 and later. – ver. 6.02h2 (26 Feb. 2016)

A bug found that caused a fatal error is fixed. – ver. 6.02h (21 Feb. 2016)

The program has become compatible with Wacom's new technology, Active ES. – ver. 6.02g (20 Feb. 2016)

The Selection tools have been tuned to work faster, and now new functions are added: Mirror Drawings (Horizontal and Vertical) under Paint menu. – ver. 6.02f (3 Feb., 2016)

Fixed a bug where 1x1 size pen did not draw a line. – ver. 6.02a (17 Aug., 2015)

Fixed newly found bugs and added compatibility with Windows 10 – ver. 6.01z (16 Aug., 2015)
This version fixed a problem of drawn lines becoming unstable on some circumstances. – ver. 6.01t (3 Feb. 2015)
The problem to cause a fatal error of the program when it is used with the View Control window closed has been fixed on this version. – ver. 6.01s (2 Feb. 2015)
The bug that caused a fatal error if the PC is not connected to a TWAIN deviceis fixed. – ver. 6.01r (1 Feb. 2015)

Pixia v.4

Bugs found in the Selection Tool and Magnifier Tool have been fixed. (A certain procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 4.81a (14 Jun. 2016)

A bug found in the tablet setting has been fixed. (A certain combination of procedure caused a fatal error.) – ver. 4.80u (14 Apr. 2016)

Some functions are tuned for faster speed (x1.5 ~ 3): Color Adjustment, Tone Balance, Brightness and Contrast, Automatic Adjustment, Color Balance. – ver. 4.80t (9 Apr. 2016)

A bug found in the magnifier tool to mulfunction is fixed. – ver. 4.80s (4 Apr. 2016)

Isao has updated ver. 4 for those who prefer to use lighter and simpler Pixia. This version has adopted multi–core utilization technology for faster speed. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) which is contained in the installer and gets installed if it does not exist in the environment. – ver. 4.80r (2 Apr. 2016)

Other Pixia Notes

Updated: Pixia ver. 5 is merged into ver. 6.

Pixia ver. 5 has discontinued since now ver. 6 has taken over all the functions ver. 5 had.

To Windows Vista, 7 and 8 users who are having a fatal error problem using Pixia or Phierha:

It may be due to the privilege given to the installation folder. Try right–clicking "dirset.exe" in the folder, and choose "Run as Administrator" just once. This might solve the problem. The current installers of English Editions are now equipped with a new function to reduce the possible occurrence of the problem.

To those having a crash handling PXA and/or JPEG format:

It may be due to the incompatibility between the exif information contained in the new version and that in the older versions. If you encounter problems handling the file saved by older versions or the files from digital cameras, please delete the exif information by [View]–[Delete Exif Information] and check if the program can handle the file correctly. (6/20/2012)