Enhancements with Version 1.2 of Liquib include 3 new Tools, a new Effect variety and significant Scripting improvements.  I'm especially grateful to Vince Guiliano and Mike McCulley for the suggestions they contributed for this version, and for their willingness to help with beta testing.  Here is a description of the new features:

• Spray Tool =>  This new Tool spews 'droplets' along the path of the mouse with a specified width.  The type of 3D-like droplets sprayed is selectable -- Globule, Drop, Crater or Cone.  The droplet size, relative spacing and intensity can be adjusted.  Normally the droplets are transparent with shading highlights (optionally with colorized shading), but there is also an option to apply Paint droplets of a specified color.  The Spray Tool can add some interesting textures to images.

• Smear Tool =>  Smearing applies blurriness or fuzziness to an image using various selectable methods (Streak, Blend, Meld, Shadow, etc.).  One use for this Tool is to produce a fuzzy, almost pearlescent background to a picture.  Then when other effects are applied, Drops or Bubbles for example, they tend to really stand out starkly.  There are also options to combine various color adjustments with pixel blending, including Negative Blend and several Swap RGB choices.

• Wipe Tool =>  The Wipe Tool can be used to apply swaths of partial transparency through applied manipulations, allowing portions of the original source image to show through.  The degree of transparency and the path width can be adjusted, and the edges can optionally be 'feathered'.  But Transparency is just one of the options for the Wipe Tool!  It can also be set to Lighten, Darken, Add Color, Negate Colors and several Swap RGB choices.

• Flow Effect =>  This is similar to the Wave Effect, but with curved wave fronts that propagate from the point where the mouse is clicked towards the center of the image.  Two variations are available:  Stream and Whorl.  As with the Wave Effect, shading can be enabled, optionally colorized.

• Various Tool Improvements =>  The algorithm for rendering Stylus and Comb strokes has been revamped to produce slightly smoother results.  There is a new Snake Pull Method for the Stylus, and a new Ridges Pull Method for the Comb.  There are 2 new Stretch Tool Methods; Circular and Circular Elongated.  The 4 new Twist Tool Methods, (Contort, Coil, Writhe and Hurricane), are all variations of 'blunting' the twisted image -- the prior 2 Methods, (now called Turning Point and Spiral), have pointy leading edges.  The Options screens for each of the Tools now includes the choice to Use Specific Attributes or Generate Random Attributes, much like the Effects Options screens have always provided.  Normally, it will likely be preferable to set Specific Attributes so that particular desired results are achieved.  However, it might be fun to occassionally play with applying randomly generated Tool effects each time the mouse is clicked and dragged -- there is often serendipity in randomness that might prompt ideas and inspiration in some receptive minds.
  

• Scripting Enhancements =>  Much greater control has been added to the Script Editing function.  Portions of Scripts can be played, and ranges of Steps within individual Tool and Effect Sequences can be played.  The Options for Scripted Tool Sequences can be modified, so that actual Attributes such as Width, Type, Intensity and Method can be adjusted.  The Options for individual Actions within Effect Sequences can also be modified (an Action occurs each time the mouse is clicked -- i.e. each Drop, Dribble, Bubble, etc.).  Unwanted Effect Actions can be deleted.  This provides a great deal of potential for experimentation and refinement of Scripts.
  

• Manipulation History =>  The Image Manipulation History screen has been redesigned to allow modifications to the parameters of past Tool and Effect manipulations.  This works much like the Script Editing Modify function, showing an Options screen to allow changes to Attributes.  The last Undone manipulation can also be modified through the History screen, so it is possible to Undo the last effect, modify some of its parameters, and then Redo it.  After the Process History button is pressed, History will be reconstructed as needed, taking into account any Undos and modified parameters.  Progress is now displayed during the reconstruction (which can sometimes take a long time).  Progress is also now displayed during Upscale rendering (which can take even longer!).
  

• Multiple Monitors =>  The View Menu now includes a Multiple Monitors Display option, similar to what was implemented with the most recent versions of Kaleider and Phota.  When toggled on, rendered scenes will be transmitted to any secondary monitors attached to the computer, uncluttered by controls, menus, cursors, dialogs, etc.