AKVIS has announced a free update of its Neon software. The program creates glowing lines effects, transforming pictures into shining drawings. The new version (1.5) increases the processing speed and new hi-res printing options.

With Neon, you can create a glowing landscape or an extraordinary portrait, or just slightly outline edges making a picture more interesting and expressive. Version 1.5 now renders images two times faster. It also improves the Print dialog with new options to print super high res images on multiple pages

All registered users of Neon v.1.0 can upgrade to version 1.5 for free. A demo is available for download. On the Mac platform, Neon requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher. It’s available as an independent standalone application and as a plugin filter for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel PaintShop Pro, and other image editors.

The product sells for $39 for Home license (Plugin or Standalone, without Colorize option), $49 for Home Deluxe license (both Plugin & Standalone, All features are included), $72 for Business license (both Plugin & Standalone, All features, for commercial use). For more information go to http://akvis.com/en/neon/.