Logoist 4 is exclusively available on the Mac App Store.
macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 12 Monterey or macOS 13 Ventura is required to use Logoist 4. Fully optimized for M1-based Macs.
Create designs with thousands of objects or paths without slowdowns
Much faster previews in the objects list
Performance of the object list drastically improved, even with thousands of objects
Improved performance duplicating, grouping or ungrouping objects
Much improved speed switching between full drawing mode, x-ray mode and pixel mode
Focus Mode
Focus on a specific set of objects while editing elaborate designs
Automatically hides all other objects
Add and reorder objects in Focus Mode – Logoist 4 makes sure they will be inserted in the correct place in the final design
Only displays the colors in the inspector that are relevant for the current objects used in focus mode
Restores zoom and scroll position when exiting focus mode
Blend Modes
Specify different blend modes for each object or group – Screen, Add, Multiply, Overlay, Hard Light, Soft Light and Color are supported
Order-correct blending for overlapping objects in groups
Exportable in all file formats (PDF, SVG, PNG and more)
All glow effects may now be used with additive blending
Shadow effects can be used with multiply blending
Artboards
Multiple drafts or final designs in the same document
Artboards can be locked or duplicated
Multiple Artboards can be saved as a single PDF
Artboards in a document can be configured individually: Specify different sizes, grids or labels for each Artboard
Drag & Drop objects between Artboards
Perfect integration with Color Suggestions: New Color Suggestions can either be applied to the current Artboard or added as a new Artboard
Vectorizer
Creates vector/path-based graphics from bitmap images
Can be used with clipart bitmap images, complex vector images or (suitable) fotos
Leverages CoreML/Machine Learning to enhance the source imagery
Even recognizes gradients in source imagery
Optionally analyzes and recreates the hierarchy of objects from the source image
Enhance Images
Scales source images by a factor of 2 using CoreML/Machine Learning
Removes noise and compression artifacts
Multipoint Gradients
Use innovative new gradients by specifying color points, lines and Bézier curves
May be used with all objects and paths
Ideal for deep and realistic gradients
User Interface
Automatically adjusts to the specified system accent color
Improved Dark Mode
More shortcuts added for commonly used functions
Lens Flares
Multiple drafts or final designs in the same document
Fully configurable in every aspect
Multiple streak/glow layers per Lens Flare object
Many included Lens Flare presets
Printing
Multiple Artboards can be printed at the same time – even multiple Artboards on one page
Easily specify which Artboards should be printed
More page layout configuration options added
Align Text on Path
Configurable distance between letters and the spacing between letters and the path
Align text on any path or group of paths – even very complex paths can be used for alignment
Improved X-Ray
Better visualization of the object hierarchy
Greatly improved performance
Improved visualization of hidden or removed path geometry
The fill coloring of objects is now shown as light pastel colours when using X-Ray mode
Filters
New Color Mesh Filter
New Edge Dots/Rects Filter
New Edge Smear Filter
New Border Dots Filter
New See-Through Shadow Filter
New Inner Dots Filter
Greatly improved HDR Filter
Improved Bottom Shadow Filter – better quality and more settings added
Quick Color Adjustments
Simply select objects on the canvas and adjust hue, brightness and contrast using the Color Adjust feature from the toolbar
Very handy when adjusting the colors of complex objects with many effects – When adjusting colors, single colors from the selected objects may be adjusted directly on the color wheel
Also, selecting and adjusting multiple colors on the color wheel simultaneously is possible
Crop/Mask Images
Greatly improved precision
Assisted by CoreML/Machine Learning
Vastly better performance thanks to Metal
Improved Rulers & Snapping
Improved visualization of object positions on the rulers
Object markers are now displayed in the label color
Better visualization of snapped objects while editing
Paths
New feature: Mirror & merge paths
Improved simplify function
Greatly improved performance editing paths – even complex paths can be edited with full speed
Improved path edit user interface
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Specify dark or light mode independent of the corresponding macOS setting
Keyboard shortcuts for reordering objects
Improved font rendering for complex fonts
New user manual system featuring search and a table of contents
Imported images can be exported unaltered
New canvas zoom slider
New anti aliasing groups to improve export quality
Improved selection behavior when deleting objects
Anti aliasing can be optionally deactivated when exporting images as PNG, JPEG or HEIF