The Xentronix crew have released the long-anticipated Beta 7 of Refraction, and have offered a public DEMO version as well. It's been nearly a month since we first reported on Refraction Beta 7, but it seems worth the wait.

A small list of the features present in Refraction:

• Advanced brush system with round, square, artistic and natural brushes
• Numerous selection tools, including magic wand
• Wide range of color change and correction controls
• Extensive number of professional-grade filters
• Support for multiple layers with extensive mixing capabilities
• Support for color channel editing
• Compatibility with many file formats through BeOS translators
• Modular architecture allows customization through third party plug-ins
• Multi-language support
• Light hardware requirements and support for multiple cpu's

Head on over the product page to learn more about this exciting product.