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UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape, but this feature is still available in our RAD PDF technology. Edit your PDF with our online implementation, free of charge!

Red Software is proud to announce a new PDF annotation feature for its free PDF editor, PDFescape, text highlighting!

Found on the new "Annotate" tab of the PDFescape interface, the highlight tool allows text or graphics to be illuminated with the familiar yellow (or any other color) glow. Additionally, the link insertion tool has been streamlined, the check mark type for new check / radio form fields can now be set, and combo / list form fields can now have their options automatically sorted.

With these minor improvements, PDFescape continues to be the most powerful free PDF editor and PDF form filler online!

UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape.

The free PDF editor, PDFescape, can now be logged into using your Facebook account. To create a new PDFescape account, simply click "Sign In Using Facebook" at the bottom of the account login page.

Once you Allow access, your PDFescape account will be created and you will be logged in and ready to open, form fill, and edit PDF files.

Version 1.9 of the ASP.NET PDF viewer, PDF form filler, and PDF editor, RAD PDF, has been released.

This new version allows web users to add images to PDF files, empowers developers to adjust PDF rendering resolution, and improves future browser compatibility.

One of our most requested features, we encourage you to try the new RAD PDF image adding tool online in our interactive ASP.NET PDF Viewer Demonstration. At this time, RAD PDF supports the addition of the following image types:

• BMP
• GIF
• JPEG
• PNG

This new feature makes it easy for your customers to upload and attach digital representations of their signature, photos, logos, watermarks, or more! Images can also be added server side allowing you to pre-add an image from your database, allowing your we user to either review it or even drag and resize it into place.

This new version also provides a number of bug fixes and minor feature updates.

This is a free upgrade for all customers with an active Maintenance Plan.

Release Notes

UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape, but this feature is still available in our RAD PDF technology. Edit your PDF with our online implementation, free of charge!

This new feature makes it easy to add images and scanned copies of signatures to PDF documents. At this time, the following image formats are supported:

• BMP
• GIF
• JPG
• PNG

To insert an image with a transparent background (such as a signature), we recommend creating a GIF image with a transparent background using image editing software (e.g. Photoshop, Paint.NET, etc).

UPDATE: Red Software is no longer affiliated with PDFescape.

Red Software is proud to announce the latest addition to its free PDF editor, PDFescape, Premium Accounts.

For a limited time, PDFescape Premium is available to all users of PDFescape. This exciting new program includes:

• An ad-free workspace (more pleasant experience and larger).
• A flat fee of $10 per year.
• No automatic billing or renewals.
• Free addition of new, to-be-announced perks for Premium users in the future.

For users not wishing to upgrade, nothing is changing. PDFescape's PDF editor is still 100% free. No watermarks. No gimmicks.