PhotoCraft v0.9.0

PhotoCraft is an open-source image editor designed as a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop, built entirely in Rust. It provides a surprisingly broad set of professional image-editing features, including layers, masks, adjustment layers, filters, vector shapes, editable text, brushes, and native PSD support.

The project is particularly interesting for users who want a local, open-source Photoshop alternative without relying on Electron, cloud services, or proprietary software. However, PhotoCraft is still in early alpha, so it is better viewed as a promising alternative under active development than as a complete replacement for Photoshop.

Features

PhotoCraft offers a substantial collection of image-editing tools:

• Layer groups, clipping masks, pixel and vector masks

• Adjustment layers for Curves, Levels, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Black & White, Gradient Map, Selective Color and more

• Layer styles including Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Glow, Bevel & Emboss, Stroke, and overlays

• Brush, Pencil, Mixer Brush, Clone Stamp, Healing Brush and other painting tools

• Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Quick Selection, Object Selection and Select Subject

• Editable point and paragraph text

• Pen and vector shape tools

• Smart objects and smart filters

• Free Transform with scale, rotate, skew, distort and perspective

• History and History Brush

• Multiple blend modes, opacity, fill and layer controls

• Color management with RGB, Grayscale, CMYK and Lab

• 8, 16 and 32-bit-per-channel documents

• PSD and PSB support

• PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP, GIF, BMP, TGA, ICO, OpenEXR, HDR, AVIF and other formats

• Export preview with quality, transparency, scale and estimated file size

• Command palette and recorded actions

Its PSD support is one of its strongest features. The project tests its implementation against real-world PSD files and reports very high rendering compatibility across its test corpora. Unsupported data is designed to be preserved rather than simply discarded when documents are saved.

Another unusual feature is its automation architecture. PhotoCraft exposes its editing engine through the desktop interface, CLI, JSON control channel and MCP, making the application suitable for scripted workflows and AI-agent automation.

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PhotoCraft v0.9.0 Release Notes: What's Changed Use craft-print for system printing by @skylartaylor in #3872 Tests: allow-list language-invariant bit-depth labels, add missing tr/hu 'Enable animations' (#4359) by @vangel76 in #4362 feat(automation): allow Crop and Straighten Photos through automation (#1052) by @buivanvu94 in #3917 Pencil: no 8-bit dither on aliased strokes, one flat colour at partial opacity by @cloudalister in #3990 Preserve grayscale appearance in profileless exports by @jonathanwxh-cell in #3978 Save As: a saved .pcraft manifest reports the file it was saved under by @switch87 in #3571 Selection: lasso polygons scan only the edges that cross each row by @xsvm in #3959 Fix group transform bounds with active pixel selections by @jonathanwxh-cell in #3970 fix(color): validate RGB working profiles atomically by @zenjabba in #3924 Load and save Photoshop Actions (.atn) (#4356, #219) by @FabioLissi in #4434 feat(engine): recolor vector shape layer fill with Alt+Backspace and Cmd+Backspace by @Gotix-eg in #3925 fix(ui): default the Move tool Auto-Select target to Group by @mroxso in #4093 fix(gpu): preflight compositor uniform buffer limits by @zenjabba in #3931 Properties: a new adjustment or fill layer brings Properties to the front (#4028) by @marcoarnulfo in #4079 Actions panel: set folders, dialog toggle, Insert Stop (#219) by @FabioLissi in #4456 Delete with several layers selected deletes them, not the active layer's targeted mask (#4025) by @marcoarnulfo in #4078 Fix multi-layer Delete and Move drags on a locked Background by @vbasky in #4109 File Handling: wire Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility (#204) by @Erica4fr in #3955 View: Esc leaves full screen modes (part of #4116) by @FredApps in #4145 .atn: map the remaining frequent Photoshop events (#219) by @FabioLissi in #4465 Windows: keep full screen and maximized apart; never restore full screen by @aweussom in #4396 Make channel filter previews match the committed edit by @jonathanwxh-cell in #3979 .atn: Place, Open, Image Size in percent, Paint Bucket and Insert Conditional (#219) by @FabioLissi in #4470 Quantize the colour field when Only Web Colors is on. by @vbasky in #4138 fix(ui): cancel unfinished Polygonal Lasso when switching tools by @Ni-zav in #4021 fix(ui): reject rotation angles outside f32 range by @Ni-zav in #4044 fix(move): no trail when dragging a shape past the canvas edge (#3946) by @alonfaraj in #4069 Resolve every pattern name before a batch delete removes any of them. by @vbasky in #4132 Brush cursor: the tip's centre mark follows Show Crosshair in Brush Tip by @Furash in #4105 Brush Settings: toggle switch rows without losing smoothing settings by @augrclk in #4463 Color Table: keep the transparent index inside the palette (#4186) by @davidmann4 in #4187 Stylus: a light Windows pen tap is pressure 0, not a full-pressure click by @Furash in #4072 Filters on a type layer: ask to rasterize or convert to a Smart Object instead of greying out by @marcoarnulfo in #4333 i18n(hu): informal address in the rows added on merge by @Skaywalker in #4334 Italian: native-speaker review of the UI catalog by @lucAmbr0 in #4290 Color Picker: CMYK foreground fills a CMYK document with the picked inks (#4196) by @vangel76 in #4339 Codecs: open and save DPX frames (#1049) by @przemyslvw in #4104 Brush: CMYK foreground paints the picked inks into a CMYK document (#4344) by @vangel76 in #4347 Paint Bucket and Edit > Stroke: a CMYK foreground writes the picked inks (#4351) by @vangel76 in #4352 perf(raster): moved fills keep sharing one copy-on-write tile by @SckraT in #4414 perf(compose): stop sweeping the bounds cache on every call once it i… by @SckraT in #4415 perf(engine): move layers without a second document clone by @SckraT in #4422 perf(compose): read PHOTOCRAFT_FX_NOCACHE once by @SckraT in #4423 perf(engine): read selection coverage per row when mixing edits back by @SckraT in #4424 Layer Style: OK keeps an Inner Glow's Center source (#4152) by @davidmann4 in #4120 Layers panel: double-clicking an effect row opens that layer's Layer Style (#4157) by @davidmann4 in #4131 Keep Liquify undo and redo working while a numeric field is focused. by @vbasky in #4134 Draw the Free Transform rotate arrow instead of hiding the pointer. by @vbasky in #4139 Snap 1 px pencil clicks to the pixel the aliased tip paints. by @vbasky in #4140 Image Size and Canvas Size: no silent resize of large documents in physical units (#4162) by @davidmann4 in #4163 Exposure: the slider keeps fractional stops (#4164) by @davidmann4 in #4165 Shape tools: the click-to-open-dialog tolerance is the same on HiDPI displays (#4205) by @davidmann4 in #4207 Rotate View: the image follows the pointer in a flipped view (#4226) by @davidmann4 in #4227 Brush resize HUD: horizontal is size and vertical is hardness in a rotated view (#4228) by @davidmann4 in #4229 feat(codecs): support full X11 rgb.txt color names in XPM by @Ni-zav in #4263 feat(codecs): add XPM2 plain-text image import support by @Ni-zav in #4264 Docs: refresh gaps.md against main (#4412) by @vangel76 in #4413 Docs: refresh target-app-parity and file-format-parity against main (#4417) by @vangel76 in #4418 Clone Stamp and History Brush: releasing a stroke commits the live pixels by @xsvm in #4019 Stylus: a pen held still is not a press-and-hold right click by @Furash in #4106 Refresh Liquify's zoomed preview when a stroke is undone. by @vbasky in #4135 fix(selection): avoid panics when sampling incomplete region masks by @Ni-zav in #4045 Type: Space inserts a space while editing type by @Hevarh1 in #4224 fix(algo): reject oversized Magic Eraser masks without overflow by @Ni-zav in #4043 fix(selection): validate Magic Wand pixel buffers before indexing by @Ni-zav in #4046 feat(ui): the shaped brush cursor turns and flips with the view by @FinnNk in #4233 Affinity import: pie shapes with huge angles no longer hang the reader by @dotCooCoo in #4054 Affinity: rectangles keep per-corner radii and straight corners (#1606) by @callmeBalloch in #4055 feat(ui): spring-loaded tool letters (#2672) by @FinnNk in #4238 Quick Selection: cut window sizes in parallel, cancel the larger ones once one is kept (-37% on 24 MP strokes, identical masks) by @syncroot in #4062 PSD: a zero-length annotation entry no longer hangs the import (#4149) by @davidmann4 in #4117 Swatches: reject colour values beyond f32 range so presets survive a restart (#4150) by @davidmann4 in #4118 Compose: the effect cache follows Transparency Shapes Layer and Blend If (#4151) by @davidmann4 in #4119 Auto-Select: honour layer mask density when picking layers (#4153) by @davidmann4 in #4121 Find and Replace Text: backward Change/Find moves past the replaced text (#4154) by @davidmann4 in #4122 Liquify, Puppet Warp and Perspective Warp: refuse locked smart objects (#4155) by @davidmann4 in #4123 Count tool: Marker Size and Label Size fields take effect (#4156) by @davidmann4 in #4124 Layers panel: show the lock icon for every lock (#4158) by @davidmann4 in #4159 Automation: reject an invalid document index instead of using the active document (#4160) by @davidmann4 in #4161 Paint Bucket and Gradient: validate opacity like the Magic Eraser (#4167) by @davidmann4 in #4168 Video layers: edits keep the timeline work area (#4170) by @davidmann4 in #4171 Warp: move only the selected part of a linked mask (#4175) by @davidmann4 in #4176 Contours (.shc): keep long names valid and readable (#4177) by @davidmann4 in #4179 Global Light: reject angles beyond f32 range instead of storing NaN (#4181) by @davidmann4 in #4182 Tests: set the Move tool's Auto-Select target to Layer in the layout_perf clicks (#4056) by @FabioLissi in #4548 feat: resize Save for Web previews and custom palette editing for Gif export by @TheDankness in #4129 Tests: GPU startup marker tests wait while another test's child process holds the lock by @dotCooCoo in #4251 Control: a transport that gives up knows whether the command was dispatched (#3662) by @marcoarnulfo in #4256 Canvas: a tool drag past the edge auto-scrolls the view (#4183) by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4257 fix(linux): respect GNOME's default light appearance (#4216) by @Ni-zav in #4289 Brush Settings: Brush Tip Shape lines up with the other section names (#4282) by @dhiorns15 in #4294 Properties: the Studio-layout themes show it for every layer (#4246) by @dhiorns15 in #4299 Give numeric type controls translated accessible names by @grlessa in #4310 Free Transform: unlinking W and H frees the handles too (#4174) by @dhiorns15 in #4322 fix(ui): make clickable tab, checkbox, and radio labels non-selectable (#3972) by @Korg1ch in #4331 fix(ui): use a linear gradient ramp glyph for the Gradient tool icon (#4172) by @Korg1ch in #4335 fix(ui): add Brushes button at top of Brush Settings control list (#4265) by @Korg1ch in #4354 fix(ui): keep brush settings section lock icons permanently visible (#4278) by @Korg1ch in #4300 Layers: Fill and the Paint Bucket edit an adjustment layer's mask when its icon is targeted (#4298) by @dhiorns15 in #4308 Object Selection: hover preview of the object it would select (Object Finder) (#4087) by @FredApps in #4095 feat(ui): add GRD import option to gradient map preset picker by @xtellarvoid in #4337 Type: every text edit respects Lock All (#4188) by @davidmann4 in #4189 Color Sampler: keep the CMYK readout in range on 32-bit documents (#4191) by @davidmann4 in #4192 Layer Comps: the warning icon clears only its own comp (#4197) by @davidmann4 in #4198 fix(type): key font menu caches on the shared engine's fonts (flaky font menu tests) by @bommerts in #4200 Vector masks: validate feather like pixel masks (#4201) by @davidmann4 in #4202 Shapes: a rectangle with a negative size extends from its origin like the other shapes (#4203) by @davidmann4 in #4204 Cryptomatte: decode the .blue/.alpha rank of every channel set (#4208) by @davidmann4 in #4209 EXR: an unnamed part can be opened by the name the part list gives it (#4210) by @davidmann4 in #4211 Bitmap mode: validate the halftone screen angle (#4214) by @davidmann4 in #4215 Find Edges and Solarize: treat CMYK values as ink (#4222) by @davidmann4 in #4223 fix(compose): paint interior effects over the layer's blend mode (#3996) by @alonfaraj in #4231 feat(ui): add hamburger menu to the Brush Settings panel (#4272) by @Sir-Starch in #4358 Simplify the raster stale-block filter for clippy's nonminimal_bool by @persi-man in #4314 Save for Web and Export As remember their settings across restarts (FILE-215-18) by @reynold-hu in #4184 fix(layer-picker): include text bounds in right-click layer selection (#4259) by @Ni-zav in #4288 Gradients: Photoshop's interpolation method for Gradient Overlay, gradient Stroke and the Gradient tool by @MrCloudy2 in #4292 fix(type): the Type tool's canvas pick skips text in hidden groups (#4320) by @FredApps in #4332 Smart Objects Warp: mesh knots span the contents on a skewed placement (#4113) by @vangel76 in #4341 Type: faux bold keeps antialiased edges at small sizes (#4130) by @vangel76 in #4360 Free Transform: refuse outputs over a pixel budget instead of building them by @itrycodinganditsbad in #4293 feat(ui): developer tile grid overlay (ui.set {"tileGrid": true}) by @deadmeu in #4217 Camera Raw Filter: save and load settings as .xmp by @FredApps in #4279 feat(ui): Photoshop's type formatting keys while editing text by @FinnNk in #4239 fix(io): read CS2 placed layers that carry only a PlLd block (#2465) by @Kartik8Dwivedi in #4268 Pen: show a close cue when hovering the first anchor (#4193) by @vangel76 in #4361 Type tool: spelling suggestions in the edit menu (#4370) by @vangel76 in #4375 Menus keep clear of a panel that covers a maximized window (X11) (#3737) by @FredApps in #4380 feat(codecs): open DDS textures, uncompressed and BC1-BC3 (#1327) by @marcoarnulfo in #4255 Color panel: the spectrum field in every theme (#4367) by @itsF4LCON in #4399 macOS: big brushes keep a native outline too, and big cursor bitmaps rasterise 7x faster (#1343) by @tanish2k09 in #4401 Save As: offer ICO, GIF and BMP in the file type list (#4357) by @itsF4LCON in #4405 Recent files: a saved document is listed, as an opened one is (#4400) by @itsF4LCON in #4411 Paths: curves stay smooth when zoomed in (#4084) by @dhiorns15 in #4445 Toolbar: click and hold on Change Screen Mode opens its modes (#4444) by @dhiorns15 in #4464 Puppet Warp: ⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z undo and redo pin edits (#4440) by @itsF4LCON in #4479 Crop tool: the drawing crosshair, not the move cursor, inside the untouched default frame by @marcoarnulfo in #4481 Clone Source: clip the overlay to a shaped brush tip (#4372) by @vangel76 in #4376 The wheel steps the options bar's Mode dropdown for Brush, Pencil and Gradient (#2061) by @megaDon101 in #4447 Pen: Auto Add/Delete anchors on the active path (#4144) by @bazmarth in #4540 Save As: on Windows, picking another file type changes the extension (#4394) by @dhiorns15 in #4407 Toolbar: no tooltips over an open tool flyout (#4450) by @dhiorns15 in #4469 Free Transform: apply a large layer's warp in the background, with progress and Esc to cancel (#1015) by @ianswope in #4218 Toolbar: a press outside a tool flyout closes it (#4460) by @dhiorns15 in #4480 Replace Color: a canvas eyedropper picks the From colour (#4143) by @mroxso in #4247 Allow toolbar tool shortcuts to be remapped by @RavoxX in #4194 Fix macOS system dialog localization by @Minischatten in #4261 Engine: reject unknown params for layer.hideLayers/showLayers, opt-in registry check (#4336) by @vangel76 in #4364 Preserve HDR and signed colors in 32-bit text rasterization by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4379 Type: fall back to installed Indic fonts for document text (#4383) by @vangel76 in #4386 Raw: treat DNG samples piled up below the stated white level as clipped by @marcoarnulfo in #4389 Content-Aware Move: live preview of the result (#4385) by @vangel76 in #4393 Swatches: an RGB group with the exact primaries and secondaries (#4302) by @FredApps in #4409 SVG: a group clipped by one path opens as editable shapes with a vector mask (#4266) by @itsF4LCON in #4425 Compose: key the vector-mask cache by content, not a temporary's address (#4426) by @vangel76 in #4428 Actions: record File › Save a Copy and play it back as a copy (#4373) by @itsF4LCON in #4390 Compose: no overflow or unbounded allocation on hostile coordinates (#4427) by @vangel76 in #4431 Smart Filters: select a filter, drag or ⌥-drag it onto another smart object (#4271) by @itsF4LCON in #4371 Add Krita (.kra) import with layers by @scottcampbelldata in #4388 i18n(sr): add a Serbian (Latin, Ekavian) UI catalog by @Dejan-Port in #4436 feat(ui): Linux caption buttons follow the desktop layout, style and icon theme by @sssehnsuchttt in #4439 Themes: Soft Dark and Soft Light (#4368) by @vangel76 in #4378 Type: type on a path, glyphs follow the curve (#4365) by @vangel76 in #4377 panic_hunt: don't fuzz the print commands into a real printer by @FabioLissi in #4467 Fix main: gate rayon in the tile grid overlay so the web build compiles by @echelon in #4694 Align tighter camera JPEGs for RAW colour fitting by @optimalbytee in #4598 Check peak RAW development memory and bound AHD scratch by @optimalbytee in #4597 Content-Aware Fill: no tinted blotch in a smooth gradient by @switch87 in #4708 Composited CMYK documents now export as CMYK TIFF and JPEG with their profile (#2220) by @KnottyDyes in #4199 Open Canon CR3 as labelled camera JPEG previews by @optimalbytee in #4595 Sample every visible layer in Content-Aware Fill by default. by @vbasky in #4133 Resize the Liquify brush with Alt+right-drag by @vbasky in #4707 Free Transform: the live preview feathers a linked layer mask by @marcoarnulfo in #4581 perf: reuse sampled composite across channel visibility toggles by @Ni-zav in #4080 Fix main: Serbian translations for the Soft themes by @echelon in #4727 Save for Web: no matte by default, as Photoshop's scripted export (#4115) by @itsF4LCON in #4578 Load Files into Stack: Photoshop's dialog with a Source Files list and the align option (#4671, #4696) by @itsF4LCON in #4705 Edit › Transform › Rotate and Skew no longer scale (#3941) by @vbasky in #3986 Open: warn about type in fonts that aren't installed (#4559) by @dhiorns15 in #4576 Status bar: wrap fullscreen zoom scrubbing at horizontal edges by @arthurdeka in #3983 Screen color picker: no DX12 crash, and the overlay can be left on Windows (#4443) by @zuujiscom in #4704 Add timeline playback to Save for Web previews by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4703 Free Transform: H and V skew fields in the options bar by @dhiorns15 in #4699 Channels: drag a channel onto New, Delete or Load Selection (#4689) by @dhiorns15 in #4693 Fit Image: the dialog is as narrow as its few fields by @marcoarnulfo in #4692 Move tool: the curved rotate arrow just outside its transform controls (#4658) by @itsF4LCON in #4687 perf(select): reuse run-table buffer in Feather horizontal pass by @rgoza1996 in #4632 Reject negative PSD style-sheet indexes by @vbasky in #4631 Keep the scrollbar thumb visible by @vbasky in #4630 Translate Turkish Amount as Miktar by @vbasky in #4629 Use a half-filled circle for adjustment thumbnails by @vbasky in #4628 Indent layer effects under their layer by @vbasky in #4627 Remove the dead gap between popup menu rows by @vbasky in #4624 Show (C)ancel on the unsaved-changes prompt by @vbasky in #4622 Apply Image: source layer, Scale and Offset in the dialog by @itrycodinganditsbad in #4574 feat(vector): add shape from selection with simplify tolerance (#214) by @seotarek in #3954 Channels: clicking RGB hides the alpha channel overlay by @marcoarnulfo in #4564 Fix: Preview pixelation in Sharpen filters by @AvrazAkraye in #3936 Brushes: a New Brush Preset dialog for every way of making a preset (#4490) by @itsF4LCON in #4563 fix(ui): expose custom paper dimensions in Print Settings by @zenjabba in #3893 Play real Photoshop action sets: TrueGrit .atn mappings and fixes (#4356, #219) by @VegaEX in #4698 New Document: blank presets follow the picked orientation and physical unit by @marcoarnulfo in #4686 Checkboxes: a pressed box shows it, as in Photoshop (#4476) by @dhiorns15 in #4553 fix(clipboard): prompt to save new documents containing pasted pixels by @Ni-zav in #4683 perf(text): applying preferences no longer waits for the system font scan (#4519) by @FinnNk in #4679 perf(ui): Channels thumbnails skip selection-only steps and reuse their textures (#4518) by @FinnNk in #4678 perf(engine): Fill, Stroke and Clear keep tiles the selection doesn't reach (#4517) by @FinnNk in #4677 Screen color picker: Esc, right-click and any click always end it (#4291) by @dhiorns15 in #4636 PSD save: keep the Lr16/Lr32 padding outside the block length by @marcoarnulfo in #4663 Filter dialogs: the preview keeps square pixels by @marcoarnulfo in #4655 Update Japanese translations in ja.tsv by @coolvitto in #4651 Cursors: the pen tools show their icon, and Caps Lock swaps it for the crosshair (#4639) by @dhiorns15 in #4650 Hue/Saturation: colour ranges apply in full to dull colours by @marcoarnulfo in #4645 Free Transform / Warp: Photoshop's Bicubic (Keys −0.75) and a reduction prefilter by @MrCloudy2 in #4635 Codecs: FITS keeps long CONTINUE strings intact on open and save by @webdevtodayjason in #4633 Layers panel: shape layers show a shape badge on their thumbnail (#4584) by @Higgs32584 in #4619 Brushes: Photoshop's measured round tip (hardness falloff and reach) by @MrCloudy2 in #4617 Gradient options bar: the swatch covers its checkerboard at half-pixel offsets by @marcoarnulfo in #4616 Layers panel menus: highlight the item a press-drag is over (#4601) by @itsF4LCON in #4607 Fill keys: Alt/Cmd+Backspace recolour the text of a type layer by @marcoarnulfo in #4606 Layers: right-clicking a layer-mask thumbnail opens the mask menu by @marcoarnulfo in #4605 Background Eraser: one pass clears the whole stroke by @itrycodinganditsbad in #4552 fix(engine): a pasted smart object keeps its PSD-embedded linked source (#3584) by @dottedt in #3608 CMYK: Invert, Posterize and Threshold on the inks; 16-bit Lab Invert keeps greys neutral by @timothydaly1 in #3930 fix(ui): click and hold on a toolbar button selects its tool (#4453) by @mjohnson7cd in #4544 OpenRaster: never overwrite an .ora with less than the document has (#3806) by @timothydaly1 in #3881 fix(ui): floating panel groups get an opaque title strip in Studio themes (#4509) by @mjohnson7cd in #4543 Fix main: duplicate Japanese rows and missing Serbian mask strings by @echelon in #4793 fix(text): preserve hyphenated PSD font identity on reopen by @zenjabba in #3878 feat(gpu): composite Blend If on the GPU (#4395) by @FinnNk in #4541 Pen: a close-path pointer over the first anchor (#4596) by @itsF4LCON in #4612 Color: Dot Gain 20%-compatible default working gray, as in Photoshop by @MrCloudy2 in #4610 perf(engine): Edit › Copy shares whole tiles instead of rebuilding them (#4516) by @FinnNk in #4621 Select › Sky: a white or grey backdrop that reaches the bottom is not sky by @switch87 in #4638 Properties: Align and Distribute with the Background in a multiple selection (#4608) by @itsF4LCON in #4637 Layers: Add vector mask makes the mask from the selected path and targets it by @marcoarnulfo in #4740 Handle signed coordinate limits in the Offset filter by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4738 perf(ui): Duotone and live-adjust display documents are built once per snapshot (#4527) by @FinnNk in #4736 Layers panel: clicking a row's lock icon unlocks the layer by @marcoarnulfo in #4734 perf(raster): mode and depth conversion keep shared tiles shared (#4531) by @FinnNk in #4725 feat(ui): bidirectional hover highlighting between Layers panel and canvas by @safvanedge in #4719 Filters: ⌘Z steps the open dialog's settings instead of the document by @marcoarnulfo in #4715 Keep close gradient stops on the CPU by @vbasky in #4712 perf(camera-raw): convert both previews in parallel bands (#4682) by @nicolasfalesy in #4757 perf(algo): filters read the selection once per tile when mixing it back (#4533) by @FinnNk in #4754 fix(batch): skip recorded Quick Export steps when writing batch output by @Ni-zav in #4747 fix(type): preserve keyboard focus when searching for fonts by @Ni-zav in #4745 feat(export): offer ICO in Export As with dimension validation by @Ni-zav in #4744 Fix print fuzzing and Windows crop GPU test fixtures by @Skyfuller1303 in #4726 feat(print): Printer menu lists the system's printers (file.printers) by @isaiahoadeoye-star in #4748 i18n(pt-br): fix 12 Brazilian Portuguese strings by @s17sh70x2jfl031ag in #4796 feat(new-document): add ISO B3 and B4 print presets by @Ni-zav in #4784 i18n(ru): fix counted status agreement and font weight labels by @VanTan666 in #4787 fix(input): support precision trackpad pinch zoom on Linux by @Ni-zav in #4786 Brush Settings: disable minimum inputs when Control is Off by @augrclk in #4775 Brush: the Mode dropdown shows in every theme, not only Pro by @marcoarnulfo in #4537 Channels: Channel Options dialog to make alpha channels spot colours (#3761) by @bommerts in #3784 fix(macos): default generated droplets to a user directory by @Ni-zav in #4746 fix(clipboard): paste JPEG, BMP and other non-PNG images on Wayland (#2546) by @nicolasfalesy in #4752 fix(format): contain directory-bundle symlinks without slow autosaves by @shmuelbiller1 in #3942 Scorecard: Smart Object corner skew and perspective is done (FILE-215-6, #426) by @FabioLissi in #5094 docs: credit Ufuk Efe in people.toml (#3809) by @yeniufuklar-com in #5056 Save for Web: JPEG chroma is full (4:4:4) above quality 50, as in Photoshop by @switch87 in #4823 Flat export: a Lab document with one layer isn't reported as flattened by @switch87 in #4853 TIFF: save uncompressed by default, like Photoshop by @marcoarnulfo in #4491 fix(segment): stop push/relabel looping forever on unreachable nodes by @LloydNicholson in #4869 PSD: a version 3 Photo Filter colour is XYZ relative to the D50 white (#4940) by @mroxso in #4987 Validate merged PSD channel indices before decoding by @Ni-zav in #4994 fix(psd): reserve imported layer IDs when allocating section dividers by @Ni-zav in #4885 fix(canvas): open small images at 100%, not at the display scale by @jyrkive in #5089 Brush Settings: no section title above the options pane (#3477) by @Higgs32584 in #5017 Save: a name without an extension gets the suggested one (#5039) by @mroxso in #5049 A file dropped on the canvas applies the open Free Transform and is placed at once by @marcoarnulfo in #4849 fix(ui): an open Free Transform box takes Zoom tool drags and clicks by @marcoarnulfo in #4808 Shapes: test that the options bar Fill swatch recolours the shape just drawn (#3997) by @itsF4LCON in #4510 Alerts: Enter is OK, but not the Enter that raised the alert (#4872) by @itsF4LCON in #4880 Toolbar: clicking a tool's button again closes its open flyout (#4932) by @dhiorns15 in #4937 Themes: default light theme to Pro Light to preserve the Pro layout (#5016) by @Sir-Starch in #5029 i18n(ru): translate dynamic selection, theme and measurement labels by @VanTan666 in #4838 Smart Filters: Delete removes the selected filter, not its smart object by @marcoarnulfo in #4764 Canvas: the CPU canvas shows crisp pixels when zoomed in by @marcoarnulfo in #4825 Layer Style applies an open Free Transform first, so its preview shows by @marcoarnulfo in #4835 fix(gradient): options-bar Opacity updates the live gradient layer (#5012) by @alonfaraj in #5045 Fix: native gesture fallback dedupe by @Ni-zav in #5080 Keep applied guide layouts visible after preview closes by @jonathanwxh-cell in #5084 Type options: the wheel over the font menu steps through the families (#3350) by @vangel76 in #3524 Navigator: one zoom row as in Photoshop: the percentage, Zoom Out, the slider and Zoom In (#4840) by @itsF4LCON in #4854 fix(ui): display uppercase hex values in the color picker by @Ni-zav in #4859 Pen: a new path joins the selected path instead of replacing the Work Path (#4721) by @itsF4LCON in #4730 Brush import: Dual Brush spacing comes from its tip (#4809) by @dhiorns15 in #4889 Fix Color Balance Preserve Luminosity with multiple midtone sliders by @Ni-zav in #4990 PNG: a whole-ppi pHYs reads back whole (300 ppi stays 300) by @switch87 in #4857 io: a tagged CMYK file's merged image reads through its own profile by @timothydaly1 in #4948 perf(raster): moving a layer no longer stores tiles of only the default pixel by @deadmeu in #4844 perf(gpu): closing a document frees what the compositor holds for it (#4529) by @FinnNk in #4772 Direct Selection: arrow keys nudge the selected anchors by @marcoarnulfo in #4500 Brushes: preset card size numbers stay clear of the tips (#4454) by @dhiorns15 in #4485 Shortcuts: ⌥⇧⌘N makes a new layer without the dialog (#4794) by @dhiorns15 in #4807 Brush Settings: use an amount slider for Hue Jitter by @augrclk in #4874 Keep custom title bar draggable while dialogs are open by @imSlicedBread in #4913 Assign Profile: list only profiles of the document's colour mode (#4951) by @Higgs32584 in #5020 Symmetry: Transform Symmetry gets commit/cancel buttons and its own cursors (#4495) by @dhiorns15 in #4508 Layers: Ctrl+Alt+G releases the clipping mask when pressed again, as in Photoshop by @OctaNebula in #4927 UI fonts: draw a variable CJK fallback at Regular, not Thin (#4820) by @dhiorns15 in #4830 Smart Filters: drag a filter up or down its stack to reorder it by @abc2cb in #4897 New Document: a custom background colour, from Custom… or the swatch beside the menu (#4789) by @itsF4LCON in #4801 Polygonal Lasso: drop the polygon on a document switch by @avdyliisni9-png in #5015 fix(ui): Match Color's preview reads the Source document (#4851) by @kavishkashehan726-sudo in #4886 Control: list and answer the unsaved-changes prompt (#4920) by @dhiorns15 in #4924 fix(ui): show a magnifier cursor for the Zoom tool on Windows (#3735) by @bommerts in #3783 Preset panels: the footer stays in view in a short dock group (#4790) by @dhiorns15 in #4824 perf(ui): the Navigator draws the GPU canvas's texture instead of a CPU thumbnail (#4518) by @FinnNk in #4701 Filters: Photoshop's Blur More kernel, Find Edges strength and Polar Coordinates direction by @MrCloudy2 in #4652 perf(compose): the shape stroke split cache keeps to a byte budget and empties on Purge (#4530) by @FinnNk in #4774 fix(gpu): invalidate pattern cache for default and format changes by @haranishi in #5013 Text: binary-search the run lookup and probe smcp once per layout (#4430) by @vangel76 in #4432 Palette PNGs open in Indexed Color mode with their colour table by @marcoarnulfo in #4817 fix(compose): redraw shapes crossing canvas bounds and include vector bounds in damage (#3946) by @seotarek in #4493 Distort: a quad dragged past the horizon draws only its front side, in the preview and the result (#4863) by @itsF4LCON in #4870 Select › Color Range: Skin Tones by @switch87 in #4473 Give Image Statistics a source-file dialog and stack mode selector by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4778 Pen: Ctrl/Cmd edits the path being drawn in place (#4022) by @bazmarth in #4526 Fix Export As freeze on large layered PSDs by @StopCodeToTrain in #5104 Preferences › Interface: Photoshop's Appearance / Presentation / Options layout (#2532) by @davidmann4 in #2589 Web: show the brush preset storage banner only while a change is unsaved by @kuvshin888 in #4918 Curves: points outside 0..255 are refused, as the message says by @switch87 in #4868 Clip Fill source reads to the canvas before allocating by @vbasky in #4590 Report allocation failures when clearing a color channel by @vbasky in #4589 Channels: keep the cached composite across view-only changes by @persi-man in #4915 info: adjustment layers are reported with the params their command takes by @switch87 in #4871 Preserve the document when Fade cannot allocate pixel buffers by @vbasky in #4593 feat(select): preserve existing mask metadata and allow explicit target in refineEdge by @seotarek in #4499 perf(paint): sampled tips share their samples, so cloning brush settings is cheap (#4534) by @FinnNk in #4798 fix(gpu): require consent to persist CPU recovery by @Ni-zav in #3539 Smart Objects › Export Contents: another extension exports the contents in that format by @switch87 in #4847 fix(window): reopen at the saved window position instead of re-centri… by @kavishkashehan726-sudo in #4850 Count document patterns in history budgets by @jonathanwxh-cell in #5105 info: a smart object embedded in a PSD is reported as embedded by @switch87 in #4843 Layer locks: locking the pixels clears the transparency lock, as in Photoshop (#4892) by @itsF4LCON in #4898 Swatches: importing an .ase file numbers repeated group names in linear time by @dotCooCoo in #5087 Layers: Cmd/Ctrl-click New Layer adds the layer below the current one by @seanhellwig in #4475 Docs: document the engine.commands reply shape (#3684) by @davidmann4 in #3750 perf(engine): lasso and polygon selections rasterise only the rows they span (#4532) by @FinnNk in #4773 Replace Color: Localized Color Clusters (points, localized, range) by @switch87 in #4477 perf: encode and quantize canvas pixels in parallel (display_color, Buffer::to_rgba8) by @nicolasfalesy in #4768 Puppet Warp: a linked layer mask moves with the pixels (#4910) by @DeWarePeb in #4989 fix(type): missing-font checks follow layout's PostScript resolution; split hyphenless style suffixes by @kijoong-kim in #608 Layer: Duplicate Layer to a new document, as in Photoshop by @abdul-karim-mia in #4805 History: jump to a state in one step (history.selectState) (#2966) by @davidmann4 in #3533 Wrap Clone Stamp strokes and sampling in Pattern Preview by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4997 Brush: remember the last selected brush across restarts (split from #2516) by @siraxe in #3472 Large document: full CPU canvas redraws run in the background, visible part first (#4024) by @ianswope in #5001 PSD: Backgrounds survive a round trip through PhotoCraft by @MrCloudy2 in #3560 fix(psd): prioritize 16-bit and 32-bit global layer blocks over compatibility section (#4928) by @Sir-Starch in #4950 fix(segment): let Remove Background's cancel stop Select Subject's min cuts by @LloydNicholson in #4878 Speed up Blur/Sharpen convolution while preserving exact output by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4511 Add filename templates to Batch export by @jonathanwxh-cell in #4466 Profile prompts on open: one file at a time, before it opens, and the answer goes to that file by @kayrockscreenprinting in #3471 Blur Gallery: Field Blur pins on the image (#3373) by @timothydaly1 in #3801 i18n(de): translate the labels that were still English (344 entries) and fix three display bugs by @DomiLuebben in #4008 Auto-Blend Stack Images: a depth map by depth from focus, for Lens Blur by @ragtux in #2073 PSD: parallel RLE for the merged image; layer channels decode and gather on all cores by @Elvis33LE in #2754 Speed up large-radius Unsharp Mask with guarded FFT convolution by @optimalbytee in #2987 Decode Panasonic RW2 RawFormat 3/4 (vendor-compressed sensor data) by @Gotya-OFFCIAL in #3286 Rulers: drag the zero point from the ruler corner, double-click resets it (#2955) by @davidmann4 in #3505 TIFF: write and read EXIF as the file's own Exif and GPS directories by @switch87 in #4876 fix(gpu): contain errors in unwatched compositor work by @haranishi in #4894 Deep EXR: open cropped renders on their full display-window stage by @Elvis33LE in #4907 Stroke layer effect: the outer edge stays round at wide sizes (#3646) by @dottedt in #3650 Stroke latency trace: PHOTOCRAFT_STROKE_TRACE times each frame of a brush stroke (#1343) by @tanish2k09 in #4403 Share native Windows driver settings and RGB printing through craft-print by @skylartaylor in #4599 Print on Windows: printer list, driver Print Settings, GDI printing by @Moiztermind in #3013 docs: write product name as PhotoCraft in development guide by @wwewtech in #5228 docs: drop stale missing-tool rows, only Art History Brush is missing by @LorenzoFasolino in #5063 Docs: oracle floor, open issues, workspace size and layer filters match main (#5376) by @Higgs32584 in #5382 PSD import: ResolutionInfo is pixels per inch whatever the display unit by @Zer0C00L01 in #5280 fix(prefs): preserve selected themes during legacy migration by @VanTan666 in #5179 Color Range presets: weigh dark colours like Photoshop (#5243) by @switch87 in #5293 Reject clipboard origins that cannot form a new document by @vbasky in #4586 Return channel copy allocation errors while keeping the clipboard by @vbasky in #4587 Check selection modification limits before reading the canvas mask by @vbasky in #4591 Background: an opacity, fill, blend mode or Select and Mask layer mask makes it Layer 0 by @switch87 in #4837 Fibers: fill an empty layer, as Photoshop does (#5241) by @switch87 in #5289 Object Selection: say so when the sampled layer is empty (#5246) by @switch87 in #5298 layer.setProps: refuse opacity and fill outside 0..1 (#5242) by @switch87 in #5291 test(engine): add Color Range fuzziness 0 exact-match test (TOOL-214-3) by @nicolasfalesy in #3581 panic_hunt: count panics that Session::execute contains (#4982) by @prekabreki in #5219 Drop shadow: knocked out beneath the whole shape when the layer's mode blends with it by @Deeev201 in #5304 Layer masks: Reveal Selection drops the selection, as Photoshop does by @abc2cb in #5251 PSD: Mt16/Mt32 blocks mark the merged image's transparency (no spurious Transparency channel) by @timothydaly1 in #5178 IO: ABR fit and gradient bake check their own bounds (io audit S1) by @vangel76 in #5218 Tests: bad-layer-id checks use an id that can't exist (#3343) by @vangel76 in #3351 fix(format): keep and list committed autosave bundles whose sidecar was never written (#4967) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #5076 New Contributors @cloudalister made their first contribution in #3990 @FabioLissi made their first contribution in #4434 @marcoarnulfo made their first contribution in #4079 @aweussom made their first contribution in #4396 @Furash made their first contribution in #4105 @augrclk made their first contribution in #4463 @lucAmbr0 made their first contribution in #4290 @przemyslvw made their first contribution in #4104 @Hevarh1 made their first contribution in #4224 @dotCooCoo made their first contribution in #4054 @syncroot made their first contribution in #4062 @TheDankness made their first contribution in #4129 @xtellarvoid made their first contribution in #4337 @persi-man made their first contribution in #4314 @deadmeu made their first contribution in #4217 @megaDon101 made their first contribution in #4447 @bazmarth made their first contribution in #4540 @RavoxX made their first contribution in #4194 @Minischatten made their first contribution in #4261 @Dejan-Port made their first contribution in #4436 @sssehnsuchttt made their first contribution in #4439 @zuujiscom made their first contribution in #4704 @rgoza1996 made their first contribution in #4632 @AvrazAkraye made their first contribution in #3936 @VegaEX made their first contribution in #4698 @webdevtodayjason made their first contribution in #4633 @Higgs32584 made their first contribution in #4619 @safvanedge made their first contribution in #4719 @isaiahoadeoye-star made their first contribution in #4748 @VanTan666 made their first contribution in #4787 @jyrkive made their first contribution in #5089 @OctaNebula made their first contribution in #4927 @avdyliisni9-png made their first contribution in #5015 @haranishi made their first contribution in #5013 @StopCodeToTrain made their first contribution in #5104 @seanhellwig made their first contribution in #4475 @DeWarePeb made their first contribution in #4989 @abdul-karim-mia made their first contribution in #4805 @wwewtech made their first contribution in #5228 @LorenzoFasolino made their first contribution in #5063 @Zer0C00L01 made their first contribution in #5280 @Deeev201 made their first contribution in #5304 Full Changelog: v0.8.2...v0.9.0

Performance and Compatibility

PhotoCraft is built as a native Rust application rather than a web wrapper or Electron application. Its rendering architecture uses wgpu for GPU compositing with support for graphics APIs including Metal, Vulkan, DirectX 12 and WebGPU.

The application also uses multithreaded filters and copy-on-write sparse tiles. This design is intended to reduce unnecessary copying and make large layered documents more manageable.

The project reports extensive automated testing, including PSD round-trip tests, compositor comparisons and multi-depth testing. Its architecture also includes a CPU compositor used as a reference against the GPU compositor.

PhotoCraft can run natively on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, with a WebAssembly build for browser use.

The main limitation is maturity. The developers explicitly describe the project as early alpha and acknowledge that it is not yet suitable as a complete replacement for Photoshop in professional daily workflows. Missing areas include AI and generative features, some tools, deeper typography and professional workflows, and plugin compatibility.

System Requirements

PhotoCraft supports:

• Windows

• macOS

• Linux

• FreeBSD

• WebAssembly/browser

Linux distributions can use AppImage, DEB, RPM, tarball or Flatpak packages.

Hardware requirements are not presented as a simple minimum specification. Because PhotoCraft uses GPU acceleration, actual performance will depend heavily on the graphics hardware and the size and complexity of the documents being edited.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Open-source and available under permissive MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing

• Native Rust application

• No Electron or embedded web browser required

• Excellent focus on PSD compatibility

• Extensive layer and adjustment-layer support

• GPU-accelerated rendering

• Supports CMYK, Lab and high-bit-depth documents

• Strong brush and vector capabilities

• Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD support

• Can also run through WebAssembly

• Powerful CLI and automation capabilities

• MCP support makes it interesting for AI-assisted workflows

• Offline-first approach

Cons

• Still early alpha

• Not yet a complete Photoshop replacement

• Missing some tools and professional workflows

• No Photoshop plugin compatibility

• AI and generative editing features are limited or absent

• Typography capabilities are not yet as mature as established professional editors

• Some rough edges should be expected

How to Install

The easiest approach is to download the appropriate package from the project's GitHub releases.

Linux users have several packaging options, including AppImage, DEB, RPM, tarball and Flatpak. Windows has a portable package, while macOS has a universal disk image.

Developers can also build PhotoCraft directly from source using Rust:

git clone https://github.com/storytold/photocraft
cd photocraft
cargo run --release -p photocraft -- image.psd

The repository also provides CLI functionality for automated editing and batch processing.

Final Verdict

PhotoCraft is one of the more ambitious open-source Photoshop alternatives currently available. Its combination of native Rust performance, extensive layer support, serious PSD compatibility work and an unusually capable automation architecture makes it much more than a basic image editor.

The strongest reason to watch PhotoCraft is its engineering approach. The project is building a real image-editing engine rather than simply creating a Photoshop-like interface, and its extensive PSD testing provides a useful foundation for compatibility.

The biggest problem is maturity. The project itself acknowledges that it is still early alpha and lacks several areas required for professional Photoshop replacement workflows. Users who depend on plugins, advanced typography, AI features or highly polished production workflows should not switch completely yet.

For enthusiasts, developers, Linux users, open-source advocates and anyone interested in building automated image-processing workflows, however, PhotoCraft is particularly compelling.

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Software Informations:
Developer:
ArtCraft
Operating System:
Windows / macOS / Linux / BSD
Date Added:
2026-10-14T21:07:13.234Z
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