Features
The professional editing workflow you already know — layers, masks, blend modes, color grading, generative fill — built fresh for Apple Silicon, with AI woven in instead of bolted on.
The comparison
An honest matrix — including the rows where Photoshop has a feature we don't. Shipped means installable from the latest release, not a roadmap promise.
| Capability | Photoshop | Tiramisu |
|---|---|---|
| Layers | ||
| Multi-layer documentRaster, text, gradient, smart-object, solid color | ✓ | ✓ |
| Layer masksNon-destructive · with edge controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart objectsNon-destructive transforms · AI edge feathering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blend modes | 27 | 16 |
| Layer groups | ✓ | coming |
| Adjustment layersStacked non-destructive corrections | ✓ | coming |
| Vector masks | ✓ | — |
| Clipping masks | ✓ | — |
| Linked smart objects | ✓ | — |
| Selection & masking | ||
| Marquee selection | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI subject / background selectPhotoshop: cloud · Tiramisu: on-device, sub-second · SAM 3 (text-prompt selection) in v0.6 | ✓ | ✓ local |
| Text-prompt object selection (v0.6)"Select all the chairs" · powered by SAM 3 promptable-concept segmentation | — | coming unique |
| Lasso · polygonal lasso | ✓ | ✓ |
| Magic wand | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick selection brushMostly obsoleted by Smart Select 2 · likely v0.7 | ✓ | coming |
| Refine edge / Select & MaskTiramisu: expand · contract · alpha-mask feathering in v0.6 | ✓ | partial |
| Magnetic lassoLower priority · Smart Select 2 covers most use cases | ✓ | later |
| Color range select | ✓ | — |
| Select Sky | ✓ | — |
| Transform | ||
| Move tool · nudge · snap | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free transform · numeric inspector | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flip horizontal / vertical | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-layer rotation | ✓ | ✓ |
| 9-point alignment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skew · perspective · distort | ✓ | coming |
| Warp · puppet warp · perspective warp | ✓ | — |
| Content-aware scale | ✓ | — |
| Type | ||
| Rich text layers · multi-style runs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Font · size · color · weight · italics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alignment · line height · tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inline markup · system font fallback | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-layer text rotation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Character / paragraph styles | ✓ | coming |
| Text on path | ✓ | — |
| Type warp (arc · wave · bulge) | ✓ | — |
| Variable fonts | ✓ | — |
| Color & tone | ||
| Brightness · contrast · exposure | ✓ | ✓ |
| Highlights · shadows · warmth | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hue / saturation · vibrance | ✓ | ✓ |
| HSL color correction8 bands · targeted-adjustment scope | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tone curvesPhotoshop: interactive graph · Tiramisu: presets + intensity | ✓ | partial |
| Black & white conversion | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-enhance + curated presets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Levels (black / white / gamma) | ✓ | coming |
| Color balance · white-balance picker | ✓ | coming |
| Gradient map · LUT (color lookup) | ✓ | — |
| Channel mixer · selective color · photo filter | ✓ | — |
| Match color · replace color | ✓ | — |
| Posterize · threshold · invert | ✓ | — |
| Filters & effects | ||
| Drop shadow | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glow (color · distance · intensity · angle) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gaussian blur | ✓ | ✓ |
| Noise (mono / color) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vignette · film grain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inner shadow · inner glow · stroke · gradient overlay | ✓ | coming |
| Bevel & emboss | ✓ | — |
| Motion · radial · lens blur | ✓ | — |
| Sharpen · unsharp mask · smart sharpen | ✓ | — |
| Distort · stylize · liquify | ✓ | — |
| Camera Raw filter | ✓ | — |
| Retouching | ||
| Skin retouch (face-aware AI)Photoshop: Neural Filter, cloud · Tiramisu: built-in, local | ✓ | ✓ local |
| Content-aware fillTiramisu via generative fill | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spot healing brush · healing brush | ✓ | — |
| Patch tool | ✓ | — |
| Clone stamp · pattern stamp | ✓ | — |
| Dodge · burn · sponge | ✓ | — |
| Blur · sharpen · smudge tool | ✓ | — |
| Red-eye removal | ✓ | — |
| Painting | ||
| Brush · eraser · pencilTiramisu: stamp engine · hardness · flow · opacity · smoothing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pressure / tilt (Apple Pencil · Wacom) | ✓ | coming |
| Paint bucket · gradient tool | ✓ | coming |
| Custom brush presets | ✓ | — |
| Mixer brush · pattern stamp | ✓ | — |
| Vector & shapes | ||
| Pen tool · paths · bezier | ✓ | — |
| Shape primitives (rect · ellipse · polygon · line) | ✓ | — |
| Shape booleans (union · subtract · intersect) | ✓ | — |
| Custom shape library | ✓ | — |
| Generative & AI | ||
| Auto-Layer image decomposition (v0.6)Drop a flat photo · get a multi-layer document with each subject reconstructed behind the others. Powered by Qwen-Image-Layered. | — | unique |
| Generative fillPhotoshop: Firefly, cloud-only · Tiramisu: cloud or 100% local | ✓ | ✓ local OR cloud |
| Generative expand (outpaint) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Generative remove · replace | ✓ | ✓ |
| Depth-aware studio relightRe-light a subject with directional sources after the shot | — | unique |
| Local-only generative fill (FLUX)Zero cloud · zero data leaves your Mac · FLUX.2 upgrade in v0.7 | — | unique |
| Depth-aware compositingPer-layer depth estimate · matting and relight · Depth Anything 3 in v0.7 | — | unique |
| Magic Eraser (object remove + background reconstruct) (v0.7)SAM 3 mask + LaMa inpaint · 100% local | ✓ | coming |
| AI upscale (4×) (v0.7)Real-ESRGAN via Core ML · 78× faster on Apple Silicon than CPU PyTorch | ✓ | coming |
| AI face / photo restoration (v0.7)CodeFormer + GFPGAN combined workflow | ✓ | coming |
| On-device prompt helper (v0.7)Apple Foundation Models · auto-name layers · sharpen gen-fill prompts | — | coming |
| Generative workspace · variations | ✓ | coming |
| Other Neural FiltersPhotoshop: Style Transfer · Smart Portrait — Tiramisu: paths through Skin Retouch + Studio Relight today, more coming | ✓ | partial |
| Document & export | ||
| Native document format | .psd | .tiramisu |
| PNG export · drag-to-place from Finder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-save · recents · security-scoped bookmarks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canvas presets (YouTube, FHD, 2K, 4K) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Composition guides · YouTube safe areas | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPEG · WebP · TIFF export | ✓ | coming |
| PSD import (Photoshop migration) | ✓ | coming |
| Per-platform export presets (IG · TikTok · X · …) | ✓ | coming |
| RAW (CR2 · NEF · ARW · DNG) | ✓ | — |
| CMYK · 16-bit · 32-bit · HDR | ✓ | — |
| Color profiles (ICC · soft proof) | ✓ | — |
| Print management | ✓ | — |
| Artboards | ✓ | — |
| Workflow | ||
| Undo / redo · named checkpoints | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple open documents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photoshop keyboard parityV · T · B · M · ⌘T · ⌘J · ⌘E · [ · ] · ⌘0 · ⌘1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| History panel with snapshots | ✓ | coming |
| ⌘K command palette | ✓ | coming |
| Actions (record / replay) | ✓ | — |
| Scripts (JSX · JS) | ✓ | — |
| Batch processing · image processor | ✓ | — |
| Photomerge · panorama · HDR Pro | ✓ | — |
| The structural difference | ||
| Price | $263 / year | $0 forever |
| Source | closed | open · AGPL-3.0 |
| PrivacyWhere your work and AI compute live | cloud-tied | 100% local option |
| Account required | Adobe ID | none |
| Platform | Mac · Windows · iPad | Apple Silicon native |
At parity, today
Raster, text, gradient, smart-object, and solid-color layers. 16 blend modes. Non-destructive masks with offset, feather, and threshold edge controls. Smart objects keep their original pixels through any number of transforms.
Per-band HSL with Lightroom-style sub-tabs and a targeted-adjustment scope. Tone curves with preset shapes. Vibrance that protects skin. Exposure, highlights, contrast, white-balance — all the dials you reach for.
Generate, replace, remove, or expand any region. Pick the cloud backend if you want speed; pick the local FLUX backend if you want zero data leaving your Mac. Both ship today.
Where we go beyond
Built fresh on Apple Silicon means we put modern AI directly in the inspector — and the structural pieces that a 1990s subscription business will never offer.
Directional lights, ambient color, dual-source angle — depth-aware so the highlights and shadows fall on real geometry. The lighting setup you wished you'd had on set.
FLUX-Fill running natively on your Mac — generate, expand, replace, remove. No tokens, no quota, no sending your work to anyone's server. Cloud is there when you want it, never required.
AGPL-3.0 source, signed DMG, no Adobe ID, no telemetry, no subscription, ever. Your files stay yours; your edits never leave your machine unless you choose a cloud backend.
What's coming
Built in public · No promises · Soon