{"slug": "photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor", "title": "Photon Studio – Desktop Photo Editor", "summary": "Tenzen released Photon Studio, a free Photoshop alternative for macOS 12+, Windows and Linux that opens PSD and PSB files with layers intact and runs bundled AI selection models locally on the user's machine. The app ships a Rust GPU engine on Metal, DirectX 12 and Vulkan, a `photon` CLI and an MCP server for AI agents, and was tested on a 4.64 GB PSB of the Andromeda galaxy. A $89 one-time purchase adds Capture, Light, Vector and future paid Tenzen desktop apps plus $5 of Tenzen Credits.", "body_md": "### Liquify\n\nReshape parts of an image with Liquify’s warp tools.\n\nA fully featured Photoshop alternative for macOS, Windows and Linux.\n\nOpen PSD files with their layers, work with the shortcuts you already know, and keep every file on your computer.\n\nFree · No account needed · Works offline\n\nGroups, masks, adjustment layers, smart objects, editable text and layer effects stay editable. Save back to PSD or PSB when you’re done.\n\nTested on a 4.64 GB PSB of the Andromeda galaxy.\n\nPhoton follows the toolbox and menu layout of Adobe Photoshop and uses its default keyboard shortcuts, so your hands already know where everything is.\n\nSpot Healing, the Healing Brush, Patch, Clone Stamp and Content-Aware Fill for repairs. Liquify and Puppet Warp for reshaping. Curves and Levels with a live preview.\n\nSelect Subject, Remove Background, Object Selection, Select Sky and Mask All Objects use AI models that are bundled with Photon and run on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded.\n\nFine-tune colour and exposure with adjustment layers you can revisit at any time. Use the Camera Raw Filter or develop camera RAW files in a dedicated workspace.\n\nSoften distractions with Field and Iris Blur, create a miniature look with Tilt-Shift, or add Lens Blur using a depth map made on your computer. Explore artistic effects in the Filter Gallery.\n\nCreate layouts with editable type, pen tools, vector shapes, layer styles and gradients. Use artboards for the sizes you need to export.\n\nLoad brushes (.abr), actions (.atn), layer styles (.asl), gradients (.grd), patterns (.pat), custom shapes (.csh) and swatches (.aco, .ase). Many ExtendScript and UXP scripts run as they are.\n\nRecord Actions, run Batch and Droplets, or hand the work to code and AI agents. Photon comes with skills, a CLI and an MCP server.\n\n`photon` command drives Photon for AI agents, and for deterministic workflows you write in code. Every command returns JSON and every batch is one undoable step.\nAdd Photon to any of these agents in one click from Settings, or connect any other agent through the MCP server or the CLI.\n\nA GPU engine in Rust on Metal, DirectX 12 and Vulkan keeps multi-gigabyte documents responsive.\n\nPhoton edits locally. There is no upload step, no queue and no account needed to open a file and work on it. Sign in only if you want to connect Photon to your Tenzen account.\n\nAdjust brightness and contrast with a live Curves preview.\n\nSearch for tools and commands by name.\n\nAdd shadows, glows, strokes and overlays, then adjust their settings.\n\nPhoton Studio · Free\n\nThe whole app. No trial, no account.\n\n**Want the rest of the suite?** $89 once for Capture, Light, Vector and future paid Tenzen desktop apps, plus $5 of Tenzen Credits.\n\nLifetime covers the purchased scope. Online services and AI usage are not unlimited; features and future prices may change subject to existing purchase commitments and consumer rights. [License, pricing and refund terms](https://tenzen.studio/legal/license-pricing-and-refunds/).\n\nFree for macOS, Windows and Linux. Pick your system.\n\nChecking latest version…\n\nmacOS 12+\n\n64-bit\n\nOr [get Photon Studio from Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PLD16DV387N) for a Microsoft-signed install and automatic Store updates.\n\nUbuntu 24.04 tested\n\n[Flatpak setup](https://tenzen.studio/install/linux/) · Manual updates.\n\nWindows users can also install from the [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PLD16DV387N). On Linux, see the [Flatpak and AppImage guide](https://tenzen.studio/install/linux/).\n\nNews about Photon Studio, a few times a year. No account needed.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor", "canonical_source": "https://tenzen.studio/photon/", "published_at": "2026-10-12 16:29:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-12 16:49:40.423816+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Tenzen", "Photon Studio", "Adobe Photoshop", "Microsoft Store", "Ubuntu 24.04", "Metal", "DirectX 12", "Vulkan"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photon-studio-desktop-photo-editor.jsonld"}}