photographics opens PSD, TIFF and GIMP files with all their layers and saves them the same way. You retouch with the pen, and colour profiles are kept. Free, open source and no account needed.
Tools on the left, layers on the right, the image in the middle. Adjustments sit on their own layers above the photo and stay editable until the end; masks limit them to parts of the image.
Pen pressure controls size, opacity and flow. Your hand can rest on the display without painting. Two fingers zoom, and a short two-finger tap undoes the last step.
Every document keeps its colour profile. Before printing, the soft proof shows how the image will look with your print shop's profile and marks colours that are out of gamut.
A PSD from the studio opens on the tablet with its layers, masks, groups and adjustment layers. Whatever photographics cannot display yet, layer effects for example, stays in the file and is written back unchanged when you save.
Remove objects and upscale images up to 4×. The models are downloaded only when you ask for them and run offline.
Aspect ratios, target size in cm or inches, straighten and perspective crop.
Rulers, guide layouts and smart guides, kept in PSD and XCF files.
Load and save swatches from Photoshop, Illustrator and GIMP (.aco, .ase, .gpl).
With a keyboard cover, a Chromebook or Samsung DeX, the familiar Photoshop shortcuts work.
Image data lives outside the app memory limit, filters run on all cores, and moving and transforming run on the GPU.
Magic wand, object selection with a box, and lasso. The move tool can pick the layer you tap.
Linear, radial and reflected, on layers or straight into masks, for example as a graduated filter for the sky.
The interface follows the system language and can be switched in the settings.
What is planned next. The order may change and there are no fixed dates. Suggestions are welcome. New in 0.3: GPU preview, layer effects, English interface, liquify, gradients, magic wand, object selection and per-channel curves.
The app is available as an APK on GitHub. For almost all current tablets and phones, the arm64 version is the right one.
Android 8.1 or newer. A tablet with a pen is recommended. The interface is currently in German; an English version is in progress.
photographics is at an early stage. A lot already works, some things are missing or will still change. Please keep a backup of important files.
Feedback and bug reports help a lot. Anyone who wants to help develop, translate or support the project in another way is very welcome.
info@andreasbartelmess.de