Layers and masks
Groups, pixel and vector masks, clipping masks, opacity and fill opacity, locks, colour labels and layer search.
berg:work Image
berg:work Image
Layered image editing in an internal desktop build. The desktop app builds for Linux and Windows. It is not publicly distributed.
Works in the current internal build
Current build.
These features have test evidence in the current internal build.
Selections
Rectangle, ellipse, lasso, polygon, magic wand, colour range, quick mask, feather and refine edge.
Paint and retouch
Pressure-aware brush and eraser, spot healing, clone stamp, content-aware fill, smudge, dodge, burn and sponge.
Adjustments
Curves, levels, hue/saturation, exposure, gradient map, grain, a Basic adjustment group and colour lookup.
Filters
Live filter stacks with blur, motion blur, noise, lens correction, sharpen, high pass and denoise.
Text and vector
Point and area text, typography and OpenType; parametric shapes, pen editing, Boolean operations and vector masks.
Layer styles
Drop shadow, stroke, outer glow, colour overlay and gradient overlay.
Blend modes
All 27 planned blend modes are implemented; 26 are deterministic and dissolve follows its binary-alpha rule.
Import
PNG, JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, WebP, AVIF and GIF. Tagged PNG, JPEG and TIFF files use ICC conversion.
Export
One export flow for PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF, including per-artboard or per-layer output at 1×, 2× and 3×.
Measured, with limits
Measured limits.
Large documents and local models work with the limits stated below.
200 MP
20-layer workflow completed
The save, reopen and pixel checks completed in Chromium and the Linux desktop build. Latency targets at this size remain open.
67%
Native PSD fidelity
PSD reading is partial and below the 90% Phase 2 target. PSD writing is planned for Phase 3.
14–22 s
Object-selection time
Local object selection works, but its current processing step is slow.
Roadmap status
Roadmap.
Phase 2 features are present, but its completion target is still open.
- CompletePhase 0Product split, desktop shell measurements, text-engine and PSD-corpus spikes.
- CompletePhase 1Document/format v2, 16-bit colour, large-document storage, 27 blend modes, guides and layer controls.
- In progressPhase 2Design features are implemented, but PSD fidelity and performance work remains open.
- PlannedPhase 3PSD writing, RAW, colour-managed print output, local generative fill and remaining transform/automation work.
- Design decision laterPhase 4A versioned scripting or plug-in interface, recorded actions and linked instances.
What we will not build
Scope.
These explicit exclusions are recorded in the product plan.