| Task | What Rasterloom provides |
|---|---|
| Compose and retouch images | Image layers, folders, blend modes, opacity, painting and retouching tools |
| Isolate part of an image | Editable masks and background removal |
| Adjust color and appearance | Adjustment layers, filters, shadows and glows |
| Set and refine type | Installed fonts, mixed character styles, kerning, tracking, baseline and line spacing |
| Draw and style vector artwork | Editable shapes and paths, fills, strokes, and linear, radial and mesh gradients |
| Build several layouts in one project | Multiple artboards, canvas presets, guides, snapping, alignment and exact transform values |
| Present artwork in a device frame | Device mockups linked to a source artboard |
| Collect references | Moodboards containing images, saved links, notes and color swatches in an arranged grid |
| Reuse artwork | Local asset collections, search and filters; insert original artwork into an editor document or add references to a moodboard |
| Find images by their contents | Search indexed descriptions, tags and readable text detected in images |
| Create an image | Apple Image Playground, subject to Apple Intelligence availability |
| Work with an assistant | A bundled MCP server exposing document inspection and supported editing operations |
Working with artboards
Choose White, Transparent or Custom Color when creating an artboard. With the Artboard tool active, use an edge + button to add a matching board above, below or beside the active one. Click an artboard name to select it; Shift-click names to select several and move them together using the shared selection outline. Right-click a board or its name for Rename / Resize, Duplicate and Delete. Delete or Backspace removes the selected boards; Undo restores their contents and selection.
Import and export
Import JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP and RAW/DNG supported by macOS. Develop keeps the original photo and provides live exposure, white balance, RGB tone curves and color mixing on the canvas. Compare before and after with a wipe or side-by-side view. Library assets retain their original photo data.
Compatible PSD and SVG content can import as editable layers; unsupported content may require a raster fallback.
Export PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP, SVG, PDF and layered raster PSD, plus HEIC and AVIF where macOS provides an encoder. Export controls include size, quality, color profiles, metadata, watermarks, print resolution and proofing. PNG and TIFF support 16-bit output for supported photo compositions. Photo contact sheets export as PDF.
Compatible text and vector content remains native in SVG and PDF exports. Some effects and composites require raster fallbacks. PSD export retains raster layers and supported layer structure; it does not turn Rasterloom text and vectors into editable Photoshop text and vector layers.
PDF editing covers ordinary horizontal text and selected page, link and annotation operations. It does not provide full PDF editing, OCR for scanned PDFs or redaction.