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Version 1.0, out now for Windows

Photoshop-class editing.
One payment. Yours forever.

imagic studio is a full professional image editor: layers, masks, a legendary brush engine, PSD support and the keyboard shortcuts your hands already know. No subscription. No meter running. You buy it, it is yours.

imagic studio runs on Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, and any MCP client built-in MCP server

Buy imagic studio · €20 Already own imagic?

One payment. Your licence key and Windows installer arrive by email the moment you pay. A macOS build is still in the works.

1 payment

no subscription, ever

40+ formats

PSD in and out

100% yours

source published, works offline

imagic studio editing a concert photo: layers, brush presets and the advanced color selector in the dark imagic interface — A real, unretouched screenshot of imagic studio.

The toolkit, in depth

Everything a pro editor is supposed to have

Every screenshot below is the actual app, not a mockup.

The layers panel with blending mode and opacity controls

Layers & masks

A layer stack with real depth

Compositing lives or dies on the layer system, so this one is the full stack, not a lite version. Group anything, blend everything, and keep edits reversible with masks instead of erasers.

Layer groups, clones and file layers, with ~70 blend modes
Transparency, vector and transform masks
Filter layers and filter masks keep adjustments non-destructive
Layer styles for strokes, glows and shadows

Brushes

A brush engine artists already swear by

The engine under imagic studio powers one of the most respected digital painting tools on earth. Hundreds of tuned presets ship in the box, and every one of them is yours to rebuild.

Pressure, tilt and speed dynamics on any tablet
A built-in stabilizer for clean line work
Blending modes, textures and dual-brush tips
Bracket keys resize on the fly, exactly as your hands expect

Color

Color you can hand to a printer

Real color management, not a vibe. Work in the spaces your output demands and proof it before anything ships.

8, 16 and 32-bit per channel
RGB, CMYK, LAB and grayscale models
ICC profiles with soft proofing
HDR-capable pipelines for EXR work

Tools

Your muscle memory works here

Photoshop-compatible keyboard shortcuts and canvas gestures are the default, not a settings expedition. Ctrl+T transforms, space pans, Ctrl+click picks a layer.

Rectangular, elliptical, freehand, polygonal and magnetic selections
Free transform, perspective and warp
Crop, gradients, fills, smart patch and clone tools
Text and vector shapes on the same canvas as your pixels

PSDKRAPNG JPGWEBPTIFF EXRORAPDF SVGHEIFAVIF JXLGIFBMP TGAICORAW + twenty more

Files

Works with the files you already have

Your PSDs open with their layers, and your work exports back to PSD for pipelines that expect it. The honest caveat every non-Adobe editor carries: extremely complex documents with smart objects or exotic effects may simplify on import.

Native .kra files keep absolutely everything, and roughly forty formats travel in and out, from web-ready WEBP and AVIF to film-grade EXR.

$ claude mcp add imagic-studio -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Lukefen31/imagic-studio@imagic/main#subdirectory=mcp" imagic-studio-mcp

> convert every PSD in ./shoot to webp,
  then open the hero shot for me

✓ batch_convert   42 files → webp
✓ open_in_studio  shoot/hero-042.webp

Done in 61s. The hero shot is on your screen.

Agent-ready

Your AI can put it to work

Like imagic Desktop, imagic studio ships with an MCP server, so Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop or any MCP client can put the editor to work: real engine conversions across forty formats, batch pipelines, and handing files to your screen when a human should take over.

Headless conversions through the same engine as the app
Batch jobs an agent can run while you do something better
Live in-document editing tools are next on the roadmap

Pricing

One payment. Then it is yours.

What you pay depends on what you already own. None of these is a subscription.

You own imagic Max

Included

imagic studio comes with Max at no extra cost, now and for every update in this major version. Nothing to buy, nothing to upgrade: your key already covers it.

Claim it with your key

You own imagic Plus

€20 €10 once

50% off

Your Plus licence takes half off at checkout. Same app, same updates, same key; the discount applies itself when you enter your licence, with nothing to claim and no code to remember.

Buy at half price

New here, or on Lite

€20 once

Buy imagic studio on its own. No imagic licence required and nothing else to sign up for; it is a complete editor on its own terms.

Buy imagic studio

For scale: keeping Photoshop on your machine is about €275 a year, every year. Prices are charged in euro; your currency is shown as an approximation.

Get it

Buy imagic studio

Own an imagic licence already? Drop the key in and the price sorts itself out.

imagic studio start screen in the dark imagic theme — Home screen. Dark by default, orange where it matters.

imagic studio is built on Krita, an open-source imaging engine refined for over two decades. We publish our complete source, keep the engine honest, and add the imagic part: the design, the defaults, the packaging and someone to answer your email. If you love the engine, consider supporting upstream.

The awkward questions, answered

How much does it cost?

€20, once, and what you already own can bring that down: imagic Plus takes 50% off at checkout, and imagic Max includes studio outright. No subscription in any case, and every update in this major version is included.

When can I use it?

Right now, on Windows. Version 1.0 is out: pay and the installer link plus your licence key land in your inbox within a minute. A macOS build is in progress, and there is a one-field signup at the bottom of this page if you want the email the day it lands.

Will my Photoshop files open?

PSD files open and export. Extremely complex documents with smart objects or exotic layer effects may simplify on import, the same honest caveat every non-Adobe editor carries.

How does the AI integration work?

An MCP server ships alongside the app. Point Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client at it and your agent can convert files through the real engine, run batch jobs, and open results on your screen. It automates your grunt work; it does not generate images.

How is this different from imagic Desktop?

imagic Desktop is for photographers: culling, RAW processing and delivering shoots. imagic studio is the pixel editor: retouching, compositing, painting and design. They are siblings and they play nicely together.

Is "no subscription" really forever?

Yes. The app never phones home to keep working, never locks your files, and never expires. If we vanished tomorrow the source is public and your editor keeps editing.

Photoshop-class editing.
One payment. Yours forever.