Features

Vector, layout, typography, motion, and print — all in one application. Honest status for each area. Varve is in beta — features are functional but evolving.

Presentation authoring in Design · Experimental · v0.6.0 for ordered, editable frame-based decks

Local Plugins

Review access, run selected-layer analysis, and preview undoable batch renames from local packages

Background Removal

Fast, Auto, and High quality subject cutouts that keep the mask local and undoable

Generative Editing

Paint a region to fill or remove it locally, review the result, and accept it as a new editable layer

Image Enhance

Denoise, upscale, or combine both through one local-first workflow with explicit quality boundaries

RAW & HDR Photo

Develop supported DNG sensor data, merge reviewed brackets, and keep a truthful SDR rendition beside a float master

Colorize & Recolor

Tint grayscale work, constrain a palette, transfer a reference look, or review local photo colorization without overwriting the source

Image Treatments

Non-destructive fine texture, local contrast, dehaze, vignette, grain, and highlight glow for images and rendered objects

Depth-aware effects

Reusable relative DepthMaps for non-destructive Depth Blur, sampled depth-range masks, localized adjustments, and offline refinement

Local Asset Search

Find assets by filename, recognized text, tags, and a measured path toward visual description

Object Selection

Select an object locally with prompts, refine the candidate you kept, and apply it as an editable mask, a pixel selection, or its own extracted layer

Mockups

Place live artwork on replaceable surfaces — planar, perspective, cylindrical, or folded mesh — author photo templates with clip and occluder masks, and export the composed presentation

Visual Awareness

Task-specific visual assistance for composition, editable masks, effects, and future anchors

Canvas & Rendering

Infinite canvas, viewport culling, sticky snap, rulers, guides, grid overlays, multi-page documents

Retouching

Clone, heal, spot-heal, patch, dodge and burn, split tone from texture, and reshape raster content with editable tools

Precision Editing

Exact nudges, scoped snap help, explicit alignment references, and predictable spacing modes

Auto Layout

Responsive stacks and grids with literal percentages, signed spacing, constraints, borders, and overlap order

Layers & Drag and Drop

Reorder, reparent, and place multi-selections while preserving hierarchy, spacing, and one-step undo

Reliable Clipboard

Move editable layers, images, SVG, text, and their supported dependencies without losing the document context

Vector Tools

Shapes, pen and pencil with bezier handles, region-level Shape Builder operations, booleans, node editing, layers, groups, frames

Stroke System

Editable outlines for shapes, paths, text, and images with gradients, alignment, dashes, markers, and pressure-aware paths

Typography

Multi-line text, OpenType features, variable fonts, text-on-path, inline editing, CJK line breaking

Comic Lettering

Editable balloons, tails, caption styles, sound-effect text, and overflow-aware lettering for comic and webtoon pages

Color & Effects

Native CMYK document colors, precision-aware working values, ICC profiles, effects, adjustments, and halftone

Layer Effects

Alpha-aware shadows, blur, glow, glass, and meaningful stage-aware stacking for editable layers

Effect Studio

Browse, compare, tune, and apply curated editable treatments without flattening the source

Shader Effects

Print screens, optical bloom, analog signal, refracted light, and palette treatments with verified software fallback

Gradient Maps

Scoped, non-destructive tonal grades with editable ramps, imported presets, alpha control, and deterministic preview

Print Production

CMYK via ICC profiles, PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4 export, crop and registration marks, bleed guides, and preflight checks

Asset Similarity

Find visually related images and near-duplicate variants locally in an open document

Motion & Prototyping

Timeline animation, keyframes, easing, Smart Animate, prototype interactions, CSS/Lottie/video export

Design Tokens

Import DTCG 2025.10 token files, bind them to artwork, re-import external edits with a three-way merge, review conflicts, and export without losing metadata

Export & Code Generation

SVG, React/Tailwind, Flutter, SwiftUI, PDF with CMYK, PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4, per-node export settings

Reusable Patterns

Create copied vector, embedded raster, or procedural definitions; edit shared repeat settings, place fills independently, and export a source tile or supported rectangular repeat as SVG

Local-first Storage

Native document paths, portable project references, durable app data, and safe packaged-build storage

Workspaces

Six task-focused workspaces with Logo tools inside Design, shared Code export, and a dedicated Email authoring environment

Quiet Operation Feedback

Clear success, warning, and recovery messages that stay out of the way while you work

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