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.

Available

Background Removal

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

Available

Image Enhance

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

Available

Depth-aware effects

Non-destructive Depth Blur with focus picking, depth previews, and depth-range masks from a reusable local DepthMap

Available

Local Asset Search

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

Available

Object Selection

Select an object locally, refine the mask with include/exclude prompts, and reuse it across edits without destructive deletion

In development

Visual Awareness

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

Available

Canvas & Rendering

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

Available

Vector Tools

Shapes, pen and pencil with bezier handles, boolean operations, node editing, layers, groups, frames

Available

Typography

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

Available

Color & Effects

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

Available

Print Production

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

Experimental

Asset Similarity

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

Available

Motion & Prototyping

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

Available

Export & Code Generation

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

Available

Local-first Storage

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

Available

Workspaces

Eight task-focused workspaces with per-mode panels, toolbar, inspector, and status bar customization

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