From 13657f35f275e181586151aad040a8a1df4789bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Klein Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:04:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: refresh target-app-parity and file-format-parity against main (#4417) (#4418) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas --- docs/file-format-parity.md | 6 ++++-- docs/target-app-parity.md | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/file-format-parity.md b/docs/file-format-parity.md index 0aa2984e2..12c6dc9d1 100644 --- a/docs/file-format-parity.md +++ b/docs/file-format-parity.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # File-format parity -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-12 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (DPX read and write, #1049; Photoshop Actions `.atn` read and write; earlier the same day: indexed BMP palette mode; Save keeps a JPEG's quality and a WebP's encoding) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-12 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (DPX read and write, #1049; Photoshop Actions `.atn` read and write; `.shc` contour files read and write; earlier the same day: indexed BMP palette mode; Save keeps a JPEG's quality and a WebP's encoding) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026 Every format Photoshop 2026 (27.11.0) reads or writes, with PhotoCraft's support, fidelity and tests. Photoshop's list comes from its `Info.plist` `CFBundleDocumentTypes`, the PiPL read/write @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ remaining gaps in #1606 stay tracked with per-sample corpus ceilings. | ICC profiles | R | R | Own CMS | | Actions `.atn` | R/W | R/W | `psd/src/atn.rs` (version 16 sets, exact round trip), `engine/src/atn_cmds.rs` (108 Photoshop events ↔ commands; other steps kept verbatim). Panel menu, CLI `batch --actions set.atn`, `actions.load`/`actions.save`. Photoshop 5-era version 12 files unsupported (AUTO-219-2) | | Styles `.asl` | R/W | no | #1693 | -| Contours `.shc`, custom shapes `.csh`, tool presets `.tpl` | R/W | no | FILE-215-15 | +| Contours `.shc` | R/W | R/W | `psd/src/shc.rs`; Contour Editor Load…/Save… (FILE-215-15). No user contour library; not yet checked against a Photoshop-written file | +| Custom shapes `.csh`, tool presets `.tpl` | R/W | no | | | Curves `.acv`, Levels `.alv`, other adjustment presets | R/W | not audited | | | C2PA Content Credentials | R/W | no | #1050 | @@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ remaining gaps in #1606 stay tracked with per-sample corpus ceilings. |---|---|---| | 2026-10-12 | minor | DPX read and write (#1049); Cineon still missing | | 2026-10-12 | minor | Photoshop Actions `.atn`: read and write, 90 events mapped, the rest kept verbatim (AUTO-219-2) | +| 2026-10-12 | minor | Presets table: Contours `.shc` read and write through the Contour Editor (FILE-215-15); `.csh` and `.tpl` stay missing | | 2026-10-12 | minor | Palette BMPs open in Indexed Color mode (#3802) | | 2026-10-12 | minor | Save writes a JPEG at its own estimated quality and a WebP lossy or lossless as opened (#2399) | | 2026-10-11 | minor | D5100 image area and fitted-look preservation in Camera Raw tuning | diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md index b5e8dd8a0..1322980b8 100644 --- a/docs/target-app-parity.md +++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # PhotoCraft vs Adobe Photoshop: target-app parity -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Photoshop Actions `.atn` load and save; 2026-10-10: Tilt-Shift measurements added; earlier the same day: major, full re-measure against Photoshop 2026 27.11.0; merged `parity-estimate.md` and the roadmap's honest assessment) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-12 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (stale rows corrected against `main` and the scorecard, estimates unchanged; Photoshop Actions `.atn` load and save; 2026-10-10: Tilt-Shift measurements added; earlier the same day: major, full re-measure against Photoshop 2026 27.11.0; merged `parity-estimate.md` and the roadmap's honest assessment) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026 The authoritative answer to "how close is PhotoCraft to Photoshop, and how much work is left". The one-page summary is [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md); the ranked work list is [`gaps.md`](gaps.md); @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ architecture and the PSD writer are the serial parts. `Locales/` language packs, `Default Keyboard Shortcuts.kys` (67 toolbox tools, 107 menu commands with default shortcuts), `Required/` plug-ins (85 filter entries, 12 format plug-ins), presets, and strings in the main binary (81 "… Tool" titles; HDR/EDR, Metal, Touch Bar, pen features). -- PhotoCraft's own Photoshop menu tree (`crates/ui-egui/src/menu_catalog.rs`, 628 items) was +- PhotoCraft's own Photoshop menu tree (`crates/ui-egui/src/menu_catalog.rs`, 628 items on 2026-10-10, 631 on 2026-10-12) was written from Photoshop's menus; it is the denominator of the menu number. Photoshop's binary `Default Menus.mnu` was not parsed, so items added in 27.x that the catalog lacks would not show (Generative and cloud items are the likely ones). @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ architecture and the PSD writer are the serial parts. | Component | Weight | Ours / Photoshop | % | Kind | |---|---:|---|---:|---| -| Menu commands | 30% | 628 / 628 catalog items dispatch a live command | 100% | measured (`cargo xtask parity`) | +| Menu commands | 30% | 631 / 631 catalog items dispatch a live command (628 / 628 on 2026-10-10) | 100% | measured (`cargo xtask parity`) | | Toolbox tools | 15% | 59 / 68 (Photoshop's 67 `.kys` tools plus Remove, Triangle, Curvature Pen; minus legacy Rounded Rectangle and Targeted Adjustment) | 87% | measured (`Tool` enum in `ui-egui/src/state.rs`, `TOOL_SECTIONS` in `panels.rs`) | | Panels | 10% | 30 / 35 Window-menu panels | 86% | measured (`view_cmds.rs`, panel modules) | | Filters and adjustments | 10% | every Filter and Image › Adjustments item live; Filter Gallery 47 looks | 100% | measured (menu catalog) | @@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ Weights reflect what a working Photoshop user depends on (photographers, retouch | Dimension | Weight | % ready | Remaining (agent-h) | Evidence | Detail | |---|---:|---:|---:|---|---| | Features in depth (tools, layers, selections, type, filters, transforms) | 25% | 55% | 600–1,000 | Scorecard checklists: Tools 20 done / 15 partial / 6 missing, Type 0 / 3 / 6, Automation 3 / 2 / 6. 14 tools missing; Select and Mask, Vanishing Point and Content-Aware Fill are parameter dialogs, not workspaces; type on a path, manual kerning, RTL paragraphs missing | [gaps.md](gaps.md) | -| UI / UX fidelity and feel | 15% | 40% | 350–600 | ~150 open UI issues; Workspace checklist 5 / 7 / 11; 46 of 149 preferences do nothing; no floating panel groups, thin Color panel, no transform context menu, brush lag and pressure jumps reported | [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md), [brush-parity.md](brush-parity.md) | +| UI / UX fidelity and feel | 15% | 40% | 350–600 | ~150 open UI issues; Workspace checklist 13 / 5 / 5 (2026-10-12; 5 / 7 / 11 on 2026-10-10); 27 of 156 preferences do nothing (was 46 of 149); no floating panel groups, thin Color panel, brush lag and pressure jumps reported | [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md), [brush-parity.md](brush-parity.md) | | File formats and fidelity | 15% | 60% | 300–500 | PSD oracle on Photoshop-authored files 133/256 (52%); io corpus 146/170 (86%); psd-tools 236/309 (76%); round trips ~100% of corpus; but users report Photoshop refusing our files (#1281, #2469; a text-layer case, #2374, was fixed 2026-10-10); no Photoshop PDF, EPS, JPEG 2000, JPEG XL, AVIF read, CR3 | [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md) | | Performance | 10% | 25% | 200–350 | 3 of 25 budgeted scenarios meet budget (baseline 2026-10-05); 150-layer nudge crashes the GPU path (P12); layer move on 15000×10000 16-bit 2.7 s p50; users report brush and cursor lag (#2619, #2566, #1994) | [scorecard.md](scorecard.md#performance) | | Stability | 10% | 45% | 150–250 | Never-crash lints on 28/28 crates, `panic_hunt` in the gate, atomic saves; but field reports of freezes (#2518 Type tool 60 s on macOS), GPU panics (#2020, #1215), no-GPU start failures (#2519, #2412) | [gaps.md](gaps.md) | | Hardware | 5% | 50% | 80–150 | GPU compositor (wgpu), pen pressure on all desktops but tilt/rotation not on Windows, Wayland pen broken (#2622), no HDR/EDR output, monitor profile auto-detected on macOS only | [hardware-parity.md](hardware-parity.md) | -| Localization | 5% | 55% | 80–140 | 7 of the 12 key languages at 100% of measured UI keys; Hindi, Arabic, Vietnamese absent; no RTL UI; engine messages English | [localization-parity.md](localization-parity.md) | -| Platforms | 5% | 80% | 30–60 | macOS (notarized), Windows (unsigned), Linux (AppImage/deb/rpm/Flatpak), web, FreeBSD partial; no Windows ARM64, no in-app updates | [scorecard.md](scorecard.md#distribution) | +| Localization | 5% | 55% | 80–140 | 7 of the 12 key languages at 100% of measured UI keys; Hindi and Arabic absent, Vietnamese catalog added 2026-10-12 (#2636, coverage not re-measured); no RTL UI; engine messages English | [localization-parity.md](localization-parity.md) | +| Platforms | 5% | 80% | 30–60 | macOS (notarized), Windows (unsigned), Linux (AppImage/deb/rpm/Flatpak), web, FreeBSD partial; Windows ARM64 is packaged and install-checked by `.github/workflows/windows-arm64.yml` (DIST-220-2); no in-app updates | [scorecard.md](scorecard.md#distribution) | | Ecosystem (plug-ins, scripting, presets, libraries) | 5% | 15% | 250–450 | No .8BF hosting (#2647), no UXP/ExtendScript; .atn load/save (2026-10-12, 108 events, the rest kept verbatim), .abr/.grd/.pat/.aco/.ase/.cube supported | [gaps.md](gaps.md) | | AI features | 5% | 10% | 300–600 | No ML runtime at all (scorecard AUTO-219-7); classical substitutes only. Needs an owner decision and openly licensed models (#41) | [gaps.md](gaps.md) | | **Weighted** | 100% | **~46%** | **2,340–4,100** | | | @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Discounts for what still stops real work (estimated, each with evidence): | Discount | Factor | Evidence | |---|---:|---| -| Interaction fidelity | ×0.92 | ~150 open UI issues; transform context menu, spring-loaded tools, panel tear-off missing ([ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md)); brush lag and pressure reports ([brush-parity.md](brush-parity.md)) | +| Interaction fidelity | ×0.92 | ~150 open UI issues; spring-loaded tools, panel tear-off missing ([ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md)); brush lag and pressure reports ([brush-parity.md](brush-parity.md)) | | Stability and speed on real machines | ×0.88 | 3 of 25 performance budgets met; 150-layer GPU crash (P12); Type tool freeze (#2518); GPU start failures (#2519, #2412, #2020); 41 open performance issues | | Exchanging files with Photoshop users | ×0.92 | Photoshop-authored oracle 133/256; exports refused by Photoshop (#1281, #2469); smart-filter re-render 5/30 | @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ workflows, PSD exchange edge cases, and everything excluded above. | Layers (add, reorder, hide, opacity) | 12% | 80% | | | New / open a photo | 10% | 90% | | | Select (marquee, lasso, magic wand, object) | 10% | 75% | | -| Move and Free Transform | 10% | 70% | no commit/cancel buttons (#2442) | +| Move and Free Transform | 10% | 70% | commit and cancel buttons in the options bar (#2442, closed) | | Brush and eraser | 10% | 70% | lag with big brushes (#2619) | | Undo, History | 8% | 90% | | | Basic adjustments (brightness, levels, curves, hue/saturation) | 8% | 80% | | @@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ parity for the area and are already contained in the dimension rows above. | Area | % | Hours | Notes | |---|---:|---:|---| -| Layers, groups, masks, blend modes, smart objects, layer styles | 65% | 150–250 | Broad and GPU-accelerated. Open: multi-layer Smart Object conversion (#2604, #2648), layer clipboard between documents (UI-217-23), Stamp Visible, contour editor, smart-object perspective (FILE-215-6), mask targeting by command (#2458) | -| Selections, Select and Mask, channels | 55% | 120–200 | All selection tools, single row/column marquee included (#2837). Select and Mask is a generic dialog (TOOL-214-1), no Refine Hair (#2671); Select Subject/Sky classical, 559 ms p50 on 24 MP vs a 100 ms budget | +| Layers, groups, masks, blend modes, smart objects, layer styles | 65% | 150–250 | Broad and GPU-accelerated. Open: layer clipboard between documents (UI-217-23: `layer.copyToDocument` exists, no copy/paste), smart-object perspective (FILE-215-6), a user contour library (FILE-215-15). Multi-layer Smart Object conversion (#2052, #2651), Stamp Visible (UI-217-22) and mask targeting by command (#2458) are done | +| Selections, Select and Mask, channels | 55% | 120–200 | All selection tools, single row/column marquee included (#2837). Select and Mask is a dialog with Photoshop's view modes, a Refine Edge Brush and six outputs, not a workspace (TOOL-214-1), no Refine Hair (#2671); Select Subject/Sky classical, 559 ms p50 on 24 MP vs a 100 ms budget | | Painting and brush engine | 55% | 150–250 | Every Brush Settings section exists; feel is the gap: lag on big brushes, pressure jumps, smoothing and edge quality reports ([brush-parity.md](brush-parity.md)) | | Retouching (healing, clone, patch, remove, content-aware) | 50% | 100–180 | Remove tool non-generative; Content-Aware Fill has no workspace (TOOL-214-15); live stroke preview only for Brush/Eraser (TOOL-213-7) | -| Transform, warp, puppet, perspective, liquify | 55% | 100–180 | Free Transform modifiers right; no transform context menu (TOOL-214-5), no skew fields, puppet mesh is a block grid (TOOL-214-6), Liquify called "useless" by a user (#2606) | +| Transform, warp, puppet, perspective, liquify | 55% | 100–180 | Free Transform modifiers right, with a right-click transform menu (TOOL-214-5); no skew fields; Puppet Warp mesh follows the object outline (TOOL-214-6); Liquify called "useless" by a user (#2606) | | Adjustments and filters | 70% | 120–200 | All present; smart-filter re-render matches Photoshop on 5 of 30 files; Filter Gallery looks approximate; no Neural Filters | | Type | 40% | 120–200 | Engine works; no type on a path, manual kerning, RTL paragraphs, OpenType panel UI, live Warp Text preview; Type tool freeze on macOS (#2518) | -| Vector shapes and paths | 55% | 80–140 | Pen, Direct/Path Selection, shapes, shape strokes. Freeform and Curvature Pen (#1054). Missing anchor tools, on-canvas corner radius, path-point nudge; shape parity tracking issue #2496 | +| Vector shapes and paths | 55% | 80–140 | Pen, Direct/Path Selection, shapes, shape strokes. Freeform and Curvature Pen (#1054). Add/Delete Anchor Point and Convert Point tools exist (`Tool` enum); missing on-canvas corner radius (TOOL-214-12), path-point nudge; shape parity tracking issue #2496 | | Colour management and modes | 70% | 60–100 | Own ICC engine, soft proof, CMYK/Lab/Indexed/Duotone/Multichannel; no Adobe CMYK profiles, no spot plates (FILE-215-17), monitor profile only at launch | | Camera Raw and computational photo (Photomerge, HDR, lens) | 45% | 120–200 | Raw for DNG/CR2/NEF/ARW/RW2/ORF/RAF(uncompressed)/PEF; no CR3; ACR dialog partial (no masking, calibration); generic lens profiles only | | Automation, actions, batch, scripting | 45% | 120–200 | CLI/MCP/control channel ahead of Photoshop; Actions panel and recording not document-independent (AUTO-219-1/2); `.atn` load/save since 2026-10-12 (108 events mapped, the rest kept verbatim); no ExtendScript/UXP | @@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ See [method, raw measurements and reproduction](five-algorithm-performance.md). | Date | Change | Summary | |---|---|---| | 2026-10-12 | minor | Photoshop Actions `.atn` load and save (90 events mapped both ways); percentages unchanged | +| 2026-10-12 | minor | Rows checked against `main` and the regenerated scorecard: menu count 631, Workspace checklist and preference count, transform context menu, Puppet Warp mesh, Select and Mask, anchor-point tools, Smart Object conversion, Stamp Visible, mask targeting, Free Transform commit/cancel, Vietnamese catalog, Windows ARM64; percentages, weights and hours not re-measured | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Added measured Tilt-Shift computation/filtered-proxy gains and inconclusive cases; parity percentages and budgets unchanged | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Readiness-by-audience table: percent and hours for full, mainstream and essentials; full number confirmed as the additive weighted sum over dimensions (46%, reported ~45%) | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Added mainstream-practitioner (~43%) and essentials-user (~61%) numbers with written weights and discounts; full ready-for-real-work rechecked against its written weights (46%, reported ~45%), unchanged |