Hardware parity
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-10 · Change: major (first version: GPU, pen tablets, displays, gestures per platform against Photoshop 2026) · Target: Adobe Photoshop 2026
Each hardware feature Photoshop 2026 (27.11.0) uses, per platform, against PhotoCraft. Photoshop
side: its bundle (Metal and OpenCL paths, "Precise Color Management for HDR Display" and EDR
strings, Touch Bar resources, pen pressure/tilt strings) and Adobe's GPU FAQ. PhotoCraft side:
crates/tablet, crates/ui-egui/src/stylus.rs, apps/photocraft/src/gpu_startup.rs,
engine/src/display_color.rs, apps/photocraft/src/monitor_profile.rs.
Summary (estimated): ~50% ready. GPU compositing and colour-managed display are solid; pen
input is uneven by platform (Windows lacks tilt/rotation, Wayland is broken) and there is no HDR
output. Remaining: 80–150 h (gap G12). Human: tablets (Wacom, XP-Pen, Huion) on each OS and an
HDR display to verify.
GPU
| Feature |
Photoshop |
PhotoCraft |
Status |
| GPU canvas, zoom/pan, rotate view |
Metal (macOS), DirectX/OpenCL (Windows) |
wgpu 30: Metal, Vulkan, DX12, GL; backend selectable |
done |
| GPU compositing of layers, blend modes, effects |
partial (Photoshop composites mostly on CPU) |
wgpu compositor, ≤ 1/255 vs CPU oracle; Multichannel and > texture-limit regions fall back to CPU |
done (ahead in places) |
| GPU filters (Blur Gallery, Liquify, Smart Sharpen, Camera Raw) |
yes |
CPU (rayon) for filters; GPU for compose and effects |
partial |
| Documents larger than the GPU texture limit |
yes (tiled) |
CPU fallback; tiling in progress (#49) |
partial |
| CPU-only fallback when no GPU |
yes, reduced |
cpu canvas preference; fails to start without an adapter on some Linux systems (#2519, #2412) |
partial |
| Old / integrated GPUs |
yes |
black line on Intel HD (#2426), OpenCore Macs fail (#1859), Rgba32Float panic (#2020) |
partial |
Pen tablets
| Feature |
Photoshop |
macOS |
Windows |
Linux X11 |
Linux Wayland |
Web |
| Pressure |
yes |
yes (AppKit monitor) |
yes (WM_POINTER), jumpy (#2046) |
yes (XInput2) |
via Xwayland only; GNOME 50 pen doesn't click (#2622), KDE (#2297) |
yes |
| Tilt |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
| Barrel rotation |
yes |
yes (not applied to tip angle, #1301) |
no |
partial |
no |
yes (twist) |
| Eraser end |
yes |
yes |
no (#2285) |
partial |
no |
partial |
| WinTab driver mode |
yes |
– |
no |
– |
– |
– |
| Pressure curve |
Windows Ink / driver |
global curve in Preferences (#2195) |
same |
same |
same |
same |
Displays and colour
| Feature |
Photoshop |
PhotoCraft |
Status |
| Colour-managed canvas (document → monitor profile) |
yes |
yes, folded into the GPU 3D LUT |
done |
| Monitor profile detection |
per display, live |
macOS per display at launch; others sRGB or a chosen .icc |
partial |
| HDR / EDR output for 32-bit and HDR images |
yes ("Precise Color Management for HDR Display") |
no; 8-bit sRGB-encoded canvas texture |
missing |
| High-DPI, physical 100% |
yes |
yes (#1943) |
done |
| Multiple monitors: documents in separate OS windows |
yes |
yes (extra_windows) |
done |
| Panels in separate OS windows |
yes |
in-app floating only (UI-217-5) |
missing |
Input devices
| Feature |
Photoshop |
PhotoCraft |
Status |
| Trackpad pinch zoom, two-finger pan |
yes |
yes; pinch scrolls instead in 0.6.0 (#2463) |
partial |
| Trackpad rotate (Rotate View) |
yes |
yes (rotate_view.rs) |
done |
| Touch Bar |
yes (Intel Macs) |
no |
missing (low value) |
| Touch screens (Windows) |
yes |
basic pointer only |
partial |
| 3D mouse, MIDI, Surface Dial |
Surface Dial on Windows |
no |
missing (low value) |
| Scanners (WIA / TWAIN) |
WIA menu (Windows) |
menu item live; no driver integration |
partial |
Revision history
| Date |
Change |
Summary |
| 2026-10-10 |
major |
First version |
