Project status

omadesign is an alpha native Linux design studio. The current tools cover vector design, layout frames, raster painting, photo adjustments, and motion in a shared document.

The manual describes the available workflows. Known issues and planned work live in GitHub Issues.

The current release is v0.5.4. It adds chroma key, 17 raster filters and 13 effects, multi-stop linear/radial/shape/conic fill and stroke gradients, a shared alpha-capable color picker, per-object blending, and drag sorting/nesting. Layout includes responsive Stack/Wrap/Grid, document-local components, variants, variables and interactive prototypes. The 0.5.3 native clipboard fixes and explicit cloud project sharing/review remain included. See the full release notes and studio log.

Import supported layers from PSD/PSB, GIMP .xcf, PDF, PDF-compatible AI, SVG and OpenRaster, with an optional Affinity bridge. Photo decodes supported camera RAW files at full resolution, saves adjustments in .omaphoto files and exports developed 16-bit PNG/TIFF or JPEG. See file formats for the import/export matrix and specific limits.

Current limitations include live vector-object masks, adjustable raster effect stacks, rich inline text, advanced publishing, simultaneous multi-user editing, PDF/X and CMYK print workflows. Raster treatments use Apply/Undo; existing layer masks are pixel masks. Layout components and variables stay document-local, Grid has uniform columns, and native Figma/Framer interchange is not supported. HTML exports are responsive design/prototype artifacts, not a CMS or application hosting service. Cloud provides versioned project transfer, flat snapshot review, member roles and explicit public publishing. Affinity interoperability is partial, with the new unified .af format awaiting verification against a real document. Native AI/Affinity writing is not available. RAW support varies by camera and compression; proprietary camera looks and automatic lens corrections are not reproduced, and placement in Design uses 8-bit pixels.