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 v0.5.0 release adds the Layout persona, opt-in cloud comments, and a public showcase at omadesign.app. Layered interchange, RAW development, batch looks, rotated nodes and flips remain.

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 advanced publishing and text layout, reusable symbols, CRDT collaborative editing, PDF/X and CMYK print workflows. Layout is frames, stacks and constraints — not Figma import. Cloud sync is last-write-wins and opt-in. 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.