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ImgIng / Design with layer filters and skin-aware beauty
MULTI-LAYER · ONLINE DESIGNDesign with layer filters and skin-aware beauty—without uploads
Arrange and colour-grade each layer or apply one look to the finished canvas. Original assets remain untouched; the browser renders effects at the real output size only when you export.
Per-layer and global filtersSkin-aware beauty12 presets and 18 controlsOpen .imging projects
Capability quick facts
These facts describe the current product, not unshipped roadmap work.
- Processing
- Filters, layer preview and full-size export remain local
- Filters
- 12 presets and 18 controls per layer or full canvas
- Beauty
- Skin-aware smoothing, brightening and rosy tone; alpha preserved
- Project
- Open .imging stores originals, parameters and a filtered preview
Reviewed by the DataDance product and engineering team · Published · Updated
Finish in three steps
Confirm important settings before export; the processing location is always disclosed.
Arrange and colour-grade layers
Move, scale and rotate, then target the selected layer or the full canvas with presets, light, colour, beauty and detail controls.
Save the project or export
Keep every parameter editable in .imging, or bake the look into full-size PNG, WebP or JPG only when exporting.
How is this different from permanently filtering an image?
ImgIng uses a non-destructive structure similar to professional adjustment layers. Original asset bytes are never re-encoded: layer adjustments run before scale and rotation, while canvas adjustments run after every layer and the background are composited. Both are saved in the open .imging manifest for undo, redo, reopening and hand-off.
Why is beauty smoothing not a normal blur?
The engine estimates skin-colour confidence and mixes edge-preserving smoothing only into likely skin regions. Eyes, hair, clothing texture and transparent contours receive less smoothing. Skin brightening and rosy tone use the same confidence mask, never expanding or shrinking alpha. It is a natural retouching control, not face reshaping or identity recognition.
How are large and transparent images handled?
The interactive preview uses an adaptive resolution, while export preserves the requested canvas dimensions. High-resolution effects run in overlapping bands to control peak memory and avoid seams; layer effect rasters adapt to their actual displayed size and browser limits. Every adjustment preserves source alpha pixel for pixel, so cutouts, shadows and translucent artwork remain valid PNG or WebP.
Which controls are included?
Twelve presets cover original, natural beauty, clear skin, cream glow, Japanese fresh, warm portrait, cool white, teal and orange, vintage film, mono portrait, food colour and clear landscape. Fine controls include intensity, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, temperature, tint, hue, skin smoothing, skin brightening, rosy tone, clarity, sharpening, fade, vignette and grain.
Canvas limits remain 8192 px per side, 48 megapixels and 24 image layers. Skin-aware beauty is a local colour-and-detail algorithm; it is not Photoshop and cannot promise the same aesthetic result for every complexion and lighting condition.
Updated 2026-08-20 · Live capability detection inside the tool is authoritative
Frequently asked questions
These visible answers match the current product behaviour and structured data.
Does the online designer upload my images?
No. Image decoding, filter preview, full-size processing and final compositing all run in the current browser.
Do filters damage the original image or alpha?
No. Parameters are stored separately, source asset bytes stay unchanged and pixel processing preserves alpha exactly.
Can another person continue editing the filters?
Yes. The .imging manifest stores adjustments for every image layer and the full canvas alongside original assets and a filtered preview.
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