Compose naturally
Move, duplicate, group, merge, reorder, lock, and align layers. Sixteen blend modes run from Multiply to Luminosity, while red guides make edges and centers snap into place.
Magister Images
A fast, native image editor for the Mac. Layers, live text, selections, and fifty live-preview filters come together in a light, focused app that opens instantly and works the way Mac software should. One-time license. No subscription, no account, no cloud.
Real layersGroup, merge, align, lock, reorder, and blend without flattening your work.
50 filtersCorrections, artistic effects, and distortions preview live on the canvas.
Live textEdit words on the canvas and style entire layers or individual ranges.
7 formatsOpen and save PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, SVG, and layered Magister Image files.
Private by designNo account, telemetry, image uploads, subscription, or cloud dependency.
The editor you reach for.
Everyday image work should not require a sprawling interface or a subscription. Magister Images keeps the familiar editing model and strips away everything that gets between you and the image.
- Unlimited layers with sixteen blend modes, opacity, groups, alignment, locking, and live snapping guides
- Editable on-canvas text with per-layer and per-character styling
- Rectangular and elliptical selections with inversion, aspect constraints, exact sizes, and keyboard nudging
- Fifty GPU-powered adjustments, filters, artistic effects, and distortions with live preview
- Non-destructive drop shadows, strokes, inner glows, and outer glows
- Visual history, unlimited undo, and automatic crash-recovery snapshots
- PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and SVG support plus a native layered document format
- Photos library, clipboard, Finder drag and drop, export, printing, copy, and paste
- Fully customizable shortcuts, single-key tools, collapsible panels, and a built-in cheat sheet
- Free evaluation mode with every tool available before purchase
- Designed for Apple silicon Macs with macOS 26 or later
- Signed, notarized, and built as a true native Mac application
Real layers, selections, and live text.
Build compositions from as many layers as you need, then make precise changes without losing the flexibility to revise them later.
Keep text editable
Type directly on the canvas at any zoom, revise a caption later, and style whole text layers or individual character ranges without rebuilding the design.
Select exactly
Use rectangular or elliptical marquees with fixed ratios, exact pixel sizes, inversion, and zoom-aware nudging. Apply any adjustment inside—or outside—the selection.
Fifty filters, previewed on the image.
Correct exposure and color, sharpen and reduce noise, or reach for pencil sketch, comic, posterize, halftone, twirl, pinch, glass, and more. Every parameter renders live as you adjust it.
Edit without fear
Every change appears in a visual History panel. Jump back to any point, rely on unlimited undo, and recover automatically snapshotted work after a crash or power loss.
Play well with everything
Flat files stay in their original format until you add layers. Import from Photos, paste or drop an image, export at a chosen format and scale, or print normally.
Shape it to your hands
Remap every command, switch tools with V, M, and T, put the side panel on either side, remember its width, or collapse it to give the canvas your full attention.
Documentation
Read the product guide
Learn more
The complete guide covers documents, layers, tools, selections, filters, live text, history, export, preferences, licensing, and updates.