Tenzen Studio
Creative desktop apps as one-time purchases, not subscriptions
About Tenzen Studio
Tenzen Studio makes the Creators Suite, a set of desktop creative apps for people who want alternatives to Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator and screen recording tools without paying a monthly fee. The apps run on macOS, Windows and Linux.
The suite includes Photon for photo editing and design, which is free and opens PSD files with layers, Light for RAW development and photo library management, Vector for illustration, and Capture for screen recording and video editing. Light can open existing Lightroom Classic catalogs in place, and Photon supports Photoshop shortcuts, brushes, actions and many scripts. Spectrum Studio is an online workspace for AI images, video, narration and music that runs on shared credits. Video editing, motion graphics and layout apps are listed as coming.
Pricing is a one-time $59 per paid app, or $89 for the whole suite. Photon and Light include local AI tools, and both offer a command-line tool and an MCP server so AI coding agents can open, edit and export files on the user's computer.
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