SWITCH FROM PHOTOPEA
Photopea to Calisto Foto
Edit your photos in one tap or by hand, take them into layers, share a Gallery for your client's picks, and send the finished photos to a design, a website or a listing.
Feature by feature
Calisto Foto beside Photopea
- 12 In both
- 3 Only in Photopea
| 15 features | Calisto Foto | Photopea |
|---|---|---|
| Files | ||
| Works in the BrowserCalisto: Foto runs in the browser on a desk and a phone, and installs only as part of the Calisto app.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Works OfflineCalisto: with Keep Foto on this device, Home, the Library, Looks and Add Photos open with no signal, and an edit's save and new uploads wait for the connection.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Save as a Photoshop FileCalisto: Export saves a layered PSD that keeps every layer, mask, blend, group, text layer, adjustment and style it can hold.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Open Photoshop FilesCalisto: Studio opens a layered Photoshop file as a design (with Studio).Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Layers | ||
| LayersCalisto: a layered Photo holds photo, pixels, adjustment, text and shape layers in one layer tree, grouped, locked, renamed and moved.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| MasksCalisto: any layer may carry a layer mask from the selection and a shape mask, each enabled, inverted, feathered, applied or deleted.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Layer StylesCalisto: drop and inner shadow, outer and inner glow, color overlay and stroke.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Adjustment LayersCalisto: an adjustment layer is Adjust's look controls over everything below it, Tone Curve included.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Selection CommandsCalisto: the Select menu holds Select All, Deselect, Invert Selection, Feather, Expand, Contract, Smooth and Refine Edges.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Magic Wand and Color RangeCalisto: Select Similar Color picks pixels like the one you choose, and Adjust Part's Brightness Range picks by brightness.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Text LayersCalisto: Text is a tool of its own, and a text layer stays editable.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Smart ObjectsPhotopea links several layers to one source, so editing the source updates every copy, and filters on them stay editable.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Retouching | ||
| Healing ToolsCalisto: Heal blends a repair into its surroundings, beside Clone and Fill.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Automation | ||
| ActionsPhotopea records editing steps and replays them on other files.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| ScriptsPhotopea runs JavaScript that reads and changes a document's layers and size.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Photopea
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Photopea and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Photopea can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Photopea
Questions about switching
Do my files stay on my device?
Your photos are the account's own files in Depot, so they open on any device you sign in on. Foto draws the photo and its edit on your device, and the original is never changed.
Can I open a PSD in Foto?
Not in Foto itself. Studio opens a layered Photoshop file as a design. Foto saves a layered Photo as a layered PSD, and says in plain words what the file could not hold.
Is there anything to install?
No. Foto runs in the browser, and on a phone it is part of the Calisto app, where photos shared from the camera roll land in Add Photos.