Watch it work
Point LayerWise at your render folder and get a grouped, masked PSD. When new renders come in, they drop into the same layers.
What's inside
One panel in Photoshop that builds your post-production file from your render elements and keeps it up to date, render after render.
One-click documents
Pick your render folder and LayerWise builds the PSD from a template: every element in its group, with the right blend mode, opacity and label colour. Size, resolution and bit depth come from the renders.
New renders, same edits
Drop new renders into the open document. Masks, smart filters and layer styles stay on their layers, and a bigger render keeps its full resolution.
Masks from your mattes
MultiMatte channels become named masks on the layers and groups that match them. Pick objects in a Cryptomatte, and each pick becomes a mask of its own.
Drive Photoshop from Claude
Ask Claude, or another AI app on your computer, to swap in last night’s renders, add a person with Project Dream or grade the image. Every request is its own step in History, so you undo it like anything else.
One EXR, every element
Rendered a single multichannel EXR? LayerWise splits it into its render elements and builds the document from them.
And much more
Tools and macros
Reset transforms, collapse groups, extract masks and more, one click each.
Cloud templates
Keep your templates on your Pulze account and use them on any computer.
Region renders
Render a region again and merge it into the full image.
Render elements editor
Name and flag the elements your engine writes.
Your workflow before and after LayerWise
Presets for V-Ray, Corona and FStorm
Any other engine works with custom elements and templates.
Runs in Photoshop on Windows and macOS.
Pricing
No seats, no licence keys, no trial clock. Sign in with your Pulze account and it’s yours.
Free
The full plugin, for everyone on your team
One-click documents from templates
New renders, same edits
MultiMatte and Cryptomatte masks
Multichannel EXR
Frequently Asked Questions
What is LayerWise?
A free Photoshop plugin that builds a layered, masked document from your render elements, and drops new renders into it without touching your edits.
Is LayerWise free to use?
Yes. Every feature is free with a Pulze account. There are no paid tiers and no licence keys.
Does it work on Mac?
Yes. LayerWise runs in Photoshop 2025 or newer, on Windows and macOS.
Do I need to be online?
Only to sign in the first time. After that it works offline, except for cloud templates. Your renders and PSDs never leave your computer.
Does it support multichannel EXR and Cryptomatte?
Yes. A multichannel EXR is split into its render elements, and Cryptomatte picks become masks.
How does the Claude assistant work, and is my work private?
Switch it on in LayerWise and connect Claude Desktop in one click. Claude asks LayerWise to do the work in your open document, and everything runs on your computer. It is off until you switch it on.
