Files

Files

PhotoCraft opens and saves through Android's own file picker, so it can reach your device's storage, SD cards and cloud apps (Google Drive and others that appear in the picker).

• File › Open… opens the picker. Pick one file or several.
• File › Save saves back to the file you opened (when the app it came from allows changes; otherwise a message suggests Save As).
• File › Save As… and Export open the picker to choose where the new file goes.
• From other apps: choose PhotoCraft in Open with or Share (from Files, Photos, a browser…) and the image opens in a new tab.
• File › Exit (Ctrl+Q) asks about unsaved work before closing. The Back button doesn't close the app, so it can't skip that question.

Supported formats are the same as the desktop app: PSD and PSB with layers, PhotoCraft's own .pcraft, PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP, EXR, HDR, camera raw files, and Affinity and OpenRaster import.

Good to know

• Autosave: with recovery autosave on in Preferences › File Handling (it's on by default), unsaved work is saved for recovery every few minutes and a few seconds after you stop making changes. If Android closes the app in the background, your work comes back the next time you open it. It's a safety net, not a save: still save your files.
• Settings backup: your preferences, brushes and presets, Shortcut Pad and Touch Input settings are included in Android's app backup, so they should come back if you reinstall the app. Updating always keeps them. To keep your own copy, see Export and import settings.
• Some apps (such as Downloads on some devices) show a saved file without its extension. The file is still in the format you chose.
• Commands that ask for a folder (such as loading video frames as layers) aren't supported; pick the files themselves.

Export and import settings

Keep a copy of your setup, move it to another device, or share it with someone:

• Edit › Preferences › Export Settings… saves one file, PhotoCraft Settings.zip, wherever you pick (Downloads, a cloud folder…). It holds your preferences, brushes and other presets (brush tips included), Shortcut Pad, Touch Input and layout settings, and the fonts you imported with Type › Import Font….
• Edit › Preferences › Import Settings… opens one. Then close PhotoCraft (File › Exit) and open it again: the settings are used from the next start.

Importing replaces your preferences, presets and Shortcut Pad, Touch Input and layout settings with the ones in the file, and adds its fonts to yours. Documents are never in the file. Only a settings file PhotoCraft exported can be imported.