LayerWise Documentation

LayerWise is a Photoshop plugin for arch-viz post-production. Point it at your render elements and it builds the PSD for you: passes sorted into groups, set to the right blend modes, with masks already cut from your multimatte and alpha passes. When the client asks for changes and you re-render, LayerWise swaps the new files into the same PSD. Your adjustment layers, masks, smart filters and layer styles stay put.

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What it’s good for

• Starting a post-production PSD in seconds. Pick your render output folder and a template, and LayerWise builds the whole layer structure. No more dragging in 20 passes by hand and setting each one to Linear Dodge.
• Re-renders without redoing your work. Update a finished PSD with tonight’s renders. Each render element layer gets its new file, and everything you built on top survives.
• Multichannel EXRs, as they are. Rendered everything into one EXR? LayerWise splits it into passes for you, no extra software needed.
• Masks from your mattes. MultiMatte, CMasking_Mask and luminance passes such as Alpha or ZDepth become layer masks on groups, ready for selective adjustments. With a Cryptomatte, pick any object or material after rendering to get its mask.
• Region renders. Merge a re-rendered region back into the full image, cropped by its alpha.
• Your studio’s structure, every time. Save your group structure as a template and share it with your team, or keep it in the cloud.
• Tedious fixes in one click. Reset layer transforms, collapse groups, batch-convert to smart objects and more.
• AI assistants. If you want, let Claude or another AI app drive Photoshop through LayerWise.

LayerWise replaces Pulze Post Manager. Coming from Post Manager? See Migrating from Post Manager.

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