Vincent 4.0
Digital paper and pen for visual thinking
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Vincent 4.0 - Local-first digital paper for visual thinking

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Vincent 4.0 is a cross-platform, local-first canvas for notes, diagrams, study sheets, wireframes, planning, and rough ideas. The new release adds a redesigned workspace, pressure-sensitive brushes, layers, shapes, text, image transforms, PSD import/export, pan and zoom, and complete keyboard shortcuts. Your files stay on your device, with no account, cloud workspace, or subscription. One-time purchase: $9.99.

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Hi Product Hunt — I’m Muyeong, the maker of Vincent. I built Vincent because many ideas need a place before they are ready for Figma, Photoshop, Word, or code. Paper is fast, but it is hard to reorganize and hand off. Large creative suites are powerful, but often too heavy for the first rough thought. Vincent 4.0 is my attempt at that missing middle: local-first digital paper for notes, diagrams, study sheets, wireframes, planning, and visual brainstorming. This release rebuilds the workflow around a flexible canvas, pressure-sensitive brushes, layers, shapes, text, image transforms, PSD import/export, pan and zoom, and keyboard-first operation. There is no account, cloud workspace, or subscription. Your files stay on your device, and Vincent is a one-time $9.99 purchase. I would especially value feedback on where Vincent could fit into your own workflow and what you reach for when an idea is not ready for a production tool yet.

How does the PSD round-trip actually handle layer styles and blending modes, since that tends to be where most editors break down?

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Vincent currently imports 8-bit RGB/RGBA PSD layers as raster layers and retains each layer’s name, bounds, blend-mode key, opacity, and visibility in its session/XMP manifest. Photoshop layer styles, smart objects, adjustment layers, and editable text/vector structure are not reconstructed; masks are detected but not recreated as editable masks, so extracted raster pixels are the fallback. During export, Vincent writes a merged preview and separate rasterized layers bottom-to-top, including rasterized text, shape, and image objects. Native exported layer records currently use Normal, 100% opacity, and visible; retained values remain Vincent metadata, not re-authored Photoshop-native properties.