DawnDeskLayer Workflow
Build compositions with multiple layers, opacity, blend modes, masks, smart objects, adjustment layers, locking, visibility, reorder, and merge controls.
DawnDesk workspaces
Focused tools built for a connected workflow.
Explore the complete DawnDesk toolkit. Each workspace features a dedicated layout, specific toolsets, and in-depth documentation.
Photo Editor
A desktop photo workspace for importing images, editing layers, tuning color, drawing, saving projects, and exporting results.
Video Editor
A local video workspace for importing media, arranging clips, previewing edits, tuning clips, and exporting finished videos.
Prompt Manager
A prompt workspace for saving reusable prompts, managing outputs, and discovering shared prompt templates.
Project Manager
A project workspace for planning issues, running sprints, reviewing strategy, and tracking delivery.
Create polished visuals
Photo Editor
Layer-based image editing inside the desktop workspace.
A desktop photo workspace for importing images, editing layers, tuning color, drawing, saving projects, and exporting results.
What you get
Canvas Tools
Use brush, eraser, fill, selection, color picker, text, shape, crop, rotate, flip, resize, and transform controls.
Color & Adjustments
Tune images with adjustments, filters, histogram feedback, foreground/background swatches, and recent color picking.
Projects & Export
Open multiple image tabs, browse them in the film strip, save DawnDesk project files, reopen projects, and export or batch export images.
- Import an image or open a saved project
- Edit with layers, tools, masks, adjustments, and filters
- Save the project or export one image or a batch
Produce sharper videos
Video Editor
Timeline editing backed by local FFmpeg tools.
A local video workspace for importing media, arranging clips, previewing edits, tuning clips, and exporting finished videos.
What you get
Media & Timeline
Import media into a bin, generate thumbnails and waveforms, arrange clips on tracks, trim, reorder, and preview playback.
Editing Panels
Use editor tools, clip properties, masks, effects, transitions, text presets, and color grading controls.
Preview & Transport
Control playback with preview and transport controls while monitoring timeline state and project status.
Project Export
Save and load projects, choose export presets, set resolution and frame rate, track export progress, and cancel renders.
- Start a video project and import media
- Arrange clips, add effects, masks, text, transitions, color, and audio work
- Save the project or export with FFmpeg-backed presets
Organize better prompts
Prompt Manager
A prompt library with a shared hub.
A prompt workspace for saving reusable prompts, managing outputs, and discovering shared prompt templates.
What you get
Prompt Library
Create and edit prompts with title, category, content, model, output text, and optional image output references.
Search & Variables
Search by keyword, filter by category, copy prompts quickly, and detect bracketed variables for reusable templates.
Prompt Hub
Browse Prompt Hub with featured, newest, and popular sorting plus category, model, and output-type filters.
Publish & Save
Publish your own prompts to the hub, save shared prompts into your library, and manage your creator dashboard.
- Create a prompt with category, variables, model, and output notes
- Search or copy it from your library when needed
- Use Prompt Hub to publish, save, or discover shared prompts
Keep projects moving
Project Manager
Shared planning from backlog to reports.
A project workspace for planning issues, running sprints, reviewing strategy, and tracking delivery.
What you get
Project Workspaces
Create projects, open a shared project hub, invite members, manage roles, and keep section comments attached to the right workspace.
Issues & Backlog
Create and edit issues with type, status, priority, story points, estimates, due dates, and sprint assignment.
Boards & Roadmaps
Plan sprints in the backlog, run active work on a board, track epics on the roadmap, and maintain project strategy notes.
Search & Reports
Search, filter, export issues, and review reports for status, priority, lead time, burndown, throughput, and time tracking.
- Open a project workspace
- Plan issues in the backlog and active sprint board
- Review roadmap, strategies, search, comments, and reports
Capture every detail
Notes Manager
A local knowledge base with structure.
A notes workspace for writing, organizing, linking, searching, and revisiting your work.
What you get
Notes, Notebooks & Tags
Create notes, navigate notebooks, assign tags, pin or favorite important items, and sort the note list.
Search & Command Palette
Use search panels and command controls to jump through notes, views, and common actions quickly.
Daily Notes, Tasks & Templates
Work from daily notes, reusable templates, task views, archive, and trash without leaving the notes app.
Backlinks, Graph & Versions
Trace connected notes with backlinks and graph view, inspect properties, and restore from version history.
- Create a note or open a daily note
- Organize it with notebooks, tags, links, or templates
- Use search, graph, backlinks, tasks, and versions to keep context alive
Utilities for builders
Dev Tools
Practical utilities for code, data, and local files.
A local utility bench for inspecting files, transforming text, testing data, and handling developer chores.
What you get
File & Media Inspectors
Inspect fonts, colors, metadata, duplicates, binary data, QR codes, Unicode symbols, and image differences from local files.
Text & Data Tools
Work with regex, Markdown-to-HTML/PDF output, CSV diffs, JSON/YAML/TOML conversion, Base64, URL encoding, and HTML entities.
Workflow Helpers
Build cron expressions, edit SRT subtitles, generate fake data, create timestamp manifests, and suggest file organization.
Network & Security
Decode JWTs, audit passwords locally, test API requests, check links, query DNS records, and probe small local networks.
- Choose a focused utility from the Dev Tools hub
- Paste data or select local files
- Copy, download, or apply the generated result
Run the books
Finance Manager
A full finance workspace for teams that need structure.
A protected finance workspace with dashboards, accounting sections, imports, exports, members, and comments.
What you get
Accounting Sections
Move between general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash and treasury, tax, procurement, inventory, and fixed assets.
Budgets & Reports
Review dashboard summaries, budgeting and forecasting views, financial reports, and compliance/audit sections.
Workspace Sync
Create finance workspaces, switch between them, invite members, and protect access through Google authentication.
Import, Export & Comments
Export or import workspace data as JSON and keep section-specific discussion close to the records.
- Create or open a finance workspace
- Add records in the relevant finance section
- Review dashboards, reports, comments, and exports
DawnDesk toolkit
All workspaces are built into one workspace.
Install DawnDesk once and use the full toolkit for creative, project, and productivity workflows.