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Load a .ply, .compressed.ply, or .sog from the menu, or drag and drop a file onto this view. Use Import as layer to add splats without replacing the whole scene.
Sign in (top right) to load or import splat files.
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Hue/Saturation on the wheel · Luminance & Strength bars · HEX controls.
Global hue rotation, then per bin: Hue shift · Saturation multiplier offset · Luminance offset
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Camera solve and training run locally on your GPU (splat.js, MIT). Nothing is uploaded.
More splats = denser surface coverage and longer conversion time. Capped at 9,990,000 — going higher risks out-of-memory on textured meshes.
Splat radius relative to the average inter-sample distance. ~1.2× closes holes from random sampling; bump up if the model still has gaps, drop down for a crisper look. Try this before maxing out density — it's free.
Lambert diffuse shading. Drag the puck in the preview to set azimuth/elevation, or use the sliders. Ambient floors the dark side so back-facing splats don't go pure black.
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Drag canvas to orbit · scroll to zoom · drag puck for light
Exporting your work requires Photoshock Beta.
Paint, sculpt, and explore Gaussian splats for free. Pro unlocks the tools that turn Photoshock into a finishing studio.
Beta supporter pricing: $49 one-time for a perpetual license. One license per Gumroad email; activates within seconds of payment.
You're in. Join the private beta-tester channel on Discord to swap files, get early builds, and shape what ships next.
These work when the viewport or canvas is focused, not while typing in a field. ⌘ is Mac; use Ctrl on Windows/Linux.
| V | Cursor |
| B | Brush |
| X | Eraser |
| Z | Reset brush |
| K | Paint bucket |
| R | Rectangle select |
| O | Brush select |
| L | Lasso select |
| P | Polygon (vector) select |
| C | Color select |
| Y | 3D selection |
| ; | Splat select |
| U | Histogram viewer |
| N | Shape layer |
| Tab | Toggle display overlays (centers / rings) |
| Ctrl/⌘ + M | Toggle display overlays (same as Tab) |
| M | Toggle selection footprint (centers ↔ footprint) |
| H | Toggle selection color |
| 8 | New selection (replace) |
| 9 | Add to selection |
| 0 | Subtract from selection |
| H | Toggle selection highlight |
| Shift B | Sphere Select — 3D brush that follows the surface (size shared with Brush Select) |
| 4 | Toggle Depth (visible surface only ↔ through the scene) — selection & brush |
| 5 | Toggle Follow surface (per-cell depth band / sphere brush) — selection & brush |
| ⌘ A | Select all |
| ⌘ I | Invert selection |
| \ | Clear selection |
| Enter | Close polygon (vector select, 3+ points) |
| Backspace | Remove last polygon vertex (vector select) |
| Delete / Backspace | Delete selected splats, or clear selection |
| Esc | Clear selection / cancel partial shape; then cursor in some tools |
| ` | Toggle orbit / fly camera |
| W A S D | Move (orbit: pan target; fly: move) |
| Q / E | Up / down |
| ↑ / ↓ | Cam speed (or brush size when brush/eraser/reset is active) |
| ← / → | Switch right-panel tab (Scene · Color · Swatches) |
| F | Frame active layer |
| ⌘ F | Reset camera |
| ⌘ G | Toggle grid |
| ⌘ B | Toggle render box |
| 1 2 3 | Gizmo: move / rotate / scale |
| G | Show / hide layer transform gizmo |
| J | Toggle gizmo coordinate space (Local ↔ World) |
| I | Toggle hover-highlight on non-selected layers |
| ⇧ F | Show / hide FPS (top-left of viewer) |
| Double-click on the model (cursor tool) focuses the camera on that point. | |
| ⌘ Z | Undo |
| ⌘ Y / ⌘ ⇧ Z | Redo |
| ⌘ D | Duplicate selected user layer |
| ⌘ L | Load Splat |
| ⌘ E | Export PLY |
| ⌘ P | Snapshot (PNG/JPEG) |
| , | Save selection |
| . | Save camera bookmark |
| / | Add active color to swatches |
| Enter | Splat It (Shape / Text tool) |
Photoshock is a Gaussian-splat painting app built by The Creative Computing. The closed beta runs on the open source stack below — huge thanks to every maintainer making this possible.
| PlayCanvas | WebGPU / WebGL renderer + gsplat pipeline · MIT |
| @playcanvas/splat-transform | PLY ↔ SOG ↔ compressed.ply codecs · MIT |
| fflate | Zip / gzip codec for LCC bundles · MIT |
| Vite | Dev server + production bundler · MIT |
| vite-plugin-pwa | Service worker + offline shell for the web build · MIT |
| @supabase/supabase-js | Auth + subscription gate · MIT |
| posthog-js | Product analytics (no autocapture; explicit events only) · MIT |
| Tabler Icons | Every glyph in the toolbar + panels · MIT |
| splat.js | Train splat — in-browser structure-from-motion + WebGPU 3DGS trainer (vendored) · MIT © Stratum1 GmbH |
| Google Fonts | Fonts available in the 3D Text tool · SIL Open Font / Apache |
Photoshock itself is closed source today. If you'd like to discuss licensing or partnerships, reach out at dev@thecreativecomputing.com.
Photoshock is in closed beta for a small group of selected users. Access is $49 one-time on Gumroad — a perpetual license that funds development toward the public release. Loading the checkout may take a moment.
After payment, Gumroad redirects back with
?photoshock_contributor=1
and your license activates automatically — this dialog stays hidden afterwards.
Renders the current view at the size you choose. Opaque uses the menu BG color; transparent PNG uses alpha behind the splats.
Export multiple PLY files at different levels of detail. Splats are ranked by visual importance (opacity × scale) and the top N% are kept per level.
Removing spherical harmonics from lower LODs reduces file size with minimal visual impact at distance.