diff --git a/Shaders/painter/layer_copy_bgra.frag.glsl b/Shaders/painter/layer_copy_bgra.frag.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0dcb5dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shaders/painter/layer_copy_bgra.frag.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#version 330
+uniform sampler2D tex;
+in vec2 texCoord;
+in vec4 color;
+out vec4 FragColor;
+void main() {
+	FragColor = textureLod(tex, texCoord, 0).bgra * color;
+}
diff --git a/Sources/arm/Layers.hx b/Sources/arm/Layers.hx
index 11c663f9..136ae91a 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/Layers.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/Layers.hx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Layers {
 	public static var pipeMergeA: PipelineState = null;
 	public static var pipeCopy: PipelineState;
 	public static var pipeCopy8: PipelineState;
+	public static var pipeCopyBGRA: PipelineState;
 	public static var pipeMask: PipelineState;
 	public static var tex0: TextureUnit;
 	public static var tex1: TextureUnit;
@@ -144,6 +145,16 @@ class Layers {
 		pipeCopy.inputLayout = [vs];
 		pipeCopy.compile();
 
+		pipeCopyBGRA = new PipelineState();
+		pipeCopyBGRA.vertexShader = Reflect.field(kha.Shaders, "layer_view_vert");
+		pipeCopyBGRA.fragmentShader = Reflect.field(kha.Shaders, "layer_copy_bgra_frag");
+		var vs = new VertexStructure();
+		vs.add("pos", VertexData.Float3);
+		vs.add("tex", VertexData.Float2);
+		vs.add("col", VertexData.Float4);
+		pipeCopyBGRA.inputLayout = [vs];
+		pipeCopyBGRA.compile();
+
 		#if kha_metal
 		pipeCopy8 = new PipelineState();
 		pipeCopy8.vertexShader = Reflect.field(kha.Shaders, "layer_view_vert");
diff --git a/Sources/arm/ProjectFormat.hx b/Sources/arm/ProjectFormat.hx
index 3e207f4a..83fcebda 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/ProjectFormat.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/ProjectFormat.hx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ typedef TProjectFormat = {
 	@:optional public var layer_datas: Array<TLayerData>;
 	@:optional public var mesh_datas: Array<TMeshData>;
 	@:optional public var mesh_assets: Array<String>;
+	@:optional public var is_bgra: Null<Bool>; // Swapped red and blue channels for layer textures
 }
 
 typedef TLayerData = {
diff --git a/Sources/arm/io/ExportArm.hx b/Sources/arm/io/ExportArm.hx
index 972a335e..94919ae3 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/io/ExportArm.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/io/ExportArm.hx
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ class ExportArm {
 			mesh_datas: md,
 			layer_datas: ld,
 			assets: texture_files,
-			mesh_assets: mesh_files
+			mesh_assets: mesh_files,
+			#if kha_metal
+			is_bgra: true
+			#else
+			is_bgra: false
+			#end
 		};
 
 		var bytes = ArmPack.encode(Project.raw);
diff --git a/Sources/arm/io/ImportArm.hx b/Sources/arm/io/ImportArm.hx
index abd3f5e8..fc964bd5 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/io/ImportArm.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/io/ImportArm.hx
@@ -211,21 +211,21 @@ class ImportArm {
 					// TODO: create render target from bytes
 					var texpaint = Image.fromBytes(Lz4.decode(ld.texpaint, ld.res * ld.res * 4 * bytesPerPixel), ld.res, ld.res, format);
 					l.texpaint.g2.begin(false);
-					l.texpaint.g2.pipeline = Layers.pipeCopy;
+					l.texpaint.g2.pipeline = project.is_bgra ? Layers.pipeCopyBGRA : Layers.pipeCopy;
 					l.texpaint.g2.drawImage(texpaint, 0, 0);
 					l.texpaint.g2.pipeline = null;
 					l.texpaint.g2.end();
 
 					var texpaint_nor = Image.fromBytes(Lz4.decode(ld.texpaint_nor, ld.res * ld.res * 4 * bytesPerPixel), ld.res, ld.res, format);
 					l.texpaint_nor.g2.begin(false);
-					l.texpaint_nor.g2.pipeline = Layers.pipeCopy;
+					l.texpaint_nor.g2.pipeline = project.is_bgra ? Layers.pipeCopyBGRA : Layers.pipeCopy;
 					l.texpaint_nor.g2.drawImage(texpaint_nor, 0, 0);
 					l.texpaint_nor.g2.pipeline = null;
 					l.texpaint_nor.g2.end();
 
 					var texpaint_pack = Image.fromBytes(Lz4.decode(ld.texpaint_pack, ld.res * ld.res * 4 * bytesPerPixel), ld.res, ld.res, format);
 					l.texpaint_pack.g2.begin(false);
-					l.texpaint_pack.g2.pipeline = Layers.pipeCopy;
+					l.texpaint_pack.g2.pipeline = project.is_bgra ? Layers.pipeCopyBGRA : Layers.pipeCopy;
 					l.texpaint_pack.g2.drawImage(texpaint_pack, 0, 0);
 					l.texpaint_pack.g2.pipeline = null;
 					l.texpaint_pack.g2.end();