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1. nonethewiser · 1791165422 · focus · HN ↗

   Pretty crazy. I think we’re already very numb to AI. Can you imagine seeing something like this pop up 3 years ago? Youd have been dumbfounded and it would have been major news.

   1. jenniferhooley · 1791168103 · focus · HN ↗

      Have you tried the apps, or have any experience with Photoshop (complex photo or art or video projects)?

      Just curious, because I've worked within design/film etc. for years.

      I did open the PhotoCraft and loaded a few of my simpler layout projects. And literally nothing works.

      Let's see:

      1. Tried to select text, like the selector is off from the cursor.

      2. Tried to edit text, takes like 3 seconds to drag the slider for size, nothing happens (text doesn't change size).

      3. Absolutely everything is insanely laggy: selecting, switching, etc.

      4. Can't seem to expand/collapse folders.

      5. Everything shows shortcut keys - shortcut keys don't do anything.

      6. Tried to move something, it kind of got frozen for a while. Eventually disappeared I think?

      7. Clicked something and it auto selected a side panel (don't know why), hid the other panel, can't stretch, collapse the panels or get it back...

      This is actual joke software, I'm confused why you are impressed?

      1. nicknow · 1791173480 · focus · HN ↗

         Not surprised, I was super suspicious when I saw this post. Like I bet the underlying image/layout manipulation isn’t that technically challenging at this point, but there is just so much that goes into every single operation from the UI to validations to operation that even with the best use of AI I doubt you could replicate any of the image/video products without several months to a years worth of dedicated effort.

         1. usef- · 1791180888 · focus · HN ↗

            Yes, I would have believed it more if they were targeting one app. But doing all seven at once immediately made me think they likely had no level of care at all (or a giant team?). Today's AI can be impressive but it's not up to adobe-scale apps without a lot of attention and feedback, if you have standards at all. There's a huge surface area to polish in just one of these apps.

            I checked GitHub and it has only two committers and four weeks effort: One person +550k lines, another +3k lines.

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