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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. rock_artist · 1791179361 · focus · HN ↗

         As many companies, we've started to use AI on a daily-basis. Yet, it didn't cut the need for testing (both automated and manual) and reviewing.

         Now here we see a fully blown suite which is already alarming for basic testability.

         Also, we had several apps targeting directly at Adobe in the past.

         * Blackmagic DaVinci is the biggest, and it also bought several companies to start fusing a one-stop solution.

         * Affinity also started with single app that got attention before being swallowed into Canva.

         Leaving compatibility and ui-workflow (which is important to existing users), It's much more sane to start and focus on a single app instead of a fully blown package.

         From Adobe/Creative Cloud users, I do know Acrobat Pro is one of the problematic apps they have in terms (it freezes, guess a lot of legacy code, etc). And yet, even where there is some competition on PDF editors, Acrobat is still strong also due to UX and features.

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