Opensource Adobe Suite

[Anthony Parsons]

Someone vibe coded the entire Adobe suite... opensource and free to use, Windows, Linux and Mac. Impressive stuff.

ArtCraft — Controllable AI for Artists

ArtCraft is the open-source desktop app for generating AI video and images — built for artists who want real control.

getartcraft.com

Adobe shares will continue to plummet... people will lose their jobs. No copyright, designed from the ground up, it just replicates Adobe suite products, but it is named differently and coded uniquely. Lots of trouble for a lot of companies.

 

[duderuud]

Adobe is a terrible company so good for them. A shame for the people on the work floor though...

 

[wedgar]

Competition can be a wonderful thing.

 

[Mendalla]

Interesting. I like the idea in principle but have never really used these tools in a serious way so am probably not the best one to judge. We have an excellent and extremely Adobe conversant graphic designer at work who I call on and I use GIMP (in very amateur way) for the bit of image editing I do at home. Looks like it is still very early in the game, too. Probably won't be ready for prime time (i.e. corporate use) for a while. But it's exciting to see.

 

[Suzanne O]

Wouldn't go that route myself considering you can get it from the actual site.
It costs a fair amount.

 

[Andy.N]

Someone vibe coded the entire Adobe suite... opensource and free to use, Windows, Linux and Mac. Impressive stuff.

The individual apps can be downloaded and used for free. There are pricing plans there. Maybe for their online suites?

ArtCraft — Controllable AI for Artists

ArtCraft is the open-source desktop app for generating AI video and images — built for artists who want real control.

getartcraft.com

 

[Mr Lucky]

Is this not a copyright infringement?

 

[Mendalla]

Is this not a copyright infringement?

Most of what Adobe does wouldn't be copyrightable, just the specific way they implement it. So as long as they aren't copying Adobe's code and make things different enough in the look and feel, they could be okay on that front. That's my understanding anyhow. A lawyer would know better.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Most of what Adobe does wouldn't be copyrightable, just the specific way they implement it. So as long as they aren't copying Adobe's code and make things different enough in the look and feel, they could be okay on that front. That's my understanding anyhow. A lawyer would know better.

OK, good point. Hence how Affinity can do all the same stuff.

 

[zappaDPJ]

Most of what Adobe does wouldn't be copyrightable, just the specific way they implement it.

That's something which needs to be challenged in a court of law.

Adobe's General Terms of Use specifically states: '17. No Modifications, Reverse Engineering, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)'

Adobe General Terms of Use | Adobe Legal

Review Adobe's General Terms of Use, governing access to and use of Adobe products, services and software, including product-specific terms and conditions.

www.adobe.com

On GitHub, Thomas describes the ArtCraft apps as a “clean-room reimplementation” of Adobe’s apps, which is a fanciful, industry-standard way to describe a design that allegedly does not infringe on any copyright. It effectively reverse-engineers functionality and recreates it without relying on copyrighted assets or a protected codebase.

Someone Rebuilt Free, Open-Source Versions of Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom Using AI

People are excited for open-source Adobe alternatives.

petapixel.com

As things stand right now, so called 'clean room implementation' is legal (in the UK) meaning only the code and distinctive design is protected, not the function. In my view this has to be challenged in court or we are likely to see the annihilation of multiple software companies which in turn will lead to a loss of innovation.

 

[briansol]

Openoffice shut down Microsoft, right?

 

[Pellyware]

Yeah, good luck convincing anyone to move their entire suite to a vibecoded unsupported mess that no one on earth fully understands the internals of.

 

[Kevin]

Yeah, good luck convincing anyone to move their entire suite to a vibecoded unsupported mess that no one on earth fully understands the internals of.

A lot of photographers & other creatives have switched to either free or lower cost alternatives to Adobe and, being on GitHub, the "internals" are available for anybody to check out.

ArtCraft

Open Source Tools and Models for Creatives. ArtCraft has 41 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Faust]

I know some photographers that have moved to different free softs, or one time purchase. I personally use Luminar and for video editing I use Final Cut Pro. No way I will be paying for the adobe subscription model.

 

[zappaDPJ]

Openoffice shut down Microsoft, right?

Microsoft Office/365 is not their main source of income by some margin. It's also somewhat more affordable than Adobe products and remains the software of choice for corporates.

 

[Taylor J]

Looks nice, I'm a person who would rather have a native desktop app vs an electron/TS powered frontend for a desktop app.

I'll probably stick with the combo of Affinity and DaVinci Resolve.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I'll probably stick with the combo of Affinity and

I’m very happy with Affinity as a PS replacement but not too sure about the new Canva version.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Openoffice shut down Microsoft, right?

Forced OS purchasing isn't the same as optional design tools.

 

[Digital Doctor]

it just replicates Adobe suite products

Is that a key part ? It replicates the program so switching is easy ?

 

[Digital Doctor]

Is a "vibe coded" Xenforo an even greater risk ? As they can start with the code ?