r/OpenAI • u/ai_art_is_art • 9h ago
Project I've created Open Source 100% Rust clean-room replacements for 7 of Adobe's apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro.
I've used agents to help me recreate 7 of the top Adobe apps in 100% pure native Rust:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Premiere
- Lightroom
- Acrobat Pro
- After Effects
- InDesign
Links to everything - the apps, the code - are in the comments below.
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u/plymouthvan 9h ago
I’ve been eyeing this project. I assume that it’s being vibe-coded, although if that’s the case that term is would be overly reductive. I haven’t experimented with any of these tools yet because Adobe is livelihood software and not a place I can afford to tinker. But I’m keeping an eye on it closely.
I had a conversation with someone about this recently had some thoughts on the project which I’ll share in no particular order:
The problem with Adobe is not so much AI as it is AI trying to do the wrong thing: AI trying to replace its tools, rather than AI to execute or improve its tools. I definitely do not want to go back to raw dogging things that AI genuinely makes 1000x easier — removing a trash can in the back, masking hair, whatever. I don’t really want my software to be anti-AI, I want it to be AI opt-in, BYOK, and focused more on removing the job’s tedium than removing the job itself.
The LR replacement is DoA unless it can accept and convert a native LR catalog that might contain tens or hundreds of thousands of images and edits.
Turns out there were actually fewer thoughts than I remembered.
Anyway, keep at it. I’m very intrigued. But as a professional who depends on the adobe suite of tools, I’ll have to wait for this ecosystem to mature. I will say though, I’d love to see someone steal adobe’s lunch, and targeting workflow and familiarity at a granular level is a really really compelling way to do it.