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Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen

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912 points ralusek | 5 comments | 17 Oct 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.994s | source
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ryandrake ◴[17 Oct 24 14:51 UTC] No.41870217[source]▶
I'm making some big assumptions about Adobe's product ideation process, but: This seems like the "right" way to approach developing AI products: Find a user need that can't easily be solved with traditional methods and algorithms, decide that AI is appropriate for that thing, and then build an AI system to solve it.

Rather than what many BigTech companies are currently doing: "Wall Street says we need to 'Use AI Somehow'. Let's invest in AI and Find Things To Do with AI. Later, we'll worry about somehow matching these things with user needs."

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emmanueloga_ ◴[17 Oct 24 15:48 UTC] No.41870780[source]▶
I think you're being a bit too generous with Adobe here :-). I shared this before, but it's worth resharing [1]. It covers the experience of a professional artist using Adobe tools.

The gist is that once a company has a captive audience with no alternatives, investors come first. Flashy (no pun intended :-p), cool features to impress investors become more important than the everyday user experience—and this feature does look super cool!

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1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthVYUB8JLs

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Ikatza ◴[17 Oct 24 21:29 UTC] No.41874004[source]▶
Is there no alternative to Photoshop? Affinity or Pixelator don't cut it?
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emmanueloga_ ◴[17 Oct 24 22:22 UTC] No.41874403[source]▶
Gimp? Although the UX feels so outdated.

https://github.com/KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives#photoshop

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1. t0bia_s ◴[18 Oct 24 07:20 UTC] No.41877067[source]▶
If you ever worked professionally with PS, you are getting tired of recommendations of tool that is capable like 20% of PS.
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2. emmanueloga_ ◴[18 Oct 24 07:53 UTC] No.41877227[source]▶
Interesting! What are some unique features not typically found in other apps? (don't say generative fill lol)

Creating a specification for minimum viable features of a raster editor able to replace Photoshop would be fantastic.

Could serve as a roadmap for alternatives and for bragging rights: "Painter2900: implements 99% of the Rasterflames Liberation Standard, and more!".

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3. t0bia_s ◴[18 Oct 24 08:47 UTC] No.41877499[source]▶
Mask precision, plugin compatibility, scripts and actions, color profiles management, brush options, camera raw compatibility, liquify tool, 3D, font options... I just named a few that I use regularly.

Beside functions, Gimp's UI looks outdated.

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4. shadowmanifold ◴[18 Oct 24 11:16 UTC] No.41878311{3}[source]▶
I haven't used Photoshop in about 15 years. Gimp was never close to Photoshop

Krita on the other hand is basically everything I remember about old Photoshop. Even the keyboard shortcuts are pretty much the same. The price is quite right too.

What Adobe has done with generative AI has been really impressive though. I am going to probably have to give PS a try just to see what I am missing.

5. therein ◴[20 Oct 24 02:34 UTC] No.41892476{3}[source]▶
Besides the UI, GIMP's UX is what breaks my heart.