The end of Adobe? Using Claude to run free Photoshop clones!

ArtCraft PhotoCraft, GridCraft, WordCraft and FilmCraft, the free open-source Photoshop, Excel, Word and Premiere clones, driven by Claude Code over each app's own MCP server. 17 graded agent runs, one wall (Place is switched off for agents), and the fix we had Claude Code build into our own fork of the open-source code. ---- Higgsfield AI — Create AI Videos & Visuals Get 10% OFF here: https://higgsfield.ai?fpr=thomas-dccf7e 🚀 DYNAMOUS AI COMMUNITY Want to learn agentic coding with live daily events and workshops? Check out Dynamous AI: https://dynamous.ai/?code=646a60 Get 10% off here 👉 https://shorturl.smartcode.diy/dynamous_ai_10_percent_discount ⚡ HOSTINGER — RELIABLE HOSTING FOR YOUR PROJECTS (10% OFF) Whether you're shipping a portfolio, a side project, n8n flows, or AI agents — I use Hostinger for fast, affordable VPS + web hosting. Get 10% off here 👉 https://hostinger.com/DIYSMARTCODE n8n: https://n8n.partnerlinks.io/diysmartcode (Affiliate links — costs you nothing, supports the channel.) ---- Chapters 0:00 Claude Code Runs PhotoCraft, the Free Photoshop Clone (and Hits a Wall) 0:38 What ArtCraft Shipped: Open-Source Adobe and Office Clones, 74% Claude Opus Commits 1:14 Every Action Is a Command: CLI, Control Channel and MCP Server 1:36 The AI Agent Test Setup: Claude Code + the App's Own MCP Server 1:59 PhotoCraft Agent Test: 3 of 3 Thumbnails, Place Disabled for Automation 2:34 GridCraft Agent Test: Excel-Style Summary 4 of 4, 125 of 125 Formulas 3:12 WordCraft Agent Test: Editor Summary, Headings, PDF, 4 of 4 3:45 FilmCraft Agent Test: a 24-Second Teaser, 720 Frames, 0 ms Audio Offset 4:57 Claude Code Fixes Our PhotoCraft Fork: 87 Lines, 2 Tests 5:54 Same Task on the Patched Build: 45 to 32 Turns, Place 6 of 6 6:29 PhotoCraft Select Subject Limits: 99% vs About Half on Busy Frames 7:05 Fake ArtCraft Downloads, Adobe Terms vs EU Law 7:34 Verdict: Let Your Agent Run GridCraft, WordCraft and FilmCraft What you will see in this 8-minute test: → PhotoCraft 0.10.0, GridCraft 0.9.0, WordCraft 0.8.0 and FilmCraft 0.9.0, downloaded from the official GitHub releases, checksums verified → Claude Code driving each running app through its own MCP server, 3 or more runs per app, every result checked against an answer key written before run 1 → Every edit went through the app's MCP server; Claude used the shell only to check its own results → PhotoCraft: 3 of 3 thumbnails, but Place is switched off for automation, so Claude worked around it every time → GridCraft: a formula-built summary of our 835-video catalog, 4 of 4, plus 125 of 125 hand-written formulas → WordCraft: editor summary, Heading 2 sections, page numbers, DOCX and PDF, 4 of 4, plus Claude unzipping its own .docx to check the headings and flagging script problems it was not asked to fix → FilmCraft: a 24-second teaser cut from one of our Shorts, 3 of 3, and Claude spotting a file-name collision in my own test setup → The fix: Claude Code in our local PhotoCraft fork adds a capability-scoped app.place method, 87 lines with 2 tests, 111 automation tests passing, the safety check untouched → The same thumbnail task on the patched build: Place 6 of 6, median 45 to 32 turns, 173 to 113 seconds, cost flat at about a dollar PhotoCraft (Photoshop clone): https://github.com/storytold/photocraft PhotoCraft roadmap (their own readiness numbers): https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/blob/main/ROADMAP.md GridCraft (Excel clone): https://github.com/storytold/gridcraft WordCraft (Word clone): https://github.com/storytold/wordcraft FilmCraft (Premiere clone): https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft ArtCraft official site: https://getartcraft.com REA fake-repo malware warning (issue 2424): https://github.com/morluto/rea/issues/2424 Adobe General Terms of Use, section 17: https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html EU Software Directive 2009/24/EC, Art. 5(3): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009L0024 The fix lives in our local fork only and was not sent upstream. The legal part states facts from those two documents. It is not legal advice. Would you drop Adobe for a free clone your agent can run and patch? Yes or no? #ArtCraft #PhotoCraft #GridCraft #WordCraft #FilmCraft #ClaudeCode #ClaudeMCP #MCP #AIAgents #AIAgent #PhotoshopAlternative #FreePhotoshopAlternative #AdobeAlternative #PhotoshopAI #ExcelAlternative #PremiereProAlternative #OpenSource #ClaudeOpus #Rust #AICoding #DevTools