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1. Oct 10
   Dev rebuilds 7 Adobe apps in Rust with Opus 5.5 — hands-on finds them far from ready

   A developer who describes himself as a 15-year industry veteran used Claude Opus 5.5 to help recreate Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, After Effects and InDesign in "100% pure native Rust," grouped under the ArtCraft name (PhotoCraft, FilmCraft and others). The apps are free, multi-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux and web), and tiny — around 80–90MB versus 6.4GB for Photoshop — but TechRadar's hands-on found PhotoCraft can't open HEIC files, has flaky selection tools and only saves as JPG, while FilmCraft can't drag-trim clips and plays back audio as loud static. With PhotoCraft at version 0.20 and FilmCraft at 0.2.1, the reviewer concludes they are nowhere near ready and recommends established free alternatives such as DaVinci Resolve for now.

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