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Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by fragmede »

jp_sc wrote: post #285
alex_smart wrote: post #134

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It doesn't help that the article is actually quite poorly written.

At least you know it wasn’t written by AI… maybe it was left in a draft state because the author disliked the idea of being accused of writing it with AI

That makes it better? That's what bugs me about the anti-AI sentiment. I'm supposed to want to read worse, more poorly written work (like said article) because it has a human touch to it? Yes it would be great if everyone had perfect writing skills, but we're all human, so we don't. If someone uses an LLM to help them get their point across so it's easier to understand where they're coming from, why penalize them for it?

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by bensyverson »

8note wrote: post #361
bensyverson wrote: post #346

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The very real alternative now is: $0 to custom-code the one workflow you need, then $0 to fix it in four years when the dependencies break. Don't get me wrong. If you need PS, you need PS. I have a neighbor who is a photo retoucher. She is not vibe coding the tool she spends 8+ hr/day in.

$0 is a little low. maybe $3?

For the moment, there is a free tier on every major AI provider, which is more than enough to vibe code a single graphics workflow.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by bensyverson »

carlosjobim wrote: post #364
bensyverson wrote: post #346

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The very real alternative now is: $0 to custom-code the one workflow you need, then $0 to fix it in four years when the dependencies break. Don't get me wrong. If you need PS, you need PS. I have a neighbor who is a photo retoucher. She is not vibe coding the tool she spends 8+ hr/day in.

I think there's only two real world scenarios: 1. People buy and use fully fledged applications like Photoshop or get Affinity. 2. People ask AI to do their image editing / creation tasks. The number of people who will have AI make programs for image editing is so small as to not even count. And they will only do it for tinkering reasons to make a vector image of Tux the penguin and then never use it again.

So in your mind, there is no scenario where people ask AI to create a more focused (even single-purpose) image editing app, and either make it free or charge a small amount?

Because I'm seeing that happening more and more. Just as one random example, I've lost count of the number of vibe coded captioning apps I've seen for FCP, because it's a known pain point in the software.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by carlosjobim »

bensyverson wrote: post #373
carlosjobim wrote: post #364

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think there's only two real world scenarios: 1. People buy and use fully fledged applications like Photoshop or get Affinity. 2. People ask AI to do their image editing / creation tasks. The number of people who will have AI make programs for image editing is so small as to not even count. And they will only do it for tinkering reasons to make a vector image of Tux the penguin and then never use it again.

So in your mind, there is no scenario where people ask AI to create a more focused (even single-purpose) image editing app, and either make it free or charge a small amount? Because I'm seeing that happening more and more. Just as one random example, I've lost count of the number of vibe coded captioning apps I've seen for FCP, because it's a known pain point in the software.

Sure, but there isn't much of a business in it I would say. People who are too cheap to pay for Photoshop aren't going to pay for a small tool either. And Affinity is already free and very powerful.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by bensyverson »

carlosjobim wrote: post #374
bensyverson wrote: post #373

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So in your mind, there is no scenario where people ask AI to create a more focused (even single-purpose) image editing app, and either make it free or charge a small amount? Because I'm seeing that happening more and more. Just as one random example, I've lost count of the number of vibe coded captioning apps I've seen for FCP, because it's a known pain point in the software.

Sure, but there isn't much of a business in it I would say. People who are too cheap to pay for Photoshop aren't going to pay for a small tool either. And Affinity is already free and very powerful.

Just saying… Canva started as a "small tool" that was in no way competitive with Photoshop.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by quacked »

dTal wrote: post #264
quacked wrote: post #224

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> Years later, this still seems far out of reach. If anything, it seems to have been settled that most non-technicals don't want a 3D printer. They would if you could print things out of durable materials that had weight and structure. I haven't seen any 3D printers that do anything except for that light resin-plastic that feels like you could snap it easily. But if I could print a PVC section for my sink that would…

You're quite wrong. You can, in fact, print perfectly well in any thermoplastic, including PVC (although it's unpopular due to toxic fumes). Nor is strength neccessarily an issue. In fact you can 3D print polycarbonate parts strong enough to scratch-build a drone - props and all. No - the reason you wouldn't want to print parts for your kitchen sink isn't because you can't , it's because you rarely need such parts, a…

How much is a 3D printer that can print durable thermoplastics that I can use for replacement of trivial household items? I thought that would require an industrial setup to do. If you're telling me that I can just start replacing plastic crap in my house, including critical parts like plumbing, with a 3D printer that can sit in its own corner, I probably WILL buy a 3D printer.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by koonsolo »

rimliu wrote: post #239
koonsolo wrote: post #219

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Same experience on my end. It's crazy what the latest version can pull off, with reference images, text, etc.

so both of you do not understand what Photoshop is really used for.

I used to hire people to do photoshop for me. So yes, I kind of get the idea.

I don't hire them anymore. Can you guess why?

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by smoghat »

bradley13 wrote: post #138
stevex wrote: post #34

I don't think that's the direction this is going to take. Replacing a mature app with an incredibly wide audience and a million use cases may or may not be possible, but what's actually happening is that people are making an app that does exactly what they want, and using it to solve their own needs. Previously you might use Excel to take raw data from various places and analyze it, create charts, reports, extract fi…

Exactly this. I have an acquaintence who is a wine connoisseur and collector. He has done technical project management, but does not program himself. Over the course of several months, he has produced an app that manages a database of the wines he has. It's a lot more that just a CRUD-app. In addition to maintaining the obvious data (name, year, winery, notes, etc.), it can take a photo of the label, parse it, and fi…

Man, I wish he open sourced in on GitHub, I’d love to customize it for my own collection.

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by ares623 »

b65e8bee43c2ed0 wrote: post #177
bayindirh wrote: post #149

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Be first, show us the way. Be the leader of the rebirth of human dignity through welding.

yes, if I ever lose my job to an emerging technology, I will simply find another occupation instead of demanding the reality to bend to my will and that technology to be banned, outlawed, regulated out of existence. unlike the bohemian types, I do not consider myself to deserve some kind of affirmative action bullshit made just for me.

and so will tens of thousands of others like you. Good luck finding a job in that scenario. We will soon find out why so many millions of people leave their homes to find better opportunities else where. Except this time there'll be nowhere left to go to. All for "level 1".

Re: Where Are the Vibecoded Photoshops?

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Post by m463 »

stevex wrote: post #34

I don't think that's the direction this is going to take. Replacing a mature app with an incredibly wide audience and a million use cases may or may not be possible, but what's actually happening is that people are making an app that does exactly what they want, and using it to solve their own needs. Previously you might use Excel to take raw data from various places and analyze it, create charts, reports, extract fi…

Yeah, you can use some ai models to completely reinterpret your photos with different styles, or just skip the "having your photos" as a source in the first place and generate them synthetically.
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