ARTCRAFT × ADOBE
Generate with Artcraft.
Polish with Adobe.
Artcraft leads in multi-model AI generation and 3D staging, but trails Adobe in fine retouching, vector design, and pro editing. A beginner-friendly fact table, not an Adobe review, and no promise that Artcraft replaces Adobe. This page compares Artcraft v0.41.0 with the Adobe versions listed below. Both change quickly; check each official site.
| Tool | Version compared | Main use | Pricing | Learning curve | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artcraft | v0.41.0 | Desktop and browser AI creative tool | Free to start; check the official pricing page | Medium: follow a guide first | People who want to explore AI, 2D, and 3D together |
| Photoshop | 27.11 | Image editing & compositing | Subscription (Adobe pricing changes) | Medium to high | Retouching, compositing, and design work |
| Illustrator | 30.2.1 | Vector graphics & illustration | Subscription (Adobe pricing changes) | Medium to high | Logos, icons, illustration, and print design |
| Premiere Pro | 26.0.1 | Video editing | Subscription (Adobe pricing changes) | Medium | Long-form, short-form, and course videos |
| After Effects | 26.0 | Motion graphics & VFX | Subscription (Adobe pricing changes) | High | Animation, effects, and motion design |
Artcraft v0.41.0 (2026-09-26) · Photoshop 27.11 (2026-10-05) · Illustrator 30.2.1 (2026-02-10) · Premiere Pro 26.0.1 (2026-02-12) · After Effects 26.0 (2026-01-22)
Artcraft pricing · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Premiere Pro · Adobe After Effects
Artcraft features are based on the README and source code of v0.41.0 on the official GitHub. Adobe versions come from public release records; Adobe’s own release notes take precedence. Last checked: 2026-10-23.
MODULE BY MODULE
Each Artcraft v0.41.0 module, next to the closest Adobe app.
| Artcraft module | What Artcraft does | Closest Adobe app | What Adobe does | Not provided / limits in Artcraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Editor (2D) | Six tools: select/move, brush, mask (AI inpainting), eraser, canvas background, shapes (rectangle/circle/triangle/line). Layers can be reordered, locked, duplicated, or background-removed. | Photoshop 27.11 | Full pixel editing: layers, masks, adjustment layers, filters, healing tools, type, selection tools, plus Firefly AI features such as Generative Fill. | Not provided: color adjustments (curves/levels/hue), filters, blend modes, crop, type, healing/clone tools, PSD read/write. |
| Create Image | Text-to-image with 16 image models (Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX, Seedream, and more). | Photoshop 27.11 | Photoshop includes Firefly image generation and Generative Fill, mainly using Adobe’s own models. | A different focus rather than a gap: Artcraft centers on switching between many models. |
| Edit Image / Remove Background | Describe edits in words (e.g. Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image) or paint a mask to choose where the image changes; one-click background removal. | Photoshop 27.11 | Generative Fill, Remove tool, Select Subject, Select and Mask, with manual edge refinement. | Not provided: manual edge refinement after background removal (feathering, hair detail). |
| 3D Stage | Place backdrops, props, and 3D meshes in a 3D scene, pose characters, and set the camera before generating; capture the current frame as PNG. | No match | No equivalent among these four apps. Adobe removed Photoshop’s 3D features; After Effects has 3D layers and cameras, but for motion compositing. | In v0.41.0 the Record button is still a stub; the 3D stage cannot render video directly yet. |
| Image to 3D Object / 3D World | Turn an image into a downloadable 3D mesh (11 models incl. Hunyuan 3D, Tripo3D, Meshy, Rodin) or an explorable 3D world (Marble, TripoSplat). | No match | Not available in these four apps (Adobe’s 3D tools live in the Substance 3D line, outside this comparison). | — |
| Angles NEW | Generate new camera angles from a single photo. | No match | No equivalent in these four apps. | — |
| Create Video | Image-to-video with 25 video models (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Vidu, MiniMax, and more; some temporarily disabled), with start/end frames and reference images. | After Effects 26.0 | After Effects builds animation and effects by hand with keyframes, expressions, particles, and plug-ins. | Not provided: frame-precise motion graphics, expressions, particle systems, camera tracking, rotoscoping, plug-in ecosystem. |
| Video Editor BETA | Timeline editing: cut, trim, ripple edits, speed changes, keyframes, text, stickers, a blur effect, shape masks (rectangle, ellipse, star…), export to MP4 or WebM. | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | Professional editing: transitions, Lumetri color, captions and speech-to-text, multicam, proxies, many professional export codecs. | Not provided: transitions, color grading/LUTs, captions and transcription, chroma key, multicam, professional codecs such as ProRes. |
| Create Audio | Generate music and sound effects with Suno and Seed Audio. | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | Premiere Pro focuses on audio editing (mixing, noise reduction, Enhance Speech); music comes from separate libraries. | Not provided: multitrack mixing, noise reduction, speech enhancement. |
| Storyboard / Moodboard BETA | Storyboard: title, dialogue, action, and a sketch per shot. Moodboard: collect references and steer generations from them. | No match | No dedicated storyboard or moodboard module in these four apps. | In v0.41.0 the Storyboard page sits behind a feature flag and may not appear for every account; Moodboard is still BETA. |
| — | v0.41.0 has no vector editing module. | Illustrator 30.2.1 | Vector drawing: pen and paths, typography, logos and icons, SVG/AI/PDF export. | Not provided: pen paths, vector shape editing, SVG/AI/PDF vector export. |
ADOBE CAN, ARTCRAFT DOES NOT PROVIDE
What Artcraft v0.41.0 does not provide.
| Task | Available in | Artcraft today |
|---|---|---|
| Curves, levels, hue/saturation and other color adjustments | Photoshop 27.11 | Artcraft’s Image Editor has no color adjustment tools |
| Filters such as Sharpen, Liquify, and Blur Gallery | Photoshop 27.11 | No filters in the Image Editor |
| Layer blend modes and layer styles (drop shadow, stroke…) | Photoshop 27.11 | Layers can only be reordered |
| Crop, straighten, and perspective crop | Photoshop 27.11 | Canvas uses ratio presets such as 2:3, 3:2, 1:1 |
| Set type on an image | Photoshop 27.11 | No type tool in the Image Editor (text exists in the Video Editor and Moodboard) |
| Manual retouching with Healing Brush or Clone Stamp | Photoshop 27.11 | Local changes rely on AI inpainting |
| Open and save layered PSD files | Photoshop 27.11 | No PSD support found in the source |
| CMYK print color, 16/32-bit depth, color profiles | Photoshop 27.11 | No related support found in the source |
| Edit images offline | Photoshop 27.11 | Artcraft generation and background removal need an internet sign-in; Photoshop’s generative AI is online too |
| Draw vector paths with the Pen tool for logos and icons | Illustrator 30.2.1 | No vector editing module |
| Export SVG, AI, or PDF vector files | Illustrator 30.2.1 | Images export as raster files |
| Add transitions between clips | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | No transitions in the Video Editor (BETA) |
| Color grading and LUTs | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | Blur is the only video effect for now |
| Auto captions and speech-to-text | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | No caption feature |
| Multicam editing and professional codecs such as ProRes | Premiere Pro 26.0.1 | Exports MP4 / WebM only |
| Keyframed motion graphics, expressions, particles | After Effects 26.0 | Motion comes mainly from AI video models |
| Camera tracking, rotoscoping, chroma keying | After Effects 26.0 | Not provided |
“Not provided” means no matching feature was found in the official v0.41.0 source and docs; it may be added later.
WHERE ARTCRAFT LEADS
What these four Adobe apps do not offer.
60+ AI models in one app
The official catalog lists 62 models: 16 image, 25 video, 5 audio, 11 3D mesh, 5 world — including Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX, Seedream, Kling, Veo, Seedance, Suno, and Hunyuan 3D (some temporarily disabled).
Adobe apps mainly use Firefly and other Adobe models.
Stage a 3D scene, then generate
Arrange backdrops, props, character poses, and camera position in 3D Stage before generating, for more control over composition and angle.
None of the four Adobe apps offer this “3D blocking + AI generation” workflow.
Image to 3D mesh or 3D world
Turn one image into a downloadable 3D mesh or an explorable Gaussian-splat world, then bring it back into 3D Stage.
Not offered by these four Adobe apps.
Consistent characters and new angles
Guide a character’s placement and pose with a posed mannequin (Character Identity Transfer) and generate new angles from one photo with Angles — useful for AI film shots.
These four Adobe apps have no dedicated character-consistency tool.
Image, video, audio, 3D, and storyboards in one app
Go from moodboard and storyboard to images, video, music, and a rough timeline cut without leaving Artcraft.
In Adobe’s ecosystem this usually spans several apps.
Open source, free to start
Source is public under MIT / Apache-2.0 (third-party material in NOTICE) and can be built from source, including on Linux. AI generation uses credits; see the official pricing page.
Adobe apps are closed-source subscriptions with no Linux version.
A SIMPLE CHOICE
A practical way to start.
Want to explore AI, 2D, 3D, and image/video workflows? Start with Artcraft.
Need a mature retouching, vector, editing, or effects workflow? Look at the matching Adobe app.
They can work together: generate material in Artcraft, then refine, lay out, or edit it in Adobe.
Sources: the official Artcraft GitHub, Releases, getartcraft.com, and Adobe pages. Last checked: 2026-10-20. This site is independent from Artcraft and Adobe.