Notes for people leaving the subscription behind.
A source-led blog about PhotoCraft: what it does next to Adobe Photoshop, how to move your files, and which real tasks it handles today.
PhotoCraft vs Photoshop (2026)
An honest, source-led comparison: license model, file compatibility, ecosystem gravity and who each tool actually fits.
switch guideSwitching from Photoshop to PhotoCraft
A practical migration checklist: move your PSD and PSB files, rebuild muscle memory and hand off to a team without surprises.
task guideEdit PSD files without Photoshop
How to open, check and edit layered PSD and PSB files with a free, open-source editor — and when that is the wrong answer.
How this blog is written
Every article starts from public sources: the official PhotoCraft product page, the public repository and the official Adobe product pages where Photoshop is discussed. We describe licensing models, file formats and workflows in words rather than inventing prices, benchmarks or rankings.
Product status changes. The primary sources are always the authority; each article records the date its sources were last checked.
Start here instead
other entrancesNew to the product? Read the PhotoCraft overview. Deciding between tools? The comparison library holds the short, side-by-side pages. This blog is the long-form layer on top: one topic per article, no feature-count contests.