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allenwhsu | 2 years ago

The creator Ivan is on HN as well, stating that he made almost $1 million in a year with this site. Very inspiring. And of course PhotoPea itself is fantastic, essential for every digital designer.

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echelon|2 years ago

If he adds support for AI quick sketching (using LCMs), he can leapfrog Photoshop. Other companies have raised $50M for this, but he can absolutely bootstrap it. Especially if webgpu enables it.

Brajeshwar|2 years ago

I think https://www.photoroom.com should be closer to what you are looking.

gaws|2 years ago

> he made almost $1 million in a year with this site

How?

gkbrk|2 years ago

It's a free alternative to a relatively expensive and clunky-to-install tool. It's popular, the first result when searching "online photoshop". And it has ads.

With a non-technical demographic, ad-blocker percentage is lower and you can make a lot of revenue.

seoulmetro|2 years ago

He made $1m by somehow evading Adobe's litigation against him.

It's quite a feat and amazing. It's a direct clone of Photoshop and I have no idea how it has been up for so long.

gamblor956|2 years ago

There is no legal doctrine under which Adobe could sue him over copying the functionality of Photoshop.