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Anthropic Launches Claude Connectors for Photoshop, Blender, Ableton
Anthropic releases connectors letting Claude integrate with creative apps like Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton. The move supports creative workflows and includes major funding for Blender's open-source development.
Source:The Verge
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Anthropic launches a set of connectors for its Claude AI chatbot that allow it to integrate directly with popular creative software, including Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps, Affinity, Blender, Ableton, Autodesk, and more.
The connectors enable Claude to access apps, retrieve data, and take actions within connected services, designed to make creative work easier, according to Anthropic. For Adobe’s creativity connector, Claude draws from apps like Photoshop, Premiere, and Express to bring images, videos, and designs into the chatbot. Ableton’s connector sources information from the music software’s official documentation to answer questions, while Blender’s provides a natural-language interface to its Python API for debugging scenes, building tools, and batch-applying object changes.
Anthropic states, “Claude can’t replace taste or imagination, but it can open up new ways of working — faster and more ambitious ideation, a more expansive skillset, and the ability for creatives to take on larger-scale projects.” The company adds that AI handles repetitive tasks and eliminates manual toil.
This follows Anthropic’s Claude Design launch earlier this month as part of efforts to enter the creative industry. Full details on each connector appear on Anthropic’s blog.
Anthropic also joins the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron, committing at least €240,000 (around $281,000) annually to support the open-source software’s development. Blender notes this aid, alongside sponsors like Netflix, Epic, and Wacom, helps pursue independent projects for artists.
The connectors enable Claude to access apps, retrieve data, and take actions within connected services, designed to make creative work easier, according to Anthropic. For Adobe’s creativity connector, Claude draws from apps like Photoshop, Premiere, and Express to bring images, videos, and designs into the chatbot. Ableton’s connector sources information from the music software’s official documentation to answer questions, while Blender’s provides a natural-language interface to its Python API for debugging scenes, building tools, and batch-applying object changes.
Anthropic states, “Claude can’t replace taste or imagination, but it can open up new ways of working — faster and more ambitious ideation, a more expansive skillset, and the ability for creatives to take on larger-scale projects.” The company adds that AI handles repetitive tasks and eliminates manual toil.
This follows Anthropic’s Claude Design launch earlier this month as part of efforts to enter the creative industry. Full details on each connector appear on Anthropic’s blog.
Anthropic also joins the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron, committing at least €240,000 (around $281,000) annually to support the open-source software’s development. Blender notes this aid, alongside sponsors like Netflix, Epic, and Wacom, helps pursue independent projects for artists.
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