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c6fd71241d docs: add user docs in docs/user (#3951)
* docs: add user docs for PhotoCraft

Adds docs/user/ (published at getartcraft.com/docs/photocraft), the docs
check and publish workflows (copied from craft-launcher), and a User docs
rule in AGENTS.md. Checker: 0 error(s), 0 warning(s).

Source notes per page:
- index.md: README (intro, status, Crafting Apps table), website
  crafting-apps.ts photocraft entry, links.rs (Discord, issues), menus.rs
  (Help > Report an Issue).
- getting-started/index.md: menus.rs and menu_catalog.rs labels, panels.rs
  (Layers, Properties, History), dialogs.rs (Create button).
- getting-started/install.md: README Downloads and Get started sections,
  gh release view v0.7.0 asset list, craft-launcher catalog.rs (lists
  PhotoCraft).
- guides/open-and-save-files.md: apps/photocraft/src/services.rs (open and
  save filters), README Formats and PSD sections, docs/file-format-parity.md.
- guides/adjust-colors-with-adjustment-layers.md: menu_catalog.rs, panels.rs
  (footer button, adjustment list), lib.rs (Properties shows new layer).
- guides/select-and-mask.md: menu_catalog.rs Select and Layer Mask menus,
  state.rs tool names, retouch_ui.rs (Select Subject button and message).
- guides/add-and-style-text.md: state.rs (Horizontal Type Tool, T),
  type_tool.rs, menu_catalog.rs Layer Style and Type menus, dialogs.rs.
- guides/export-an-image.md: export_dialog.rs (labels, formats, options).
- troubleshooting/taskbar-turns-black.md: issues 3550, 3864, 3430, 3144,
  PR 3308 (git: not an ancestor of v0.7.0), prefs_ui.rs (System title bar).
- troubleshooting/text-moves-when-editing.md: issues 3795, 1317, PR 3819
  (open).
- troubleshooting/get-help.md: menus.rs, links.rs, gpu_status.rs (System
  Info content).
- faq/*: README (status, license badge, offline, formats), LICENSE-MIT and
  LICENSE-APACHE, docs/file-format-parity.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(user): apply final review fixes

Part 1: verified = latest release tag policy in docs/user/AGENTS.md; released-pages sentence in root AGENTS.md. Part 4 items 1-9: remove x86 row and TGA resolution, formats, new photocraft-does-not-start page, mask label, taskbar workaround, wording, Affinity read-only, index.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(user): use the standard section title

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(user): describe PhotoCraft 0.7.0 startup behaviour

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(user): tighten PhotoCraft startup wording

Drop the unsourced "slower" claim for CPU mode and give the exact
Preferences path on Windows and macOS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: pin the docs checker to a commit and its SHA-256

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: drop the docs workflows until the checker is on artcraft-services main

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: re-verify against 0.8.2

- taskbar and PSD text pages: both fixes ship in 0.8.2; tell users to
  update and drop the "not in a release yet" wording and workarounds
- does not start: 0.8.2 fixes the Intel Iris Pro/Monterey Device(Lost)
  case; OpenCore Legacy Patcher Macs still have no fix
- install: Windows 10 or later, 32-bit Windows builds, RISC-V deb/rpm,
  Wayland paste and XWayland notice
- open and save: Krita and Paint.NET filters, Krita/PCX/FITS formats,
  save progress, JPEG/WebP encoding kept on Save
- export: TGA Resolution, multi-layer Export As and Quick Export
- text: Shift-click starts new text over existing type
- CLAUDE.md is now a regular file pointing to AGENTS.md
- verified: 0.8.2 on every page

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Drop the root AGENTS.md docs rule; keep the PR to docs/user/

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(user): drop the stale missing-tools count from the Photoshop FAQ

Re-verified the page against v0.9.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Fabio Lussi <198260595+itrycodinganditsbad@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PhotoCraft PhotoCraft is a free, open-source image editor with layers, masks, type and real PSD files, built as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. 0.8.2

PhotoCraft is a free, open-source image editor with layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vector shapes and brushes. It is an alternative to Adobe Photoshop: the menus, panels, tools and shortcuts follow Photoshop's layout, so Photoshop users find things where they expect them.

It is a native app written in Rust that draws the canvas on your graphics card, works offline, and opens and saves layered PSD files. It runs on macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, and a web version runs in the browser. PhotoCraft is in early alpha: much of Photoshop's feature surface exists, but it is not yet a Photoshop replacement for daily professional work. See Can PhotoCraft replace Photoshop?.

Start here

Part of the Craft App Suite

PhotoCraft is one of the Crafting Apps from the ArtCraft team, next to VectorCraft, FilmCraft and the other Craft apps. You can install and update them from ArtCraft Launcher.

Get help

Ask in Discord or open an issue in the issue tracker. In PhotoCraft, Help › Report an Issue… opens the same issue tracker.