I Suck at Blender. Does Claude?
Anthropic just released a slew of Claude connectors for the big creative apps — Blender, the Adobe suite, SketchUp, and more — and the hot takes immediately rolled in declaring 3D artists, video editors, and photo retouchers obsolete. Time for a reality check. In this one I take Claude's new MCP integrations on a tour through actual creative work: handing it Blender Guru's famous donut tutorial to recreate from scratch, putting the Adobe Express connection through its paces with a Flamethrower Girl reframe and a white balance pass, and asking SketchUp to design me a one-bedroom apartment. Results range from "honestly not bad" to "drunk intern at 4 AM" — and the Adobe rollout in particular isn't quite what the announcement teased. I also take a look at where one-shot agentic AI video workflows currently sit, by running the same script through an agent with zero direction and comparing it to my own hand-edited 30-second short. Spoiler: the rhythm of a longer piece is still the work of a skilled human, with or without AI in the chain. If you've been wondering whether these connectors are actually coming for creative jobs — or where they're genuinely useful as an assistant — this one's for you. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 — "Claude Killed Every Creative Job" (the hot takes) 00:38 — Anthropic's new Claude connectors, briefly 01:01 — The big three: Blender, Adobe & SketchUp 01:36 — Setup: Desktop Claude, MCP & computer use 01:52 — What MCP actually is (and why this isn't new) 02:21 — The mission: Recreate Blender Guru's Donut 02:42 — Attempt #1: "Make me a donut in Blender" 03:26 — The Mad Max donut 04:14 — Macro photography & the thimble coffee cup 04:36 — PBR textures finally arrive 05:47 — The magenta crash-out (drunk intern phase) 06:36 — The verdict: 2 hours, 60% of tokens 07:05 — The "Will Smith eating spaghetti" stage of AI 3D 07:52 — Where Blender + AI could actually go 08:28 — The Adobe connectors (...I have notes) 08:50 — Surprise: it's just Adobe Express 09:06 — Reframing Flamethrower Girl (3:14 later…) 09:55 — The white balance fail 10:13 — Doing it in Photoshop in 13 seconds 10:33 — SketchUp builds me an apartment 10:51 — The $3K NYC apartment with no bathroom door 11:23 — Ranking the three connectors 12:08 — Claude as a software tutor (actually decent?) 12:23 — My hand-edited 30-second short 13:53 — Same script, agent on full auto 14:23 — Why agentic video still feels choppy 14:49 — Where this is actually heading 🔗 LINKS 📩 Theoretically News (the newsletter): https://theoreticallymedia.beehiiv.com/ 🤝 Business inquiries: tim@smoothmedia.co 👇 Tell me in the comments — if you've used the Claude Blender, Adobe, or SketchUp connectors yet, what'd they actually nail and where did they fall apart?
