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 <h3 align="center">Your photos. Your pixels. Your machine.</h3>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <b>A fast, beautiful, open-source photo library and non-destructive raw developer, written from scratch in pure Rust.</b><br>
+  <b>Photo library and raw development; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom, rebuilt in pure Rust.</b><br>
   Native on macOS, Windows and Linux. In the browser via WebAssembly. Drivable end to end by AI agents over MCP.
 </p>
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ Showcase photographs are public-domain works, used via Wikimedia Commons: Ansel
 *Earthrise* (1968); NASA, *The Blue Marble* (1972). The demo library is procedurally generated by LightCraft. UI font:
 Inter (SIL OFL). All icons are original. See [assets/ATTRIBUTION.md](assets/ATTRIBUTION.md).
 
-LightCraft is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Adobe.
+<sub>Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Acrobat, After Effects and InDesign are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. LightCraft is an independent, open-source project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Adobe Inc.; these names are used only to describe the workflows it is compatible with.</sub>
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://getartcraft.com/"><img alt="ArtCraft" src="docs/brand/artcraft-mark.svg" width="28"></a><br>