Re: [Nuke-users] Adobe anyone?

adam jones Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:07:43 -0700

they had the carlyle for that, at the very least if adobe offer nothing they 
are sympathetic and understand the industry.


On Apr 27, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Marten Blumen <mar...@gmail.com> wrote:

IMO Adobe brings nothing to the table, except cash, in this transaction.

On 27 April 2015 at 12:08, Randy Little <randyslit...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes but what happens to all the technology trade deals.  Katana and Nuke trade, 
  Weta deals with Mari etc...     What obstacles do those pose for those apps? 
As quite as the Foundry has been recently accept for Modo seems like something 
might already be in play.   

Randy S. Little

http://www.rslittle.com/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/



On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 6:19 PM, J Bills <jbillsn...@flickfx.com> wrote:
I'd love to see Adobe win the bid.  I think there's a lot of work to be done 
leveraging all of that tech across the various apps, and a company like Adobe 
could put enough resources to make it happen where I think the Foundry has had 
enough to pull the raw ingredients together and pry these apps out of the 
studios and out into the open - but to properly merge them anytime soon, and 
mass market them correctly to maximize sales and cross pollination, takes 
possibly more muscle than they have.  Not to say that they couldn't get there 
but Adobe stepping in would kick everything into overdrive.

Modo makes a TON of sense for them to finally enter the 3d market with, since 
it's got it's hooks firmly planted in the design world.

Nuke (and Mari) would make a great base for a Photoshop rewrite.  A non 
destructive, truly float capable Photoshop that still maintains interactivity?  
Wow.  We've all known dating back to Shake that this is a much better way to 
work, but I imagine any attempt that Apple or anyone else has ever made at a 
Photoshop killer was probably met with lots of patent litigation.

Lots more could be done with Katana.  Anyone that worked at Sony knows it's 
gold.  Would be cool to see it pushed up the priority list or further 
integrated with Nuke.

I imagine the real prize for Adobe is Modo, but I'd hope nothing happens to the purity of Nuke and that they wouldn't strip it for tech and then leave it for dead, like Avid/Apple/etc. I had thought the future of Nuke was relatively safe but I suppose nothing is ever a sure thing.

Let's hope this isn't the kiss of death.  Fusion makes me cringe (but the price 
is right!)


On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Ron Ganbar <ron...@gmail.com> wrote:
That would actually be a welcome thing.
An Adobe purchase might turn out to be a good thing in the end. It doesn't all 
need to end up like Apple buying Nothing Real. It can end up like Blackmagic 
buying Fusion. Who knows.
R





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On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Gil Woodley <gil.wood...@gmail.com> wrote:
I see a subscription model in the future...

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Elias Ericsson Rydberg 
<elias.ericsson.rydb...@gmail.com> wrote:
I would have loved to see Side FX aquire The Foundry.
Den 26 apr 2015 19:59 skrev "Jose Fernandez de Castro" 
<pixelcowbo...@gmail.com>:
That would be really terrible news if they got acquired by Adobe...

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Ron Ganbar <ron...@gmail.com> wrote:
I was thinking of Freehand. I loved Freehand. Took me years to get used to 
illustrator.
R
On 26 Apr 2015 20:16, "Randy Little" <randyslit...@gmail.com> wrote:
Macromedia did fine after purchase accept for freehand. 
On Apr 26, 2015 1:07 PM, "Ron Ganbar" <ron...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, the Telegraph are spot on.

I agree with Diogo. Hope The Foundry won't end up like Macromedia...



Ron Ganbar

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On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Chris Noellert <cnoell...@gmail.com> wrote:
My favorite snippet: 

The Foundry's visual effects software Nuke was used to make the 
computer-generated characters in Guardians of the Galaxy look completely real 

The company has recently launched a concept design software product called 
Modo, which means that prototype cars, phones and trainers can be drawn 
immediately into 3D rather than drawn first by hand in 2D and then physically 
built.



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On Apr 26, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Ron Ganbar <ron...@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11562472/Adobe-eyes-200m-bid-for-British-visual-effects-firm-The-Foundry.html


Ron Ganbar

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