Adobe doesn't put enough effort into its existing applications. It wouldn't kick anything into overdrive, it would put everything on the back burner (see Adobe Illustrator for the past 10 years).
Adobe purchased Aldus to obtain Page Maker, but was prevented from purchasing Freehand for 10 years due to fears it would control the vector graphics market. 10 years later they purchased Macromedia and left Freehand to die while steadily increasing the price of Illustrator, adding 3 or 4 features per release. Freehand supported multiple pages in 1991. Illustrator? 2008. I'll just leave this here: http://adobegripes.tumblr.com On 26 Apr 2015, at 11:20 pm, J Bills <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 Ron Ganbar email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309<tel:%2B44%20%280%297968%20007%20309> [UK] +972 (0)54 255 9765<tel:%2B972%20%280%2954%20255%209765> [Israel] url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Gil Woodley <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I see a subscription model in the future... On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Elias Ericsson Rydberg <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I would have loved to see Side FX aquire The Foundry. Den 26 apr 2015 19:59 skrev "Jose Fernandez de Castro" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: That would be really terrible news if they got acquired by Adobe... On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Ron Ganbar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Macromedia did fine after purchase accept for freehand. On Apr 26, 2015 1:07 PM, "Ron Ganbar" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yeah, the Telegraph are spot on. I agree with Diogo. Hope The Foundry won't end up like Macromedia... Ron Ganbar email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309<tel:%2B44%20%280%297968%20007%20309> [UK] +972 (0)54 255 9765<tel:%2B972%20%280%2954%20255%209765> [Israel] url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Chris Noellert <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/technology/11206167/Harry-Potter-to-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-the-British-firm-behind-the-Hollywood-blockbusters.html>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. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Ron Ganbar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309<tel:%2B44%20%280%297968%20007%20309> [UK] +972 (0)54 255 9765<tel:%2B972%20%280%2954%20255%209765> [Israel] url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users -- Jose Fernandez de Castro _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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