Ha! It took at least 19 years for Adobe to include interactive round corners for shapes in Illustrator. That is how ridiculous things become once there is no real competitors for a software.
On ter, 28 de abr de 2015 at 06:51 Charles Bedwell < [email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> 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] >> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] >> +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] >> url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ >> >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Gil Woodley <[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]> 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]>: >>>> >>>>> 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]> 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]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Macromedia did fine after purchase accept for freehand. >>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2015 1:07 PM, "Ron Ganbar" <[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] >>>>>>>> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] >>>>>>>> +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] >>>>>>>> url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Chris Noellert < >>>>>>>> [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]> 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] >>>>>>>>> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] >>>>>>>>> +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] >>>>>>>>> url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>>>> [email protected], >>>>>>>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>>>> [email protected], >>>>>>>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected], >>>>>>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>> [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], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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