What competes with Nuke? > On Apr 28, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Diogo Girondi <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] <mailto:[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 > <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/ <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/ <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 >>> >>> <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/ >>> <http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/>_______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>, >>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ 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