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On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > There wasn't much to compete with Shake when it died but Nuke filled the > void. There's more out there now then there was then, but this all assumes > > 1. Adobe has bought the foundry > 2. Adobe would have free reign > 3. They would want to squash it > > Still been here before so... > > Howard > > On 28 Apr 2015, at 11:26 pm, Marten Blumen <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://flowbox.io > > On 29 April 2015 at 10:07, Gustaf Nilsson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> After Effects! oh, hang on... >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Chris Noellert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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]> 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/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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