Well Affinity Photo is definitely already there and its still in Beta. Pretty much for a fraction of the cost. Similarly for their Affinity Designer product. Krita is also catching up very quickly . Adobes issues start at the end of next year when the first of their 3 year deals becomes due. Most of their revenue comes from theses negotiated deals. However they have locked people into them. The playing field will be very different in a years time.
Strategically its makes sense for Adobe to make this purchase. They need to expand their offerings and the selling price for the Foundry bundles makes for a very good profit margin. Wether this was just a strategic leak from TF to improve the buying price still remains to be seen. I still hope its neither AD or Adobe that does buy them. On 28 Apr 2015, at 8:43 AM, pedro santos <probi...@gmail.com<mailto:probi...@gmail.com>> wrote: Raffaele, the thing is nothing like Photoshop has risen yet, right? Little competition there unlike say, MAX. They certainly cemented their position with applications integration and the acquisition of Macromedia, which had some overlap with Fireworks and Freehand, even being web-oriented, in tune to the why of the whole acquisition. Corel vanished. They are also in a good spot in video due to Apple mess up. Avid and Final Cut where a reference and now there's... Premiere... My point being. Even though they are big, was it through wrong doing? I guess we can all point enduring pains in Photoshop, After Effects, etc, but the focus of their products is not VFX, but design, so I don't understand how you turn that in contempt. Plus of the package Nuke is the only VFX venue right? Modo is not quite there yet. And your point about Maya being 3-4% tells more about the value of this division to AD than the value to Adobe. Anyways, I agree with Cristobal Infante to some degree, strange piece of news... Sent you an email Raffaele. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table
