Affinity Photo is Mac only, so no threat to PS at all.
If they went all platforms, than maybe they might make a little dent.
Krita is starting to get really nice, expecially the 32 bit painting
features are great. But no real threat either.
And as long as they don't have 100% file compatibility in and out, it
will be a slow path.
What ever happens to TheFoundry, if they start doing subscriptions after
the sale there will be a very angry mob of Modo users, that's for sure.
I also think 901 will more or less define the future for Modo.
And I agree on Nuke being too expensive. Especially now that Fusion
Studio is less than a fourth of the price of a basic Nuke. And the
difference in features doesn't really justify the price difference for
most of us. Oh... and no maintenance fees.....
my € 0.02...
Rob
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On 28-4-2015 9:41, Angus Davidson wrote:
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 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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.
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