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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fineus on April 18, 2005, 11:10:06 am

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Fineus on April 18, 2005, 11:10:06 am

I know quite a few of you guys are into graphics/web stuff related to Macromedia and/or Adobe..  this should be of great interest. They're merging!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/18/adobe_macromedia/

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Inquisitor on April 18, 2005, 11:34:21 am

LONG time coming.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: aldo_14 on April 18, 2005, 11:35:47 am

Interesting.... I've got a job application in with a company developing some Flash+Java based tech, I wonder how this'll tie in with their work........

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Post by: DaBrain on April 18, 2005, 11:42:53 am

Hmm this is interesting.

I hope Flash and PS will become more compatible to each other now. ;)

On the other hand I think this could have influence on the quality of Adobe's products...

We'll see.

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Post by: BlackDove on April 18, 2005, 11:45:42 am

Great, now I won't have to downlo... buy two programs, I'll just be... obtaining one.

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Post by: Clave on April 18, 2005, 12:04:33 pm

Hmm, this smacks of Microsoft's empire building.  All companies merge into one super-giant with no competition...of course it might be good thing, who knows?

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: DaBrain on April 18, 2005, 12:08:05 pm

I know!
It's not good...

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Rictor on April 18, 2005, 12:09:42 pm

wow, after this they'll be pretty much unstopable.

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Post by: Swamp_Thing on April 18, 2005, 12:09:53 pm

Monopoly is never a good thing, because they get to dictate standards and prices all they want. Nothing like a bit of competition to keep things healthy.

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Post by: Flipside on April 18, 2005, 12:15:33 pm

This is going to be messy I think, I wouldn't exactly say the 2 companies work to parallel goals. Photoshop always gives me the feeling the Web Stuff was only added to keep people happy, but at it's heart, Photoshop is an Art package, not a Design package.

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Post by: Carl on April 18, 2005, 04:31:22 pm

hopefully adobe will smack some sense into marcomedia and make flash's pen tool exactly like photoshop's.

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Post by: Nuke on April 19, 2005, 03:30:46 am

this will either be an awesome success or an awesome failure, i await to see.

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Post by: Turnsky on April 19, 2005, 04:00:29 am

oh dear lord almighty... does that mean i'll haveta get used to an ENTIRELY new interface when the new proggie comes around?

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Carl on April 19, 2005, 04:10:55 am

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Originally posted by Nuke
this will either be an awesome success or an awesome failure, i await to see.

either way, it'll be awesome.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Carl on April 19, 2005, 04:12:16 am

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Originally posted by Turnsky
oh dear lord almighty... does that mean i'll haveta get used to an ENTIRELY new interface when the new proggie comes around?

there is no reason why they would make any major changes to any program's interfaces because of a merger.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Turnsky on April 19, 2005, 04:14:13 am

true. true, it took me a month to get comfortable with PS7's interface after using PS6 for a long time, going from 7 to CS wasn't so bad..

but still

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Sandwich on April 19, 2005, 06:18:37 pm

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Originally posted by Turnsky
true. true, it took me a month to get comfortable with PS7's interface after using PS6 for a long time, going from 7 to CS wasn't so bad..

but still

:wtf: They didn't change that much...

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Post by: Nuke on April 20, 2005, 04:12:36 am

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Originally posted by Carl


either way, it'll be awesome.

see the residient shivan understands :D

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Post by: ZylonBane on April 20, 2005, 11:04:33 am

Adobe markets to corporations.
Macromedia markets to individuals.

This is going to be a train wreck.

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Post by: aldo_14 on April 20, 2005, 11:19:11 am

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Originally posted by ZylonBane
Adobe markets to corporations.
Macromedia markets to individuals.

I suspect that was partly the reason; help punt their stuff to an untapped market, I'm not sure if the 'light' cheap version of Photoshop did particularly well.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: ZylonBane on April 20, 2005, 11:37:14 am

Remember when Adobe bought CoolEdit 2000, renamed it to "Adobe Audition", and tripled the price?

Let's not be surprised if history repeats itself.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Fineus on April 20, 2005, 11:36:52 am

Eugh, I hate "light" versions of anything. I consistently get the feeling they're unsupported.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Cabbie on April 20, 2005, 09:06:27 pm

Makes me sad to know with a merge like this will not only reduce competition but also make a lot of people lose their jobs.

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Post by: vyper on April 20, 2005, 09:13:15 pm

If they **** with Director, the Flash format, or the Photoshop interface, I will be a terrorist before the dust settles!

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Post by: Dark RevenantX on April 21, 2005, 12:03:35 am

I'l supply the grenades!

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Post by: Nuke on April 21, 2005, 01:42:44 am

at least if the company dies photoshop 7 would become abandonware :D

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Post by: Xelion on April 21, 2005, 09:35:08 am

I don't like this.

Macromedia and Adobe products have always had distinct features in their applications that separate them from each other and put their programs ahead of the rest in the IT industry. I just hope something good comes out of this :nod:

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Sandwich on April 21, 2005, 04:53:23 pm

I've never liked Macromedia and their total disregard for user interface conventions in their programs. For example, I have Flash open, and an item in the library panel selected. I scroll the mouse wheel, which, one would think, would scroll the list of items in the library panel. But nooooo, it scrolls the main document! :rolleyes:

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Xelion on April 22, 2005, 12:17:48 am

I don't have that problem with Flash MX, it just doesn't scroll vertically in the library panel but it does scroll horizontally :confused:

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Post by: BlackDove on April 22, 2005, 01:04:03 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich
I've never liked Macromedia and their total disregard for user interface conventions in their programs. For example, I have Flash open, and an item in the library panel selected. I scroll the mouse wheel, which, one would think, would scroll the list of items in the library panel. But nooooo, it scrolls the main document! :rolleyes:

Yeah, it's things like those that ruin my days sometime.

Title: Macromedobe
Post by: Xelion on April 22, 2005, 07:36:48 am

After re-reading Sandwich's article and reading other sources I've come to see that its not really a merge of Adobe and Macromedia, its actually an acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe. Apparently they might :mad: drop some titles that are currently in Macromedia's portfolio.

Heres a good source to check out: http://www.kottke.org/05/04/adobe-macromedia-acquisition-roundup