There really isn't any other software to compete at this point. Aviary and Gimp were the only Photoshop competitors. Inkscape and Aviary were the only Illustrator competitors.
Pixelmator is the best photoshop replacement IMO.
Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
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Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#12I'm really shocked this didn't happen months ago actually. Seemed like a very logical fit for Adobe. I just hope they don't ruin Aviary now.
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#13Surprising negativity in here, an observation to consider: HN tends to be biased regarding acquisitions. Some companies, like Google or Apple, are praised for sage decisions and invaluable acqui-hires. Others, like Yahoo and Adobe, get panned for similar moves as trying to eliminate competing products or otherwise flailing capital.
As i see it, Adobe identified a group of devs uniquely qualified to bring domain knowledge to their team, as well as mobile expertise they may have lacked. This strikes me as a reasonable strategic move on their part.
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#14There really isn't any other software to compete at this point. Aviary and Gimp were the only Photoshop competitors. Inkscape and Aviary were the only Illustrator competitors.
There is a reason for this. It makes no sense to make a photoshop competitor as this is not where we are heading.
Instead we are heading towards vectors as the primary asset which means toward visual editors that allow for scripting and much more granular control off assets such as animiation.
In 5-10 years ex. Sketch and other much more dynamic environments will be one of the de-facto standards as the older generations retire and the new ones come in.
Photoshop is the Quark of our time and it's heading for retirement I think.
P.S. I am part of the older generation and still uses Illustrator and sometimes Photoshop. I loved Fireworks but Adobe killed it.
However, having played around with Sketch I think I see where things are heading.
Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#15There really isn't any other software to compete at this point. Aviary and Gimp were the only Photoshop competitors. Inkscape and Aviary were the only Illustrator competitors.
Pixelmator is the best photoshop replacement IMO.
I like & use Pixelmator too, but it's really a Photoshop Elements competitor.
Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#16There really isn't any other software to compete at this point. Aviary and Gimp were the only Photoshop competitors. Inkscape and Aviary were the only Illustrator competitors.
There is a reason for this. It makes no sense to make a photoshop competitor as this is not where we are heading. Instead we are heading towards vectors as the primary asset which means toward visual editors that allow for scripting and much more granular control off assets such as animiation. In 5-10 years ex. Sketch and other much more dynamic environments will be one of the de-facto standards as the older generati…
Photoshop is for editing photos, not for drawing "assets". Unless you are trying to tell me that digital cameras will produce a vector drawing of scenes, I don't see bitmap editing software going away anytime soon, or ever.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Flash Professional improved. Typekit improved and I would say Behance has improved. I know it's cool to crap on Adobe but they've gotten a lot better in recent years. EDIT Changed Illustrator to Flash Professional. Forgot which was an acquisition.
You mean Photoshop, not Illustrator, improved? The latter was Adobe's first app and lovingly crafted by Warnock and crew. (I know, because I saw them with my own eyes. ;-)
Ah yeah, I don't know why I said Illustrator. I might have been thinking of the Flash Professional program, which has improved but Flash itself is on its way out.
Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#18Honestly I expected this to happen 2+ years ago. Glad to hear the Aviary team held on, since I never heard of anyone paying/using for their amazing tools (which were cutting edge back when they launched).
Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a reason for this. It makes no sense to make a photoshop competitor as this is not where we are heading. Instead we are heading towards vectors as the primary asset which means toward visual editors that allow for scripting and much more granular control off assets such as animiation. In 5-10 years ex. Sketch and other much more dynamic environments will be one of the de-facto standards as the older generati…
Photoshop is for editing photos, not for drawing "assets". Unless you are trying to tell me that digital cameras will produce a vector drawing of scenes, I don't see bitmap editing software going away anytime soon, or ever.
Photoshop is not used primarily for editing photos in the software industry from my experience. In a world with responsive design needs vector based just gives you more versions of assets at different resolutions for less effort than any other approach.
Sure photo editing is one use for it. But much of it is in creating icons, mockups, non photo realistic things, and more.
Re: Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary
#20Surprising negativity in here, an observation to consider: HN tends to be biased regarding acquisitions. Some companies, like Google or Apple, are praised for sage decisions and invaluable acqui-hires. Others, like Yahoo and Adobe, get panned for similar moves as trying to eliminate competing products or otherwise flailing capital. As i see it, Adobe identified a group of devs uniquely qualified to bring domain knowl…
I think the negativity comes not from the fact that Adobe bought them, but that Aviary was the main, visible competition to Adobe.
Google and Apple get panned all the time for acquisitions, what are you talking about? Did you not see the thread when Apple announced they were buying Beats? Or every other Google-acquisition thread about users bemoaning the possible shuttering of the purchased service?
People aren't hating on this acquisition because they don't like Adobe (or Yahoo), they're hating on it because it means the end of competition for the time being.