MAXON Announces Strategic Alliance with Adobe

[luis7654]

First Luxology and the Foundry....
Then Maxon and Adobe...
Whats next?

I think autodesk needs to put their feet on the ground or they will lose the first place.

MAXON Announces Strategic Alliance with Adobe to Bring Creative Professionals New Levels of Digital Media Content Creation.

FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY — March 19, 2013 — MAXON, the developer of CINEMA 4D, a leading 3D animation software for film, broadcast and motion graphics professionals, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Adobe Systems Incorporated to further collaborate on technology that provides creatives in the motion graphics and visual effects industry with new levels of digital media content creation. As part of the alliance, both companies are expected to collaborate and engineer a pipeline between Adobe® After Effects® software and CINEMA 4D to give users a seamless 2D/3D foundation.

"CINEMA 4D is a leading 3D solution, and the one After Effects users have come to know and love because of its ease-of-use, speed, stability and especially tight integration with the 2D compositing application," said Harald Egel, co-founder and CEO, MAXON Computer GmbH. "We look forward to continued collaboration between our programming and marketing teams to ensure that the interoperability of our software products makes a positive impact on artists seeking to easily and fully integrate 3D into their production pipelines."

"Adobe After Effects has a 20-year history of setting the standard for motion graphics and visual effects software," said Steve Forde, senior product manager for After Effects at Adobe. "Collaborating with a market leader in 3D graphics programming like MAXON will further accelerate how After Effects users create rich engaging experiences."

[bottleofram]

I think autodesk needs to put their feet on the ground or they will lose the first place.
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You haven't noticed, but that's what they have been doing all along. Just... not exactly with the products you have in mind. All those "project this" and "project that", 123D etc. All consumer market oriented stuff. An area where maxon and adobe are absolutely huge. And, apparently, adamant not to let anyone else in. ;)

[Falam]

I think autodesk needs to put their feet on the ground or they will lose the first place.
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You haven't noticed, but that's what they have been doing all along. Just... not exactly with the products you have in mind. All those "project this" and "project that", 123D etc. All consumer market oriented stuff. An area where maxon and adobe are absolutely huge. And, apparently, adamant not to let anyone else in. ;)

In time, Adobe will buy Maxon, it's coming.

[Nizar]

I don't see an immediate issue for autodesk. IMO, other software like Lightwave will have more issue then autodesk products.