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Adobe acquires Behance

110 points by qdot76367 14y ago

jonathanmoore 14y ago
As one of the first 100 on the Behance platform, I think this is a fantastic acquisition for both sides. When a large corporation acquires a company you love there is often concern, but seeing how the Adobe + Typekit relationship played out I'm expecting great things.
- killahpriest 14y ago
  Or Adobe + Phonegap. Adobe seems to do acquisitions pretty well.
  - loceng 14y ago
    I think they have a pretty solid plan. They understand ecosystems, such as why they developed multiple types of desktop software to cater to different needs in/for the creative community.
  - drewwwwww 14y ago
    or adobe + photoshop, adobe + illustrator, adobe + basically any product you can name. let's not talk about the macromedia acquisition, though.
    - stevenkovar 14y ago
      It transitioned people to using the same suite of products, which I think is huge for the creative industry at large; particularly with making it easier to transfer files from person to person for collaboration, delivery, etc.. Remember when some designers used Photoshop, some Fireworks, and some Corel Draw?
      - glomph 14y ago
        Fireworks was/ is for vector based graphics. That is a different use case from photoshop.
        duopixel 14y ago
        Fireworks a hybrid between vector and raster. It's for web/interface design, which has plenty of overlap with Photoshop.
tannerc 14y ago
This is great for Behance and Adobe both, I think. Adobe has immensely powerful capabilities and Behance has a great network of creatives. Combined they could go far (I hope). It's good to see a company in my same industry make it this far.
sixQuarks 14y ago
show me the money! how much did they get?
jongold 14y ago
Haven't used Behance for quite a while, but it would be awesome if it got integrated into Creative Suite (think Kuler). Great news & congratulations all involved.
1123581321 14y ago
I'm hoping the acquisition will mean more rapid development of ActionMethod, a beautiful product with some good ideas that just hasn't kept up.
- Alex3917 14y ago
  Have you checked out Trello? I haven't used Action Method in several years so I can't quite remember the details, but on the surface at least they look fairly similar.
  - 1123581321 14y ago
    I am a heavy Trello user. I would say it, Asana, new Basecamp and Flow have pieces of ActionMethod in them.
artur_makly 14y ago
A great day for Creative Mashups. Woot Woot!
treskot 14y ago
This is a great move! I hope Adobe doesn't mess it up, its an entire community they've acquired. With power comes responsibility and hope they wont use it to monopolize the design industry altogether.

110 points by qdot76367 14y ago

As one of the first 100 on the Behance platform, I think this is a fantastic acquisition for both sides. When a large corporation acquires a company you love there is often concern, but seeing how the Adobe + Typekit relationship played out I'm expecting great things.

killahpriest 14y ago
Or Adobe + Phonegap. Adobe seems to do acquisitions pretty well.
- loceng 14y ago
  I think they have a pretty solid plan. They understand ecosystems, such as why they developed multiple types of desktop software to cater to different needs in/for the creative community.
- drewwwwww 14y ago
  or adobe + photoshop, adobe + illustrator, adobe + basically any product you can name. let's not talk about the macromedia acquisition, though.
  - stevenkovar 14y ago
    It transitioned people to using the same suite of products, which I think is huge for the creative industry at large; particularly with making it easier to transfer files from person to person for collaboration, delivery, etc.. Remember when some designers used Photoshop, some Fireworks, and some Corel Draw?
    - glomph 14y ago
      Fireworks was/ is for vector based graphics. That is a different use case from photoshop.
      - duopixel 14y ago
        Fireworks a hybrid between vector and raster. It's for web/interface design, which has plenty of overlap with Photoshop.

tannerc 14y ago

This is great for Behance and Adobe both, I think. Adobe has immensely powerful capabilities and Behance has a great network of creatives. Combined they could go far (I hope). It's good to see a company in my same industry make it this far.

sixQuarks 14y ago

show me the money! how much did they get?

jongold 14y ago

Haven't used Behance for quite a while, but it would be awesome if it got integrated into Creative Suite (think Kuler). Great news & congratulations all involved.

1123581321 14y ago

I'm hoping the acquisition will mean more rapid development of ActionMethod, a beautiful product with some good ideas that just hasn't kept up.

Alex3917 14y ago
Have you checked out Trello? I haven't used Action Method in several years so I can't quite remember the details, but on the surface at least they look fairly similar.
- 1123581321 14y ago
  I am a heavy Trello user. I would say it, Asana, new Basecamp and Flow have pieces of ActionMethod in them.

artur_makly 14y ago

A great day for Creative Mashups. Woot Woot!

treskot 14y ago

This is a great move! I hope Adobe doesn't mess it up, its an entire community they've acquired. With power comes responsibility and hope they wont use it to monopolize the design industry altogether.