¿Es buena la absorción de Macromedia?
Creeis que es positiva la compra de Macromedia por parte de Adobe. Dentro de unos pocos años todos podriamos estar utilizando las mismas herrmiemtas y haciendo las cosas casi igual. O tal vez no.
¿Bajarán los precios?
Saludos
Juan
Esta es la primera vez que participo en este foro, aunque soy un asiduo usuario de los foros de Macromedia. Como se dice en un mensaje de esta charla, efectivamente estamos confusos y enfadados los usuarios de Macromedia, porque tememos que la política de atención al cliente de Adobe sea la que ha sido hasta ahora (no mala, peor). Me gustaría exponerles una idea que ronda por la cabeza de muchos desarrolladores y programadores web durante estos días en torno a la compra de Macromedia por Adobe, o de Adobe por macromedia, que no nos queda muy claro. La expone el amigo Braincool:
Hola Amigos.... esta es mi opinion personal
Primero quiero compartir un poco de experiencias de las que he sido testigo.
En los movimientos de los mercados financieros y en la historia de las
fusiones o adquisiciones se ven movimientos iniciales normales para despues derivar en acciones distintas o totalmente diferentes.... con esto quisiera ser "Profeta de la Esperanza" ;-)
¿porque los accionistas de Macromedia aceptaron el trato? basicamente por dos razones:
1.- Ganar una enorme cantidad de dinero... esto tiene dos varianes a su vez que explicare mas abajo.
2.- El pez chico se come al grande...... ;-) esto TAMBIEN lo explicare mas abajo.
EXPLICACIONES:
1a.: Los accionistas de Macromedia pueden ganar dinero vendiendo su empresa de dos formas basicas aunque no unicas. Al vender POR DINERO en efectivo (da miedo porque ese es el istema de microsoft) con ello cada accionista obtiene una importante tajada proporcional a su participacion en la empresa, ello tiene un incomveniente:
Inconveniente 1a: Ese es simple el precio de pago para la venta se calcula basicamente sobre el valor de mercado de la empresa a vender... sin embargo hay un detallito en las informaciones.... que sigue ahora.
1b.: Obtener a cambio de la venta de la empresa bienes por valor mayor al valor de mercado, osea como es el caso acciones de Adobe... las cuales sin duda se cotizan a mayor precio que las de Macromedia, ADEMAS un detalle Adobe ha ofrecido y pagado MAS que el precio extrictamente proporcional de Macromedia, de hecho en pago con 0.68 % de accion cada accion de Macromedia.
Osea para explicarlo mas simple si yo tuviera 100 acciones de Macromedia, la negociacion me cambiaria esas 100 por 68 acciones de Adobe.
Pregunta 1.... ¿porque Macromedia acepto solo acciones?
Por dos posibles aunque no unicos motivos, segun el objetivo de ganar
dinero:
* Para vender al muy poco tiempo las acciones de Adobe, pues se sabe que despues de toda adquisicion que le aumente los activos a una empresa, sus acciones dan (lo que se llama) un salto especulativo. Porque posteriormente hay accionista que preveen vender en ese momento sus posiciones para obtener una ganancia adicional a la real. Esto es "Toma de Ganancias"
* Desde hace tiempo Adobe ha estado hablando para comprar Macromedia, la tranca es posiblemente que aunque Adobe domina como empresa en Software de Edicion y tratamiento de imagenes, su nivel de "caja en efectivo" no es tan grande para pagar por Macromedia. ENTONCES los accionistas de Macromedia VEN otro camino por el cual aceptan la venta simplemente por acciones.
2.- El pez chico se come al grande............................
Aqui viene un conjunto de detallitos:
Adobe anuncia al mismo momento de la "seudo-adquisicion" de Macromedia una RECOMPRA de acciones de Adobe... explico esto: Adobe como muchas compañias para ingresar en las Bolsas de Valores deben VENDER un porcentaje de la empresa al mercado libre, eso es lo que se entiende como la primera OPA, osea Oferta Publica de Acciones. Quiere decir que Adobe antes de cerrar este trato con Macromedia tiene un importante porcentaje de acciones en la calle.
Conclusion: Si el porcentaje de acciones que Adobe tiene en la calle, sumado al porcentaje que GANAN los accionistas originales de Macromedia es SUPERIOR al porcentaje de acciones en manos de los accionistas originales de Adobe...
ZAZ el pez chico se puede comer al grande... por eso se anuncio
desasperadamente esa RECOMPRA... porque siempre suele hacerse ANTES o
DESPUES, es historicamente MUY raro hacerlo al mismo momento.... de hecho denota un cierto histerismo preparado.
UN EJEMPLO HISTORICO:
La señora Fiorina promovio la compra-fusion de HP con Compaq... todo el mundo no entendio la misma, osea nadie se explico porque los accionistas de Compaq que en cuota del mercado de PCs era muy superior a HP, dicha transaccion se efectuo de manera mixta (lo usual) a traves de HP pagar dinero en efectivo y acciones d ela propia HP. Perooooo el % de acciones en el mercado pequeño era bastante grande, de hecho la recompra anunciada posteriormente no fue muy exitosa, orque la reaccion del mercado a la compra-fusion fue negativa, las acciones de HP posterior al anuncio bajaron.
Poco tiempo despues, vemos como despues de la fusion en que la Sra Fiorina (heredera de un de los fundadores originales) se habia fortalecido en la Presidencia del comglomerado HP-Compaq... perooooooooooo sorpresa.. al dia de HOY ella esta practicamente fuera de HP (en lo que a la presidencia y Junta Directiva se refiere) y la pregunta es ¿quien la sustituira? sera por si acaso un Ex-Accionista de Compaq ...... Quien sabe... Pero el punto esta establecido en los manejos de compras-fusiones o adquisiciones hostiles, lo primero que se muestra no siempre es lo que perdura en el tiempo.
G R A N C O N C L U S I O N:::::
Si lo que querian los accionistas de Macromedia era GANAR dinero por
montones, les aseguro que Adobe no fue quien ofrecio mas... se sabe que el Sr. Gates ha estado detras de esta Joya de la Corona (Macromedia) mas aun despues de reorientar su estrategia corporativa hacia INTERNET. Entonces si Macromedia no queria dinero ¿que estan buscando en Adobe????????? jajajajja mis esperanzas de que Flash siga siendo Flash... estan todavia en pie.
Ademas.......
¿quien necesita a quien? Macromedia siempre tuvo un negocio y mercado
redondo... en todo lo que se metio saco un tremendo porcentaje del mercado, Macromedia no ha fracazado con ningun software, en cambio Adobe tiene de adorno varios paquetes que NUNCA calzaron en el mercado... ¿Quien gana mas con este negocio? ¿a Macromedia le hacia falta algo que tuviera Adobe? mmmmm
insisto... LO QUE SE VE, NO NECESARIAMENTE ES LO QUE ES.
Y final.... ¿los accionista de Macromedia han demostrado ser tontos???
NOOOOO Recordemos que Flash logro IMPONERSE por mucha distancia a JAVA....
Saludos a todos y espero que me alla podido hacer entender.. el tema no es facil.
Braincool
¿Qué opinan ustedes?:
Salu2
`8¬}
Juan Muro
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> DTB-K wrote:
>> Hi Guys and Gals,
>>
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>>
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>>
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first).
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Am trying to create a gallery for webpage using Macromedia Flash MX 2004, have imported photo's into library and got the Flash gallery to publish. But am concerned as the flash .swf file is only 273kb with 20 images in it, the existing gallery file I am wanting to replace is approximaately 2.5mb.
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If you resize save as new image so the quality images are not destroyed. If you have a lot of pictures to resize check out Bridge/tools/photoshop/image processor. -
Activation server shut down for Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7, and Macromedia products
Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems. But to ensure that any customers activating those old versions can continue to use their software, we issued a serial number directly to those customers. While this might be interpreted as Adobe giving away software for free, we did it to help our customers.
If your software is affected by the activation server shut down then you will receive an error that the Activation server is unavailable. The specific affected products are as follows:
Acrobat 7.0 - Windows
After Effects 7.0
Audition 3.0
Captivate 1.0
Contribute 2.0
Contribute 3.0
Creative Suite 2.0
Director MX 2004
Dreamweaver MX 2004
Fireworks MX 2004
Flash Paper 2.0
Freehand MX
GoLive CS2
GoLive 9.0
Illustrator CS2
InCopy CS2
InDesign CS2
Macromedia Studo MX 2004
Photoshop CS
Photoshop CS2
Photoshop Elements 4.0
Photoshop Elements 5.0
Premiere Pro 7.0
Production Studio Premium
The activation server being shut down will not affect currently installed and activated Adobe software. You will only face this difficulty if you need to reactivate the software.
To remedy this difficulty we have made available a version of these software titles that does not require activation for Users who have previously purchase the affected software. For additional details and specific links to the software please see:
Error: Activation Server Unavailable | CS2 products, Acrobat 7 - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html
Error: Activation Server Unavailable | Macromedia branded products - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/macromedia-legacy-activation-error.html
If the software title you have purchased is affected by the activation server being shut down, but is not available for download in the previously referenced pages, then please contact our support team at http://www.adobe.com/support/chat/ivrchat.html. Please be aware our support team will not be able to provide assistance for downloading or installing the Creative Suite 2 software.
System requirements
Creative Suite 2 software was only designed to run in the following operating environments:
Mac OS X v.10.2.8–v.10.3.8. PowerPC® G4 or G5 processor
Microsoft® Windows® 2000/Windows XP. Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor
Extraction instructions
If you are receiving a message to insert disc two please see the following extraction instructions:
In the English version of the software the file CreativeSuiteCS2Disc2 extracts to C:\Creative Suite\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0\. CreativeSuiteCS2Disc1 and CreativeSuiteCS2Disc3 both extract to C:\Creative Suite CS2\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0\.
Please copy the contents of the C:\Creative Suite\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0\ folder to the C:\Creative Suite CS2\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0\ folder and you will no longer be prompted to insert disc two.
Additional information
Some Users have reported success getting Creative Suite 2 to install under Windows 7 64-bit. Please see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/windows-7-is-n ot-compatible-with-adobe-photoshop/6f1b4955-7166-4b8f-ad9b-5d19150f803f for more information.
Still facing installation difficulties?
If you are experiencing an installation issue with the software currently available I would recommend creating a new thread in the Downloading, Installing, and Setting up forum - http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup. If you can please make sure to include the following:
• What software are you trying to install?
• Which operating system are you using?
• Was the software previously installed prior to downloading the non-activating version currently available?
• What specific error messages are you receiving when trying to install?
Please also see the original discussion on this topic at http://forums.adobe.com/message/4919014#4919014.Hello Jeff.
EN version is not so eaqual in all with CZ version, I have PREMIUM one, not Standard.
So I download these EN versions and Acrobat 7Pro separately.
It look that it works, I have it installed on my presentation laptop. I ussualy work on PC and laptop is for bussines trips mostly.
When I was working on my PC I found in menu one interesting option. I have installed CS2 in 2010 so it works OK, still in CZ. What I found in menu is called "Licence Transfer".
I didnt try it because I dont want to loose my activation on PC, but could you please say to me what does this option means?
Is it possible to copy licence on flash disk and use it on laptop, but it still be in PC also? Or it is only for deactivation, so you will loose it, and after this you can do new activation (which is impossible by server shut down)?
And one question to the end, if I buy some later version like CS4 or CS5 (from some graphic studio which have one licence to sell-transfer) so do Adobe plan to shut down server too, for CS4, CS5 or after this non user/customer friendly solution (I mean for CS2) will Adobe do some application which we can install on our local PC and this app will say to CSxx "Your licence is OK, just continue in work" ?? --- this would be much better, I think if Adobe do this so it will be the same like no-activation versions in EN only but without so many complains and impacts on your customers.
Thank you for reply me -
Using a MacBook Pro and Adobe CS2 and Macromedia Studio
I was planning on buying a MacBook Pro. Right now my Dell desktop has a 2.4ghz Celeron and I really want to get my first Mac. I'm sick of Windows!! I was wondering how Studio and CS2 (especially Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash Pro) will run under Rosseta on the 1.83ghz compared to my Celeron? And how much RAM will I need?
Windows XP Slow CeleronCannot speak about CS2 for macs as I have only used it on Windows. When I bought my new mac I could only afford to buy one suite, so now I only use the Macromedia Studio package as this contains more of what I need. In particular it contains Fireworks (as a replacement for CS2) which is sufficient for the level of photo editing I need, plus I find it easier to create web graphics. Also I like the way it interacts with Dreamweaver and Flash sweetly. Maybe worth considering instead of CS2 if your budget is a little tight like mine was!
Now, Performance. The loading times are between 4 and 8 seconds, depending on the number of other processes I have running, which for Adobe products is fairly comparible to Windows I seem to remember. When loaded I bearly notice any lag times at all - occasionly when you try and do too many things too quickly you get the classic beachball for a few seconds, but as long as you are a little more calm when using them they are perfect - as good as on Windows I'd say.
Considering I have a 1.83 GHZ with only 1 GB RAM the performance left me very impressed. Can't wait for the Universal versions as they are going to be "screamers"!
PS - people have posted differences in performance when using Rosetta apps when using the same spec machines. So what someone may say using the same machine as you may not actually be what you experience...
1.83 Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1GB, 100GB, W16 -
Adobe vs Macromedia Dreamweaver?
First off, I've been having some very frustrating issues with Adobe's version of Dreamweaver. I recently just started using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, after using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 for years. When it comes to coding, I have to say Adobe DW has the upper hand, but when it comes to using the design interface Macromedia definitely beats out Adobe DW, and I'm very disappointed Adobe DW has lost its intuitive touch in that area.
Several years ago when I was in Junior High I was using Macromedia DW to build a complex, completely customized site (from scratch), using images I made in Photoshop--and I did it all in the design interface, without needing to touch any of the coding aspects of the program. Now, having just graduated from college, I decided to upgrade try out Adobe DW, but I have had nothing but problems with the design interface. It's clumsy, difficult to use, and far less intuitive than the Macromedia version. When a Junior High student can make an entire website in the design interface, but a college graduate can't, I begin to worry. My question is: when Adobe integrated Macromedia products into its company, did it choose to ditch the design-friendly interface of DW and concentrate on coding instead, or is there something I'm missing?
Now, before anyone mentions that Dreamweaver is first and foremost a coding program (which I believe myself,) I don't understand how or why the design interface has suffered to much from one developer to the other.
Here's my plight:
I am generally a big fan of Adobe. Being an artist, I spend many hours a week using Photoshop as my primary digital art program. However, I am not a web developer, and I do not plan to be one. I know limited HTML, and I cannot afford to invest time or money in learning code-based languages when all I want to do is make a single personal website for my job portfolio and résumé. But, as an artist I want to be able to do this from scratch, using images I have designed myself. I would like to utilize the design aspect of DW, but Adobe has made this ridiculously difficult, to the point where I haven't even been able to make an index page after many days of frustration.
Any advice or tips on how to jump some of the design hurdles in Adobe DW, or links to tutorials on the design interface would be very helpful and much appreciated. Or, any suggestions for alternate design-friendly products would be great, too. Remember, I still want to ability to create a page from scratch (none of that pre-set layout stuff) in a design interface. If a program exists like this, I have yet to find it, and I would be very grateful to hear about one.
Do not hesitate to ask me any more questions if it can help you with your answer. Thank you very much!DW is only as good as the skills you bring to the table. What you learned in Junior High School has all changed.
Modern web standards assert that style (CSS) be separate from content (HTML). As such, DW changed its UI to support this. You can style your HTML in code view if you prefer, but a site wide CSS page is infinitely better and more efficient.
See CSS Zen Garden.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
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Adobe Premiere Pro 2 and Macromedia Flash MX 2004
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and have recently installed Macromedia Flash MX 2004.
Now when I go to export to Flash I don't get the Adobe Premiere's Flash Export dialog box when I press "Options" from the Export Settings. I get the Flash MX Professional 2004 "Flash Video (FLV) Exporter." It doesn't allow me to change any of the parameters.
I then un-installed Macromedia Flash MX 2004 but still get the same "Flash Video (FLV) Exporter."
Any ideas on how to get the Premiere exporter back?Well there is no answer to my question, but I did finally get the Adobe Media Encoder dialog box to come back again.
After uninstalling Premiere and QuickTime, then shutting down the computer, rebooting and logging on to the Admin account, shutting down again, rebooting again, logging in to the Admin account again ...
I then went in to the registry and removed all the Entries that had either of these in it:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\DVA\COM
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\DVA\FLASH
and these as well
C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTComponents\FLV.qtx
C?\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTComponents\FLV.qtx
Rebooted the computer, logged back in to Admin.
I then re-installed QuickTime, and rebooted.
I then installed Premiere and the Adobe Media Encoder Flash dialog now shows up.
I'd be careful messy with the registry if you are trying to fix this type of problem. Try uninstalling quicktime and premiere and do the above shutdown, reboot sequence a number of times before doing anything to the registry.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that Flash Website I've working on...
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