I think Apple's best bet for managing expectations around its likely come-from-behind AI ambitions is to wrap them up in a neat marketing package: "Apple Intelligence." https://bitsplitting.org/2023/05/25/apple-intelligence/
@danielpunkass This makes sense. #Adobe used "Sensei" as its branding for all of its AI-powered R&D and tools for a while and it actually got talked about. Apple could do the same, and Apple Intelligence is the perfect name in that it fits how they've been naming things lately and of course, the #ai acronym.
It took me 20 seconds to plop a hippopotamus next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Adobe has built its Firefly generative AI tool straight into Photoshop, and it's a big deal. The beta is out today.
Did you know, that since 2019 #Adobe#Typekit has required a new Adobe Cloud Subscription for each individual client? You shouldn't embed fonts from one account to your clients.
This pretty much defeats the whole purpose of Typekit, and they sneaked that in some years ago.
Wow, (over) 30 years of the PDF. I use them daily. From the linked article:
"The concept of PDF - Portable Document Format - actually began with the Camelot Project in 1990. And Camelot itself would be nothing without the very backbone of the idea, PostScript, which started all the way back in 1985, and kickstarted the desktop publishing software revolution.
Back in those days, cross-platform compatibility was a nightmare, which led Dr. John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, to initiate that project. Its goal was simple in its concept but ambitious in its execution: create a format that would enable anyone to send any document electronically to anyone else, and that person would be able to read and even print it with its formatting perfectly preserved.
...to us jaded computer users nearly at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, this may sound like nothing to be excited about, but back in the 80s and 90s, which was the personal computer’s infancy, this was a big deal.
...back then, you couldn’t be sure which software someone would be using. You wouldn’t even know which fonts were installed on their machine. If you used one that wasn’t in that other computer’s repertoire, it could at best mess up your document’s formatting. To make matters worse, there was the Mac/Windows divide which was often viewed as a deal-breaker. Many remained convinced a file created on one type of computer could not be opened on another."
@reichenstein
I was a champion of #Adobe products in 2010. I had given courses for Photoshop. I was on the Beta tester program. I own a few Creative Suites literally costing thousands of Euros. I was a 10/10 net promoter score fanboy.
Adobe announced the subscription model, and I made a 180° turn. Today I don't even have my CS6 installed any more. I never started any of their subscriptions. I found replacements for all the things I used. I actively promote those replacements now.
It seems that every other (or not every) earnings call will be splashed, soaked, and dripping with calls to integrate "AI". A-i this, a-i that. You might make a mistake and get a certificate in #adobe illustrator thinking it will boost your value to your employer, and you know what. You probably could get a raise if did that right about now.
It's so freaking insane. Even Robin Hood $Hood got a 4% bump ahead of the open because they said they would offer ai analytics to their customers. #ai
A close up of a beautiful male #mallard duck along the grassy banks of the River Dee in #Aberdeen.
Believe it not, this image was taken at ISO6400 as the the sun had not broken through the clouds at 5.55am.
I’m extremely impressed with the capabilities of the Panasonic #LumixG9 when paired with #Topaz denoise. It’s certainly expanding the ability to shoot at different times of day even when the weather is not optimal!
Ancient ruins, I love them. Stepping back in time, walking where others have walked but are no longer with us. Thought provoking #history. This is the Pecos ruins in New Mexico, adobe church or what is left of it. Fascinating history between the Pecos Indians and the Spanish.
TODAY IN 1992: Adobe announced a new version of its "Adobe Font Folio," a CD-ROM containing all 250 of the company's proprietary fonts and associated software--for the bargain price of $14,000.
Just to put things in context, Adobe charged between $100 and $400 for individual typeface libraries. So the CD-ROM represented about a 75 percent savings from buying all 250 libraries separately (even though nobody did this). And Adobe even threw in a CD-ROM drive and screen saver with the package!
> Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
We need #FLOSS tools to get to the point where they can replace Adobe tools. Open alternatives are great, but they are sadly not there yet to replace Adobe tools for professionals.
And won't be unless projects like @inkscape get enough funding to develop to a point of being viable alternatives.
If you can replace #Adobe tools in your workflow today, great, more power to you! Not everyone can, sadly.
Tools like @inkscape, @Krita and @Blender are fantastic and built with love and energy and care. But in many cases they are still not an option for a lot of creative types.
So support them if you can. Use them if they work for you. Help improve them if you have the skills (that includes writing documentation, and working on better UI/UX!).
@rysiek
I remember when #Adobe was allowed to purchase its sole serious competitor off the market (#Macromedia) with regulators saying nothing about it.
So if I’m reading this correctly, Adobe has identified “Adobe Creative Cloud” as the problem I need to resolve.
Seems like removing it would be the solution, no? Aside from not stating what the issue is, there’s a double space after one of the periods, and the protocol listed is not secure (http vs. https).
Tagging @bynkii ’cause I know he’s a big fan of #Adobe.