This is The Thirty Sixth Episode of the Visual Scholar Podcast - With Tim Mcburnie.

Let's talk Adobe...

There is a lot of drama and outrage aimed at Adobe. I normally stay away from this stuff on the Visual Scholar... But people often ask for my opinion as I do use Adobe products, and teach people how to use them.

So this episode is dedicated to my thoughts on the future of Photoshop.

But as you know if you have been following this show, it won't be simple, and I will weave in some more interesting topics.

I want to walk though:

1 What we should expect from Software as artists
2 What can we learn by looking closer at Adobe Inc
3 What Ethics, Morality, Publicly traded companies... and AI say about the future of Customer/Product Symbiosis.

So yeah... This is a long form essay. That no one really asked for. But if you want to rise above the noise and outrage FUD... strap in!

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:03 Welcome
00:03:28 What's My Take On This?
00:07:07 What Good Creative Software Needs To Be... The Dangers of Switching
00:08:45 That Time I Gave Up Photoshop For Corel Painter...
00:14:56 Reliability...
00:15:33 Learning & Community
00:16:55 Different Artists Need Different Features... Pro Vs The Rest
00:19:06 Professional Features (That Most People Don't Care About)
00:20:06 Production Integration
00:21:16 Chameleon: Photoshop Can Be Many Things
00:23:27 Extensibility
00:26:51 Real Professional Reliability
00:30:03 Speeed
00:32:03 TLDR: Bugs And Tech Hurdles Can Ruin Your Art Flow
00:33:11 What About Adobe As A Company (Evil INC)
00:33:50 The History... Aggressive Monopoly
00:35:22 Adobe The Dinosaur (Legacy Software and Legacy Attitude)
00:38:19 Adobe Is Struggling To Be A Modern SAAS Company
00:39:15 Publicly Traded Companies Can't Take Care Of Their Customers.
00:39:58 The Silicon Valley Hype Cycle
00:41:17 Symbiosis: How Good Software Is Made
00:43:24 The Protopian Ideal
00:44:58 Incentives: It's Not A Matter of Good Or Evil.
00:50:37 What Does The Future Of Software Look Like?
00:52:51 The Community Matters
00:53:58 The Photoshop Interface Built Adobe
00:55:06 Piracy Helped Build The Monopoly
00:56:00 No Free Version = No One Uses It... Or Cares.
00:58:57 Adobe In Trouble?
01:02:40 Has Adobe Forgotten How To Make And Promote Software?
01:03:32 The Street Price Of Creative Cloud
01:05:58 Adobe Actually Has A Great Deal...
01:09:10 The Traps Large Companies Fall Into
01:10:58 Business Models And Functionality Are Linked!
01:14:03 Photoshop IS Unique
01:17:34 The Real Issue? (AI)
01:19:25 The Hype Train
01:22:11 If AGI and Superintelligence Are Coming... Why Is Adobe Putting AI In Photoshop
01:24:51 The Double Speak Of Generative Imagery and LLMs
01:25:59 The Real Reason I Want OFF The Adobe Train Now
01:29:17 Takeaways!
01:30:14 The Analytical Takeaway
01:35:15 Marker 3
01:35:26 The practical Takeaway
01:37:27 The Philosophical Takeaway

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This Podcast is designed to help you demystify the world of Art, Productivity, and Creativity. So you can get better faster, and enjoy your Art Journey.

We discuss Drawing, Painting, Illustration and Entertainment Design. Along with Productivity and Career Advice.

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