Canva acquired Cavalry
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Canva had also acquired Affinity before.
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I've already heard this news and find it rather unpleasant.
We'll lets to see how things develop.For those who may not know, there has always been a free version of Cavalry.
Have the free Version my computer quit a while, purely for fun and experiment.
But it's not a app I need to have.If some are interested in alternatives, here's the thread from the "BlenderArtist" Forum
that lists all the alternatives to Adobe / Affinity / Autodesk / Maxon alternatives in all areas
from Metin Seven.https://blenderartists.org/t/adobe-affinity-autodesk-maxon-alternatives/1522359
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This is a very good news, because Affinity/ Cavalry can become Adobe Illustrator's/ After Effects' main competitor.
Affinity just needs real Gradient Mesh and Live Paint features to fully replace Illustrator
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I don't see this as good news, as it points towards monopolies,
towards big companys. I don't think Cavalry can compete with
After Effects in a foreseen future.Affinity has its uses; It havea nice mix of bitmap and vector.
But it's not a vector graphics application I'd like to use every day.
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@gotanidea I don't know if Affinity will ever "fully" replace Illustrator. It will be more than enough for the people who need basic editing and design software, but I don't view it as professional on the level with Illustrator or Vectorstyler. There are still many features it lacks before it gets there - if it gets there. Affinity has a place and I'm glad it's there to take away some of those who would otherwise use Adobe.
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@Subpath said in Canva acquired Cavalry:
I don't see this as good news, as it points towards monopolies,
towards big companys. I don't think Cavalry can compete with
After Effects in a foreseen future.I don't think Canva can monopolize the graphics industry as long as Adobe is still around
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@Boldline said in Canva acquired Cavalry:
@gotanidea I don't know if Affinity will ever "fully" replace Illustrator. It will be more than enough for the people who need basic editing and design software, but I don't view it as professional on the level with Illustrator or Vectorstyler. There are still many features it lacks before it gets there - if it gets there. Affinity has a place and I'm glad it's there to take away some of those who would otherwise use Adobe.
Affinity doesn't have a lot of features yet, but it can handle complex artwork with thousands of points/ lines and thousands of letters, as compared to VectorStyler. It only lacks Gradient Mesh and Live Paint for vector illustration
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Of course, Canva can't compete with Adobe.
But why are they acquiring other companies?
Firstly, to offer their customers a wider range
of products and services, and secondly, to acquire
a portion of the former customer base as potential
new customers.In short, they're moving towards becoming a bigger company
and trying to capture the market of newcomers and somewhat
experienced users.The fact that they also offer their software for "free" will
also make things even more difficult for independent graphics
software developers and in this may end in a few big companys.What would be happen with new concepts, alternative innovative
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@Subpath said in Canva acquired Cavalry:
In short, they're moving towards becoming a bigger company
and trying to capture the market of newcomers and somewhat
experienced users.The fact that they also offer their software for "free" will
also make things even more difficult for independent graphics
software developers and in this may end in a few big companys.What would be happen with new concepts, alternative innovative
ways to develope new graphics software ?Small graphics software developers can still compete with Affinity as long as they create more performant and more feature-rich software. Affinity's performance is very good, but it still doesn't have Illustrator's and VectorStyler's main features yet
