Adobe LiveMotion: DECEASED.

uoba · #1 November 24th, 2003, 04:27 AM

Just read that Adobe have axed LiveMotion, no longer developing and distributing it (for all platforms). Support will last until March 31 2004, and on-line info support indefinitely.

Can't say I'm sad, except for the fact that MM can now relax, which is never a good thing (mind you, I don't think they where that worried anyway

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Here's the MacWorld Uk article: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_...fm?NewsID=7353

Funnily, can't find anything on Adobe about it! Trying to hide a failed product being cut?

Randman · #2 November 24th, 2003, 04:41 AM

http://www.adobe.com/products/livemotion/main.html

uoba · #3 November 24th, 2003, 04:53 AM

They must've just changed it. Ah well.

RacerX · #4 November 24th, 2003, 04:57 AM

I remember starting out using a LiveMotion 1.0 demo, one that lasted 30 days. I was able in that time to produce Flash elements for a number of sites without any problems.

Then I heard from people that Flash was better than LiveMotion, so I got the full version of Flash 5. For the life of me I couldn't believe that anyone would think that Flash was better. Simple things like an element fading in while moving in from the corner and scaling up to full size by the end of the transition was a nightmare in Flash. In LiveMotion it just worked. I ended up getting LiveMotion 1.0.2 and later 2.0. I tried Flash again (not my 5.0 version but the MX trial version) a few months ago to see if anything had changed... no, still a nightmare.

All I can say is that Macromedia really needs someone to help them with Flash. I, for one, can tell you that I won't be using anything else but LiveMotion for the next few years. Just because it stopped shipping doesn't stop it from being a better product than Flash.

Like the Mac OS, LiveMotion was something that only a small portion of the market will ever really understand. I thought LiveMotion 2.0 had enough promise to take on Flash, but Adobe never put any effort behind it.

Who knows, maybe Flash will get some help from Adobe on their timeline editor now. Macromedia's is the most convoluted interface element I've ever seen.

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Originally Posted by uoba

Funnily, can't find anything on Adobe about it! Try hide a failed product being cut?

Try looking on the LiveMotion product page.

RacerX · #5 November 24th, 2003, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by uoba

They must've just changed it. Ah well.

It was that way about four days ago, when I first heard about it.

uoba · #6 November 24th, 2003, 06:12 AM

Then I'm obviously blind

**evildan** · #7 November 24th, 2003, 08:11 AM

I remember getting a call at midnight one night from a friend who had done an entire site in the alpha version of LiveMotion. It wasn't called LiveMotion, and I am blanking on what the Alpha name was... something "Fire" I think.

Anyway, He had no idea what to do, I convinced him to convert it all back to Flash. At that point my sources at Adobe said they might not even release it.

I was shocked, given my source's hesitation that they did. Adobe was smart to cancel development. They do have a tendency to keep projects alive well past their expiration date (like PageMaker).

But I can't say I blame them, they are just attempting to out-live the competition with those type of software packages where they are clearly #2 (or even #3).

uoba · #8 November 24th, 2003, 11:01 AM

I'm afraid I'm still of the opinion that Adobe have yet to grasp the idea of web dev apps. They are stuck between print and web (due to InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop). MM have made themselves a screen-based app only developer. Adobe have been stuck in-between, wanting to emulate MM's success in screen-based apps, and keep it's roots in printland. A hard task trying to please everyone all the time.