Apple Inc. agreed to purchase software program maker Pixelmator, including a preferred high-end photo-editing app to its lineup. Pixelmator introduced the acquisition on its weblog Friday, saying its Lithuania-based workforce can be becoming a member of Apple. The 17-year-old firm — based by brothers Saulius Dailide and Aidas Dailide — makes apps for the Mac, iPad and iPhone.
The 2 firms have already got a detailed relationship: Apple has often touted Pixelmator software program in its advertising — together with an iPad occasion final month — and the apps use an interface akin to the iPhone maker’s personal purposes.
“We have been impressed by Apple since day one,” Pixelmator stated within the weblog put up. “Now, we’ll have the flexibility to achieve a good wider viewers.”
The enterprise’s predominant app, Pixelmator Professional, consists of superior modifying instruments which might be paying homage to options inside Adobe Inc.’s Photoshop, Illustrator and different applications, akin to layers and vectors. The software program additionally faucets right into a collection of Apple-specific applied sciences, together with iCloud, Shortcuts and the iPad’s Pencil.
Apple, based mostly in Cupertino, California, confirmed the transaction on Friday. Phrases weren’t disclosed.
For Apple, the acquisition offers prospects a high-end picture modifying app for the primary time because the firm discontinued Aperture, its Photoshop various, a few decade in the past. Just lately, the corporate has been releasing pro-level apps, together with Closing Reduce Professional and Logic Professional, on the iPad by way of subscriptions.
Pixelmator Professional prices $50 on the Mac, whereas an ordinary model for the iPad and iPhone is priced at $10. The corporate additionally provides a Photomator modifying app throughout Apple units. The corporate stated there would not be speedy materials adjustments to the applications, however that it’ll announce additional updates later.
Apple hasn’t introduced many acquisitions currently, although it did purchase DarwinAI to help with manufacturing earlier this yr, Bloomberg Information reported. The corporate’s largest buy so far was the $three billion acquisition of Beats in 2014.
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