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 could 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 corporations 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 mentioned within the weblog submit. “Now, we’ll have the power to succeed in an excellent wider viewers.”
The enterprise’s fundamental app, Pixelmator Professional, contains superior modifying instruments which can be paying homage to options inside Adobe Inc.’s Photoshop, Illustrator and different packages, similar to layers and vectors. The software program additionally faucets right into a sequence 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 photograph modifying app for the primary time for the reason that firm discontinued Aperture, its Photoshop different, a few decade in the past. Just lately, the corporate has been releasing pro-level apps, together with Remaining Minimize Professional and Logic Professional, on the iPad by way of subscriptions.
Pixelmator Professional prices $50 on the Mac, whereas a regular model for the iPad and iPhone is priced at $10. The corporate additionally provides a Photomator modifying app throughout Apple gadgets. The corporate mentioned there would not be quick materials modifications to the packages, however that it’s going to announce additional updates later.
Apple hasn’t introduced many acquisitions recently, although it did purchase DarwinAI to help with manufacturing earlier this yr, Bloomberg Information reported. The corporate’s largest buy to this point was the $3 billion acquisition of Beats in 2014.
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