Apple Inc. agreed to purchase software program maker Pixelmator, including a well-liked high-end photo-editing app to its lineup. Pixelmator introduced the acquisition on its weblog Friday, saying its Lithuania-based staff 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 an in depth relationship: Apple has steadily 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 functions.
“We have been impressed by Apple since day one,” Pixelmator stated within the weblog submit. “Now, we’ll have the power to achieve an excellent wider viewers.”
The enterprise’s essential app, Pixelmator Professional, consists of superior enhancing instruments which are paying homage to options inside Adobe Inc.’s Photoshop, Illustrator and different applications, equivalent 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 provides clients a high-end picture enhancing app for the primary time because the firm discontinued Aperture, its Photoshop different, a couple of 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 gives a Photomator enhancing app throughout Apple gadgets. The corporate stated there would not be fast materials adjustments to the applications, however that it’ll announce additional updates later.
Apple hasn’t introduced many acquisitions these days, although it did purchase DarwinAI to help with manufacturing earlier this 12 months, Bloomberg Information reported. The corporate’s largest buy to this point was the $3 billion acquisition of Beats in 2014.
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