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 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 incessantly 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 publish. “Now, we’ll have the power to achieve a good wider viewers.”
The enterprise’s important app, Pixelmator Professional, contains superior enhancing 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 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 photograph enhancing app for the primary time for the reason that firm discontinued Aperture, its Photoshop different, a couple of decade in the past. Not too long ago, the corporate has been releasing pro-level apps, together with Last Minimize Professional and Logic Professional, on the iPad through subscriptions.
Pixelmator Professional prices $50 on the Mac, whereas a typical model for the iPad and iPhone is priced at $10. The corporate additionally presents a Photomator enhancing app throughout Apple gadgets. The corporate mentioned there would not be speedy materials modifications 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 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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