Apple has agreed to acquire Pixelmator, the makers of popular professional image-editing apps Pixelmator Pro and photo-editing software Photomator.
In a blog post, the Pixelmator team announced its sale (subject to regulatory approval) and assured its customers that “there will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS and Photomator at the moment. » Of course, this was followed by “Stay tuned for exciting updates to come”, so we can obviously expect that a few changes once the deal closes and Apple has something specific to announce.
Pixelmator Pro is a popular professional image editing application that is often considered an alternative to Photoshop, especially for those on a tighter budget (Pixelmator Pro is a one-time purchase for $49.99 in the App Store ). It is only available for Mac and uses many Mac-specific technologies to improve performance. There is also an iOS companion app.
It is unclear what Apple will do with this acquisition. If we had to guess, we’d say Apple will continue to develop the app, offering it as a third professional-level software offering alongside Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro. Pixelmator’s photo editing app, Photomator, may find some of its features built into the Photos app’s editing interface, but Apple apparently doesn’t need a separate mainstream photo editing app from this nature.
