For those of us who love photography and own an Apple device, Pixelmator is an old acquaintance. However, we review the benchmark photo editing software for Mac, one of the best editing apps on iPhone and iPad, and attention, they are also working on a native spatial experience for the Apple Vision Pro Well, in an entry of. your blog Pixelmator announced that it was joining Apple.
Thus, Pixelmator has signed an acquisition agreement by Apple which will come into effect upon regulatory approval. According to Pixelmator, “There will be no hardware changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps.‘ at present. But they invite us to be careful because things happen.
After saying goodbye to Aperture, Apple returns to photo editing with fanfare
That Pixelmator Pro, Photomator or Pixelmator for iOS are great apps is no secret, so thinking about possibly integrating this software into your professional catalog is great news. But also with this acquisition Cupertino returns to the photo editing segmentwhom she left orphaned after Aperture’s farewell.
Yes, some of its features were included in Photos, but it’s not the same. That’s why many of us who work in the Apple ecosystem have looked for alternatives like Lightroom or Capture One. The purchase comes at a key moment. Artificial intelligence is already changing everything in image editing. Cupertino arrived late compared to other proposals, but surely: its Apple Intelligence with magic eraser included promises a lot.
Here it should be noted that Pixelmator is one of the class leaders in machine learning with a long list of functions that integrate it, such as the deletion of unwanted objects, but also super resolution or the removal of backgrounds.
Pixelmator explains that he found inspiration at Apple from day one, so ‘We manufacture our products with the same careful attention to design, usability and performance‘ and it shows with the integration into the workflow and experience in the Apple ecosystem. Although for now they have assured that there will be no immediate changes, only with this integration more than possible (even if it is paid) in the Apple catalog the impact is enormous.
These Pixelmator AI functions work like a shot on Apple silicon chips and if we also take into account this great integration into the system (they can already be used in Shortcuts and Automator), then there are all the ingredients for the perfect recipe. In short, both For aesthetics and functionality, Pixelmator already looked like Applebut now it’s due to the lack of fringes. Be careful, it’s not a piece of cake, just look at what happened with Adobe and Figma, even if the positions of the two companies are very different.
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In Applesfera | Pixelmator Photo for iPhone, review: “We haven’t yet seen everything that AI can offer in image editing”, we speak to Andrius Gailiunas from the Pixelmator team
