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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by huxley » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:50 PM UTC

zack12 wrote: post #25

Can anybody spread some light on the business model they are trying to follow? I know they sell software, but with a single software for $29 and few employees. They need to sell quite a few licenses to make it. I know its an ignorant statement, but can anybody explain it to me.

Pixelmator sells very well, in their first 20 days on the Mac Store they grossed $1 million.

http://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2011/01/25/pixelmator-grosses...

Not Apple level of sales, but if your development team is small and focussed, it's pretty good.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by sgustard » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:52 PM UTC

gibwell wrote: post #27

zack12 wrote: post #25

Can anybody spread some light on the business model they are trying to follow? I know they sell software, but with a single software for $29 and few employees. They need to sell quite a few licenses to make it. I know its an ignorant statement, but can anybody explain it to me.

They sell millions of licenses a year. Their revenue per employee exceeds that of Google or Apple. Is more explanation needed?

Do you have a source for those numbers? I have no reason to doubt you, but you seem put off by the question. It's a legitimate concern before sending money to a company to ask how financially secure they are.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:54 PM UTC

sgustard wrote: post #32

gibwell wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They sell millions of licenses a year. Their revenue per employee exceeds that of Google or Apple. Is more explanation needed?

Do you have a source for those numbers? I have no reason to doubt you, but you seem put off by the question. It's a legitimate concern before sending money to a company to ask how financially secure they are.

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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by atldev » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:56 PM UTC

I like the clever use of css-based animations on the marketing site. The Invision feature tour (http://www.invisionapp.com/tour) does a great job of this as well. It probably goes unnoticed by the majority of visitors, but I think it communicates great design and attention to detail in a very subtle way. Hats off to the designers and marketing team that built a great site to get the message out.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by uptown » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

apierre wrote: post #30

crazygringo wrote: post #26

Has anyone tried using this for web design? Any idea how it compares to Photoshop in that regard? (Obviously Photoshop is not great for web design, but it's still the de-facto standard...)

I think Sketch would be more suitable for web design.

Is Sketch a suitable replacement for Illustrator? I've been trying to find the right application to replace Illustrator for my very-infrequent needs which can't justify Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription pricing.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #26

Has anyone tried using this for web design? Any idea how it compares to Photoshop in that regard? (Obviously Photoshop is not great for web design, but it's still the de-facto standard...)

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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by cormullion » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #35

apierre wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Sketch would be more suitable for web design.

Is Sketch a suitable replacement for Illustrator? I've been trying to find the right application to replace Illustrator for my very-infrequent needs which can't justify Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription pricing.

Sketch is good, particularly for smaller intricate work, but runs out of steam under stress. The focus is tighter - Illustrator does much more - and for some categories of work it's a delight to use.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by gedrap » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

This is probably the most successful Lithuanian IT startup (which is still based there, as far as I know). As a Lithuanian, I'm feeling really happy to see how far and awesome they got!

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by antr » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

gedrap wrote: post #38

This is probably the most successful Lithuanian IT startup (which is still based there, as far as I know). As a Lithuanian, I'm feeling really happy to see how far and awesome they got!

I've been using Pixelmator since they pushed it to the Mac App store, and all this time I thought they where German... good to know I was wrong!

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by apierre » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 5:22 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #35

apierre wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Sketch would be more suitable for web design.

Is Sketch a suitable replacement for Illustrator? I've been trying to find the right application to replace Illustrator for my very-infrequent needs which can't justify Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription pricing.

It depends on your infrequent needs. Are you using advanced Illustrator features?

I also cannot justify a subscription to Adobe CC and try to use Sketch as a Fireworks/Photoshop alternative.