This is Off Topic, but the first thing I notice on that page were those icons for apps with Apple Creator Studio. They look AWEFUL .
TERRIBLE! Can’t believe Apple is using these.
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#332> These apps will continue receiving updates, with the latest versions adopting the beautiful new visual design language with Liquid Glass on all platforms Are the Apple people really this oblivious, or is someone in PR trolling us?
I like the Liquid Glass design so this is a point for me.
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#333> These apps will continue receiving updates, with the latest versions adopting the beautiful new visual design language with Liquid Glass on all platforms Are the Apple people really this oblivious, or is someone in PR trolling us?
At least in the screenshots I did not notice absurdly large window corner radii.
Because every app is presented in fullscreen. Showing the windowing system would make sense if this was announced pre-LG.
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Office 365 - the subscription version of Office - was released in 2011. Microsoft still offers a one time purchase of Office. There is precedent for Bigcorp keeping a one time purchase version and offer a prescription.
> Microsoft still offers a one time purchase of Office. he writing is on the wall, they will remove it sooner or later.
It's been available for something like 15 years since subscription purchase was introduced. Why so negative?
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> If I’m a music producer, what’s the value of being given a digital art drawing program? If I’m an illustrator, why do I need a cinema post production suite Are you talking about Adobe here?
Probably not, seeing as Creative Cloud has bundles focused on specific mediums.
Their default is the "All" plan which includes many of the same categories as the Apple bundle.
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#336Here is a quick side by side comparison between Apple Creator Studio and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Each app may be stronger or weaker depending on the use case, workflow, and specific user needs, so this is only a rough equivalence. Function | Apple | Adobe | Adobe price / month --------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------- Image editing | Pixelmator Pro | Photoshop | ~U…
Pixelmator probably is Lightroom. And adobe has "Photography Bundle" with Lightroom and Photoshop for $20/mo.
No, Lightroom is a dedicated photo editor and DAM.
Pixelmator is closer to Photoshop, you can do some photo editing, but its not focused on it, and does not have asset management.
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#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, all apps are available for purchase for a one time payment. I don't care about video, so I'll be buying Pixelmator now, and maybe music stuff later, and Video part never. So it works like before, if you want.
Pixelmator is great and integrates well with Apple's tooling for batch processing. For video, the free version of DavinciResolve goes a very long way, and their Studio is a single-payment-life-time license.
DaVinci Resolve also runs on Linux, so you won't be locked to staying on MacOS if you want to switch OSes but maintain your skillset.
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The most important benefits in my opinion are choice and price - people like me who prefer to buy software outright can still do so at a reasonable cost, while others who opt for a subscription can also do so (again, at a reasonable cost).
It's pretty clever that they keep the "pay one time" option still alive while announcing the availability of subscription, so anyone who says "Boo, not you too Apple" can easily be shut down with "You still have the option to buy it!" instead of leaving those critics without answers. Of course, they'll eventually remove the option to buy the software by paying once, I think everyone can see the writing on the wall, b…
There are features they are planning to make exclusive to the subscriptions. I don’t know if they’re planning to make the one-time purchase go away completely, but it seems like it’s going to be approached as the “lesser” option.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/apple-creator-studio-ex...
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#339Here is a quick side by side comparison between Apple Creator Studio and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Each app may be stronger or weaker depending on the use case, workflow, and specific user needs, so this is only a rough equivalence. Function | Apple | Adobe | Adobe price / month --------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------- Image editing | Pixelmator Pro | Photoshop | ~U…
What this misses is that Creative Cloud is much more than a bundle of apps. It includes everything you need around the apps for pro workflows (i.e. fonts, AI, stock, collaboration, etc...).
(I work for Adobe)
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I was also surprised to not see Photomator included. Wouldn’t it perfectly complement the lineup? I hadn’t thought of such a pessimistic interpretation, but now I’m worried as well …
I think Apple killed Aperture primarily because it was confusing to have iPhoto and Aperture with largely overlapping workflows. Aperture had the loupe view, and side by side comparison stuff, saved color grading tools (I think?), sure, but it wasn’t differentiated enough to justify a Pro designation. I think it makes more sense for Photomator features to be absorbed into Photos… and maybe Photos gets some new Pixelm…
I mean, the friendly way to kill off the differences between Aperture and Photos would have been to add all the missing workflow stuff to Photos before killing Aperture. Photos did not get lift-and-stamp edits until late 2022, years after Aperture was discontinued, and it isn't as good as the corresponding feature in Aperture was. Also, it would have been cool if the Photos import from Aperture library had ever worked, even a little bit. I keep an external hard drive around with my old Aperture library because I know it contains photos that Photos.app still hasn't pulled in correctly.