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Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by leshenka »

lynndotpy wrote: post #68

Is there any way this can go bad? When Apple acquired DarkSky, they absolutely destroyed a service that I loved and relied on. Four years on, Apple Weather is less reliable than DarkSky, and not even close to feature complete. But DarkSky was a cross-platform service, whereas Pixelmator is software that's already Apple-only. I'm wondering how much I should be worried, and if I should already be abandoning ship.

Can't you just zip the current PixelmatorPro.app and use it in case you won't like where things are going?

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by musicale »

nsbk wrote: post #269
thenberlin wrote: post #187

Putting concerns about future states aside, congrats to the Pixelmator team. I've been using the app for years and it's a really great piece of software, well designed and well built. It's always been incredible value for the price, especially given that it basically replaces Photoshop for a wide swath of the market without compromising on UX (which is a problem for other competitors) at a price point that's like 1-2…

I can’t even remember how long have I been a Pixelmator and then Pixelmator pro user. I tried it once and I knew I would never go back to Photoshop again. An incredible bang for the price as well! Congrats to the Pixelmator team, and hoping for a bright future for their product. Fingers crossed though!

I also hope Pixelmator/Pro doesn't die and continues as a product like GarageBand/Logic Pro.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by musicale »

nsbk wrote: post #318
nsbk wrote: post #269

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I can’t even remember how long have I been a Pixelmator and then Pixelmator pro user. I tried it once and I knew I would never go back to Photoshop again. An incredible bang for the price as well! Congrats to the Pixelmator team, and hoping for a bright future for their product. Fingers crossed though!

It’s up there along with Procreate, another amazing product by an independent studio

Procreate really is a killer app for the iPad.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by girvo »

kergonath wrote: post #406
grahamj wrote: post #361

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Yep same here, tried it for a while but Adobe's idea of UI just does not work for me. I reluctantly went to Photos, mainly because of ease of use on the phone for family members, but still I miss full tagging and smart album support.

> I miss full tagging and smart album support Yes! And plugins are great, but the experience is not smooth, and quickly annoying when working with many photos. Also, switching libraries is not good. I wish it were more integrated because on paper, a photo management app combining the features of Affinity, DxO, and others sounds fantastic.

Yeah the closest I've managed to get is Photos.app with Affinity plugins, and even then its still not as tightly integrated as I'd like.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by robenkleene »

pier25 wrote: post #429
robenkleene wrote: post #260

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If you don't mind sharing I'd love to hear which industry you're in. What I typically hear is advertising is Premiere, Hollywood is Avid, and Resolve is taking over prosumer/smaller shops (although still AE for any remotely sophisticated motion graphics/2D work). And Nuke for VFX compositing. I've actually never heard of Fussion itself being being popular for anything actually, it seems like it's not sophisticated en…

Personally I'm mostly in web dev but I work with design shops, agencies, etc. I also do audio production, photography, and some video. But you're right that I'm in contact with small creative shops (less than 50 people). > What I typically hear is advertising is Premiere, Hollywood is Avid Yes, for editing, but AFAIK Resolve is quickly becoming the king for grading. > it seems like it's not sophisticated enough to co…

Interesting, especially that last bit. Thank you for taking the time to share!

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by artdigital »

dorian-graph wrote: post #446
Ikatza wrote: post #420

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Check Affinity, they have a top product for developing and editing.

It's owned by Canva now though, so I don't have any more faith in it.

oh dang, that went by me completely, TIL!

I really hope Photomator/Pixelmator won't get absorbed into the Photos app, now knowing that Affinity has also been gobbled up :(

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by artdigital »

I am fearing that Photomator+Pixelmator get absorbed into the Photos app, but I'm clinging onto the small slimmer of hope that, instead, they'll become entries into the Apple "Pro-Apps" family (next to FCPX, Logic, etc).

Photomator finally added support for managing libraries outside of iCloud and this is exactly what I want. Sure, Photos can handle RAW files, but I don't want giant RAW images getting mixed with casual shots from my iPhone.

Pixelmator is one of the few remaining pro-image editing apps that can be quickly opened for simple, but also serious image work. Affinity got acquired by Canva, now Pixelmator is with Apple. What does that leave us with?

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by snowwrestler »

jcheng wrote: post #310
madeofpalk wrote: post #191

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On the other hand, Testflight has a pretty good acquisition story. It got "merged into main" and is now a first class citizen of the iOS development ecosystem. Workflow being acquired and turning into Shortcuts is a pretty successful outcome IMHO. Beats still continues to make slightly cheaper headphones. FoundationDB is still there. Apart from Dark Sky, what other products with users has Apple acquired and shut down…

FingerWorks! I had their iGesture Pad. Although maybe they were on their last legs before the acquisition, and it led to multitouch being everywhere, so great outcome anyway.

That iGesture pad was a life saver when I was using a PC at work. I eventually switched to Mac and got used to their trackpad gestures, although I still change the settings to enable 3-finger click-and-drag like the iGesture.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by princearthur »

no_wizard wrote: post #337
thenberlin wrote: post #187

Putting concerns about future states aside, congrats to the Pixelmator team. I've been using the app for years and it's a really great piece of software, well designed and well built. It's always been incredible value for the price, especially given that it basically replaces Photoshop for a wide swath of the market without compromising on UX (which is a problem for other competitors) at a price point that's like 1-2…

I suspect this move is due to behind the scenes Adobe / Apple relations souring over the years. Adobe used to be one of their biggest supporters and helped winning over users to the Mac platform. This has diverged significantly over the years, and I think Apple is looking at Adobe and their business model and realizing that it both lucrative for them to have software that fills into this market to round out their cre…

Assuming you're right, the vertical platform vendors should consider having a public Sherlocking policy. If you're anywhere near Apple's stuff, the Pixelmator outcome is a large fraction of your upside.

Much larger than it should be for the ecosystem's sake. Excessive cannibalism isn't probably in Apple's interest even.

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