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Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by Cockbrand »

0x38B wrote: post #473
azinman2 wrote: post #274

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What do you use it for?

Some of my favorite Shortcuts do things like: - toggle the white point setting on or off to warm and dim the display for nighttime, - present a menu that makes and displays QR codes for my contact (from vCard text), Wifi info, and more, - turn off Wifi and cellular at the same time (this one's on my homescreen), - upload a .torrent file to qBittorrent's watch folder via SSH. I use Shortcuts at work, too, like sharing…

> turn off Wifi and cellular at the same time (this one's on my homescreen)

Out of curiosity - how is this different from enabling Airplane Mode?

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by _visgean »

Ikatza wrote: post #420
stego-tech wrote: post #160

I don’t think this will be good for users, but I do think this is the right call at the right time for the company. They get (presumably) top dollar for their outfit prior to the next big market crash, and just as investor funding is drying up outside the AI realms. Hopefully everyone involved gets enough dosh to live comfortably, and can focus on their next big passion or project once the NDAs and Non-Competes run t…

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

i tried them with fuji 50mb raw files, it was super slow compared to capture one

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by InsideOutSanta »

This seems like it would be a good match, except that Apple has a history of "odd" decisions when it comes to in-house software, from HyperCard to Claris Works to Final Cut Pro to Aperture. If I relied on Pixelmator, I would be at least a little bit worried.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by zarzavat »

PittleyDunkin wrote: post #433
zarzavat wrote: post #176

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This would be very short sighted as Pixelmator adds way more value to the Mac platform than a better Photos app.

> This would be very short sighted as Pixelmator adds way more value to the Mac platform than a better Photos app. This is comparing apples to oranges. A better photos app isn't even remotely comparable to shipping a raster image editor. One is concerned with overall rendering of the products of a camera, the other is concerned with precise editing of a raster image.

Apple sells Macs. The Mac platform is enhanced by the existence of Pixelmator as an exclusive app.

If Pixelmator were to disappear then the value of the Mac platform would decrease. There is nothing that the Pixelmator team could do to the Photos app to make up for that.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by pasc1878 »

culi wrote: post #298
madeofpalk wrote: post #286

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We'll put Shazam in the Filemaker category of continuing to exist, but not really benefiting from Apple.

It's built in to Siri though. So Apple benefitted from Shazam. I'd say Apple's Weather app has also significantly benefitted (albeit a bit late) from Dark Sky's acquisition

Yes the Weather app has improved but it would have been much better to kill it and start from Dark Sky

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by newaccount74 »

arcticbull wrote: post #477
ChuckMcM wrote: post #413

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Not to mention Apple's challenge with 30% AppStore tax for subscription revenue. My guess was that Apple is okay with Apps from third parties that tithe 1/3 of their subscription revenue but aren't willing to make a place for them if they don't "sing for their supper" as my Grandfather used to say.

macOS has no such restrictions as it does not require the App Store.

But macOS requires app notarisation. They again made it harder to run un-notarised apps this year. If you look at the iOS side, it's clear that Apple has no qualms adding content restrictions for app notarisation, and it is more than just a malware check. It could be just a question of time until Apple decides to stop notarising Mac apps that do not use App Store payments.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by cageface »

strogonoff wrote: post #471
cageface wrote: post #334

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It’s worthless in Thailand. I was checking it last week with a Thai friend here in Bangkok. The forecast was clear skies while in fact we had an epic monsoon storm. This is typical here.

A fun fact about ITCZ is that you will simply not find a reliably correct weather forecast. In places like Bangkok or (depending on the season) Hong Kong locals normally know to use the weather radar. Once going on a hike with a friend we got stuck amid torrential rain which for 40 min pretty much affected a less than 1x1 km area centred on the bench (with a roof) where we sat down. We knew it from the radar, since a…

I've just learned not to leave the house without an umbrella during the rainy season.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by kergonath »

kccqzy wrote: post #435
kergonath wrote: post #320

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> Beats still continues to make slightly cheaper headphones. FoundationDB is still there. Final Cut Pro was bought from Macromedia. And Logic from Emagic. And off the top of my head Astarte (iDVD), FileMaker (FileMaker Pro and Bento, though that was originally spun out or Apple in the first place), SoundJam (iTunes), Siri (Siri). All of these were mildly- to hugely-successful products.

I didn't know iDVD also came from Astarte. But DVD Studio Pro definitely came from Astarte. And then of course it was discontinued.

You are right: the direct continuity was DVD Studio Pro. iDVD was developed by ex-Astarte people but did not exist before the acquisition.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by grvbck »

stu2b50 wrote: post #360
wlesieutre wrote: post #205

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Dark Sky would've added more value if they'd just renamed it Weather and made it the built-in app, and yet... I do hope they'll offer Pixelmator as an included app on Macs and Pixelmator Pro alongside Logic, Finalcut, and other "Pro" software. The lack of a built-in image editor can be annoying. Photos works for some stuff, Preview includes basic adjustments too, but sometimes you just want something like a hue/satur…

Eh, I don’t think it’s the same thing. The gulf between “photos user” and “pixelmator” user is quite high, much more so than “weather app” and “weather app but better”. In particular, if you have the average user Pixelmator, they’d be worse off. The same isn’t really true with weather or darksky - they really just do the same thing. We still have iMovie and FinalCut, GarageBand and Logic. Apple has kept two different…

Also remember that some of those have been crippled in the past. iMovie used to be way more advanced. Older versions of Pages had (pretty basic but still) layout options that were completely removed.

It's also not impossible that Apple moves a few of Pixelmator's tools into Photos but kills the rest of it, either actively or just by stagnant development.

Re: Apple acquires Pixelmator

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Post by mattkevan »

kccqzy wrote: post #29

I bought and used Pixelmator a long time ago, but stopped right after Affinity Photo (and Designer) came out. I didn't follow its development very closely since then. Has anyone used both Pixelmator and Affinity Photo recently? I'd appreciate some comparison here.

I’ve used both extensively since release. Anything but Adobe.

While I like the idea of the affinity products, I don’t like using them much. Probably just me but I find them quite clunky and have to look up how to do simple things in the guides. Never quite clicked at an intuitive level.

Whereas Pixelmator seems to fit directly into my muscle memory and I’ve never had to think about how to achieve something with it. Maybe because it’s so Mac-like.

Plus the team have consistently released big new features for it over the years, making it outstanding value for money.

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