Apple Inc. agreed to purchase software program maker Pixelmator, including a preferred high-end photo-editing app to its lineup. Pixelmator introduced the acquisition on its weblog Friday, saying its Lithuania-based group could be becoming a member of Apple. The 17-year-old firm — based by brothers Saulius Dailide and Aidas Dailide — makes apps for the Mac, iPad and iPhone.

The 2 corporations have already got a detailed relationship: Apple has ceaselessly touted Pixelmator software program in its advertising and marketing — together with an iPad occasion final month — and the apps use an interface akin to the iPhone maker’s personal functions.

“We have been impressed by Apple since day one,” Pixelmator mentioned within the weblog put up. “Now, we’ll have the power to achieve a good wider viewers.”

The enterprise’s most important app, Pixelmator Professional, consists of superior enhancing instruments which can be paying homage to options inside Adobe Inc.’s Photoshop, Illustrator and different packages, resembling layers and vectors. The software program additionally faucets right into a sequence of Apple-specific applied sciences, together with iCloud, Shortcuts and the iPad’s Pencil.

Apple, based mostly in Cupertino, California, confirmed the transaction on Friday. Phrases weren’t disclosed.

For Apple, the acquisition offers prospects a high-end picture enhancing app for the primary time because the firm discontinued Aperture, its Photoshop various, a couple of decade in the past. Lately, the corporate has been releasing pro-level apps, together with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, on the iPad through subscriptions.

Pixelmator Professional prices $50 on the Mac, whereas a typical model for the iPad and iPhone is priced at $10. The corporate additionally affords a Photomator enhancing app throughout Apple gadgets. The corporate mentioned there would not be quick materials modifications to the packages, however that it’ll announce additional updates later.

Apple hasn’t introduced many acquisitions recently, although it did purchase DarwinAI to help with manufacturing earlier this year, Bloomberg Information reported. The corporate’s largest buy so far was the $3 billion acquisition of Beats in 2014.

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