Comments on: Where’s Apple’s killer image app?

By: Egill

Egill — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:17:50 +0000

Totally agree!

But just wondering, from whom did Apple buy their cool apps, like Sebhelyesfarku and KIMP said?

Nice site by the way…

By: KIMP

KIMP — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:52:47 +0000

Great site! Just discovered it…

For years I’ve been saying this to fellow worker. I’ve been working in the graphic design industry since 1996. Seriously, with the technology and especially the way Adobe “behave” with their Apple products… Apple should simply do it.

Yeah Apple did buy almost ALL of their killer apps; iTunes, Coverflow, Logic, Motion, Final Cut etc. But buying Adobe is another thing. Apple has $15.4 billion in cash the company has accumulated—$5 billion in the past year (according to Fortune). Abode is worth $25 billion so…

But as the past as shown, Apple would probably buy a smaller software/company that has a bright future.

One image processing software that really impressed is Pixelmator. Its still in its infancy but its use of the Core features of the Mac OSX is very surprising. Sure it needs to mature a lot and add some very important and professional features, but thats actually something the Apple guys could deliver!

By: PECourtejoie

PECourtejoie — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:30:02 +0000

Photoshop engineers first jumped to OS X, had to recode everything, used to code in codewarrior, rewrite everything to work with Xcode, that was not very mature at the time, and now will need to recode everything in Cocoa… If that is not commitment to a platform, I wonder what would it be.

James, it seems that you do not use Aperture, nor a camera that can produce raw files… Compare that to the Lightroom/Camera Raw updates.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:13:06 +0000

Apple can easily buy Adobe.
Apple can then ditch the Windows versions and keep the Mac versions.
Then Photoshop will update much more quickly with a Mac centric version.

By: Sebhelyesfarku

Sebhelyesfarku — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:09:57 +0000

Btw, Apple bought its “killer” apps, like iTunes, Coverflow, Logic, Motion, Final Cut etc.

By: Jake A. Smith

Jake A. Smith — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:58:51 +0000

Leo, who said anything about a photo app? Sure, photoshop is great for photos, but it’s used for so much more! I think Apple could pull off an amazing imaging app, but i think such an app is at least a year or two off.

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:38:16 +0000

Yet ANOTHER photo application. That’s original.

Oh, I have another, what about another text editor? You know, we don’t have enough of those either.

By: Tom Barta

Tom Barta — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:59:42 +0000

I agree 100%; I’ve been making this argument for years. It always irritated me 1) how much effect Adobe’s lackadaisical efforts had on Apple 2) How much they kow-tow to the Windows crowd, who shouldn’t be trying to do serious image work in Windows to begin with.

Apple should write a Reader/Distiller killer, too. Preview is already better than half-way there.