Apple is on the way to acquiring the “Photoshop alternative” application Pixelmator.

A company came in Apple From acquiring the popular photo editing app Pixelmator, in an apparent move to reach a larger audience.

The company announced its headquarters LithuaniaIn a statement on its official blog, she said that they are “awaiting regulatory approval,” confirming that there are currently no fundamental changes in its applications, and also promised to issue exciting updates soon.

According to the site ArstechnicaPixelmator employees will join Apple, while the company did not disclose the value of the acquisition.

Fans of Pixelmator apps, which are one-time purchases, unlike Adobe tools, may hope that the upcoming “exciting updates” don’t include Pixelmator’s conversion to an Apple product in the future while he is gone.

A regulatory agreement could be a challenge because there is a precedent for stopping similar deals due to monopoly concerns, such as what happened with “Adobe” when it was forced to acquire the $20 billion design software company “Figma” to give up after regulators in the United Kingdom pointed out that the United States and the European Union are against the treaty.

Although the results of Apple’s previous tests were mixed, after acquiring the Dark Sky application in early 2020, it eventually disappeared as a standalone application for Android, iOS, and web users, and integrated into Apple’s weather applications, which also received the Final Cut and Logic Pro applications but are available as stand-alone applications.

Pixelmator Pro has recently expanded its capabilities with regular updates, including several AI and machine learning tools for image manipulation, and support for more RAW image formats and other design tool files.