Comment by lemonlime227 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by lemonlime227 | Hacker News Reader

The individual one time purchase versions are still available for all the apps. Final Cut, Logic, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage are offered in a bundle for education by Apple as a $199.99 one time purchase (no education status is verified) [1]. Pixelmator Pro is available as a one time purchase as well for $49.99 [2]. Not included in the Creator Studio is the Lightroom alternative Photomator, which is available as a one time purchase of $119.99. You could recreate just the Creator Studio as a one time $250 purchase, or the entire suite (including Photomator) for $370.

Not available for one time purchase are the AI features and templates available for the free apps (Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Freeform).

Personally, I'm glad that one time purchases are still options for the core pro suite: long term they do hold value compared to paying Adobe a subscription (or dealing with the high seas on macOS). However, I don't see things like the education bundle sticking around much longer, so purchase it sooner rather than later.

[1]: https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/product/bmge2z/a/pro-apps-...

[2]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixelmator-pro/id1289583905

Additional info: Final Cut Pro is going to keep getting updates, but certain features (presumably AI related) are not going to be included with the one time purchase and are gated to the subscription [1].

[1]: https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/#:~:text=A%20one%2Dtime%...

The inclusion of Pixelmator Pro is simply so they no longer have a hole in the software lineup as a competitor vs Affinity (I think the real competitor to this bundle) and Adobe

I think they view Photos as a viable replacement for Lightroom and equivalents.

Photomator would be a more level Lightroom alternative, odd it's not included in the new Creator Studio package.

That's probably a clue that maintaining Photomator is not on Apple's long-term roadmap. I imagine they'll merge some features into Photos and eventually discontinue it.

That would be the third photo editing software that I like that Apple discontinues and I would very much not like it

Photos would need a lot of work to rival Photomator.

If they're essentially shutting down Photomator development, after doing similar with Aperture many years ago, they do seem very determined to drive people to Lightroom....

Thanks for the info, I was looking for this. I have the "Pro Apps Bundle for Education" that I bought years ago and it is an fantastic deal.

Did Photomator increase in price? I seem to remember buying a lifetime license for $79.99.

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