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Google Buys Developer of 'Snapseed', Apple's 2011 iPad App of the Year
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Uh, the members on Macrumors haven't been very rational since Apple got big with the iPod... so basically, the last 8 years.
Anything non-Apple is evil around here. Stick around for a while, you'll see.
According to The Verge article, the NIK employees that worked on Snapseed are moving to Googles Mountain View HQ to work directly on Google+ because of that Im quietly confident that this heralds the end of Snapseed as an iOS app. Ill be sorry to see it go, as its my main mobile photo editing app but there are other alternatives out there and I suspect this could be very good for Google+.
I am, however, concerned about the future for NIKs software plug-ins for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture these products are aimed at professional and prosumer punters. This market is relatively small (in my opinion, its getting smaller and I suspect played a big part in NIK selling to Goggle) and its not one that fits into Googles product line.
If you go over to NIKs announcement (http://education.niksoftware.com/2012/09/17/google-acquires-nik-software/) , youll see that reaction is almost completely negative. The reason being that customers are tended to see this as the end of the plug-in line. These plug-ins arent exactly cheap (but in my opinion, excellent value for money) and people have invested a lot of time in learning to use them as part of their workflow. Hows the latest comment:
Currently, I use NIKs Complete Collection and I really dont want to stop using it, but I dont feel Im going to have a choice in the matter. Although I love Snapseed, its not that a big deal for me if that goes from iOS but the rest of NIKs software is a much bigger deal - investing money and time into a new worfkflow isn't something I relish, but I find it very hard to believe that I'm not going to have to do this now.
Don't worry i've already had plenty of experience of this here - just thought it was particular ripe in this thread!
I'm not going to keep arguing with you but... Peter (admin on Nikon Rumors) said he THINKS it bodes well for NX3. Far cry. I'll give you one reference to look at, respected writer and photographer Thom Hogan: http://www.bythom.com/photokina2012surprises.htm
You can easily search to find that everything I said is true.
Take a look at Tiffen Photo fx Ultra on iOS, and Tiffen Dfx on the desktop/Photoshop/Aperture. Most of the same features and more. In Dfx they have EZ Mask which in many ways is more powerful than u-point stuff.
I think there is some serious over-reaction going on in here. I was bummed to hear this news too because I don't think it bodes well for the future of Snapseed. But the "I'm deleting this off my phone." and "What are good alternatives?" posts are puzzling to me.
Snapseed still does the same thing today as it did yesterday. I expect it to stay on my phone for a long time - it is a robust, full-featured app that does it's job well. It's not as if it has some glaring flaw or shortcoming that will now be left unaddressed.
Snapseed still does the same thing today as it did yesterday. I expect it to stay on my phone for a long time - it is a robust, full-featured app that does it's job well. It's not as if it has some glaring flaw or shortcoming that will now be left unaddressed.
