The acquisition is reminiscent of Google’s purchase of Picnik back in March 2010. Autodesk SketchBook Pro desktop users, for example, will now be able to read and write image file formats such as PXD and exchange files while maintaining data such as layers.

The company’s tools are built to enable non-professionals to create, edit, and share images online via social networking services such as Facebook and Flickr.įor Autodesk, the acquisition is a way to expand its line of products for consumers with image editing capabilities. Pixlr was started in Sweden in August 2008 and offers a suite of cloud-based image tools and utilities such as photo editing tool Pixlr Editor, Pixlr-O-Matic, screengrabbing browser extensions Pixlr Grabber and one-click photo sharing tool imm.io. Pixlr founder Ola Sevandersson has joined Autodesk. Autodesk, maker of design, engineering and entertainment software, this morning announced that it has acquired online photo editing and sharing service Pixlr.įinancial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Autodesk says the transaction is not expected to have any impact on its recently issued guidance.

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