It's been a long time since Apple's pro tools group has done anything as interesting as a new, native core app like Pixelmator Pro — I think you have to go all the way back to 2004, when they introduced Motion. It is very well-realized on both Mac and iPad, and feels like the star of the Creator Studio offering. It does sting when you think Apple had to acquire the talent to make it happen, especially looking at the state of the other apps and their mixed-to-absent Liquid Glass updates