Apple has updated Creator Studio, and there are now new integrations with Pixelmator Pro across Final Cut Pro, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Additionally, there are more intelligent tools in Final Cut Pro, the ability to generate shapes to further customize a project, and a new Producer Project in Logic Pro.
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro gets a new set of AI tools that include Generate Captions and Edit Detection, along with new content like Creator Themes with support for multiple aspect ratios, dynamic titles, and customizable backgrounds. On Mac, users also benefit from even more tools like Auto Mask, an enhanced Match Color, Advanced Trimming, and the ability to send frames to Pixelmator Pro.
By utilizing on-device AI, Generate Captions lets users automatically transcribe audio and place the resulting subtitles on the timeline.
There are also options to animate the style and customize font, color, and position. On-device AI also powers Edit Detection, which analyzes rendered video and automatically splits it back into the original clips on the timeline.
Auto Mask is a new way to isolate and refine specific elements of footage. On-device AI recognizes subjects like skin, hair, sky, foliage, and clothing, with no manual tracking needed. A hover over a clip brings up a live preview of what has been detected, or users can choose from the list in the inspector, making it easy to pair the mask with any color correction or effect for precise adjustments. Auto Mask works together with Magnetic Mask, which gives editors complete control over exactly what to identify, track, and mask.
Match Color is claimed to produce more accurate and natural color matches across a wider range of footage and lighting conditions. Editors select a reference frame, and Final Cut Pro analyzes shots to bring them closer together. Advanced Trimming allows users to fine-tune incoming and outgoing frames one at a time.
Motion & Compressor
Motion adds native support to keep vector graphics crisp at any resolution, along with Distribute Layers for a faster setup of complex animations. Meanwhile, Compressor introduces an Immersive Metadata Viewer, 180-degree Apple Projected Media Profile support for Apple Vision Pro, and an Anaglyph View for Stereoscopic Video Preview.
Final Cut Camera
There are also updates to Final Cut Camera, the free video capture app for iPhone and iPad. It now offers support for Clean HDMI Out, sending a video signal to external monitors and recorders. Expanded ProRes support, including ProRes LT, offers more options for choosing the right codec for any production, and users can now disable the digital zoom.
New Image Editing & Graphics Tools
Final Cut Pro users can now send a chosen frame directly to Pixelmator Pro, create custom thumbnails or social media graphics, and then drop their content back into the timeline. In Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, users can select any image within a document, open it directly in Pixelmator Pro, and edit with the full suite of tools. Changes are automatically saved back in the document, and users can return to Pixelmator Pro at any time.
In Pixelmator Pro, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, it’s now easier to generate vector shapes to fit any project. Users can refine their shapes, and the shapes are then saved to a dedicated collection for use at a later time.
Advanced image generation and the Content Hub also expand to Pixelmator Pro. With image generation, users can create and edit images using natural language, and in the Content Hub, they can browse a curated collection of premium photos, graphics, shapes, and illustrations.
Keynote, Pages, & Numbers
Keynote gains new transitions and builds, Pages on iPhone and iPad adds Auto-Hyphenate and Show Invisibles for more precise editing, and Numbers makes navigating complex spreadsheets faster, with the ability to hide or color-code individual sheets. And with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, Freeform will also add the ability to generate shapes and open an image in Pixelmator Pro, in addition to introducing Dark Mode, folders to organize boards, and support for drawing on Mac.
Logic Pro
Chord ID has been rebuilt to bring more accuracy to harmonic analysis, including extended chords and inversions, even if they are played on a distorted guitar or a slightly out-of-tune piano. This results in Session Players that quickly respond and perform chord changes with greater ease.
A new Producer Project reveals the complete Logic Pro session behind “Shoulda Never,” produced by Khris Riddick-Tynes. Every multitrack recording, MIDI performance, and vocal take is preserved exactly as it was built. This offers a rare behind-the-scenes look inside a professional session.
For Logic Pro and MainStage, a new granular sync mode in Alchemy (Logic Pro’s flagship sample-manipulation synthesizer) opens up entirely new dimensions of sound design. To complement this, users can explore the new Granular Alchemy Sound Pack, which offers a curated collection of loops and presets built specifically for this new mode. Additionally, Beat Breaker expands across Mac and iPad with new filter and pan modes and intuitive randomization controls.
Pricing & Availability
Apple Creator Studio updates are available today for existing subscribers as a free update. For new subscribers, the price is $12.99 USD per month or $129 USD per year. All new subscribers get a one-month free trial of Apple Creator Studio, and with the purchase of a new Mac or qualifying iPad, customers can receive three months of Apple Creator Studio for free.
For college students and educators, the price is $2.99 USD per month or $29.99 USD per year.
Up to six family members can share all of the apps and content included in Apple Creator Studio with Family Sharing.
One-time-purchase versions of Final Cut Pro ($299.99 USD), Logic Pro ($199.99 USD), Pixelmator Pro ($49.99 USD), Motion ($49.99 USD), Compressor ($49.99 USD), and MainStage ($29.99 USD) are available on the Mac App Store.
Free versions of Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform continue to be available and are included with every new iPhone, Mac, and iPad.
