Apple have released an update to Apple Creator Studio, bringing new integrations with Pixelmator Pro across Final Cut Pro, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers; even more intelligent tools in Final Cut Pro; the ability to generate shapes to further customise a project; and a new Producer Project in Logic Pro.
Featuring new AI capabilities that are dynamic enough for every creative discipline, these updates make Apple Creator Studio even more connected, capable, and intelligent. Users can open and customise any image placed in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, or even send a key frame from Final Cut Pro directly to Pixelmator Pro.
Logic Pro users can elevate their music making with improvements to Chord ID or explore a new Producer Project from a Grammy Award-winning producer.
More AI-Powered Workflow Solutions
Final Cut Pro enhances creative workflows with a new set of powerful AI tools like Generate Captions and Edit Detection, along with new content like Creator Themes with support for multiple aspect ratios, dynamic titles, and customisable backgrounds.
On Mac, users also benefit from even more tools like Auto Mask, an enhanced Match Colour, Advanced Trimming, and the ability to send frames to Pixelmator Pro.
Leveraging the power of on-device AI, Generate Captions, one of the most requested features, lets users automatically transcribe audio and place the resulting subtitles perfectly in the timeline. Options to animate the style and customise font, colour, and position give editors the flexibility to add their personal style to any project.
On-device AI also powers Edit Detection, which analyses rendered video and automatically splits it back into the original clips on the timeline. Editors can jump back in to refine their edit, or quickly assemble a cut-down highlight clip for sharing on social media, without having to manually identify previous edit points.
Mac users can take advantage of Auto Mask, a new way to isolate and refine specific elements of footage. On-device AI recognises subjects like skin, hair, sky, foliage, and clothing, with no manual tracking needed. A simple 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 seamless to pair the mask with any colour correction or effect for precise adjustments.
Auto Mask works hand in hand with Magnetic Mask, which gives editors complete control over exactly what to identify, track, and mask. Also on Mac, a reimagined Match Colour produces more accurate and natural colour matches across a wider range of footage and lighting conditions.
Editors select a reference frame and Final Cut Pro analyses shots to bring them into perfect harmony, with the option to refine as needed. And Advanced Trimming allows users to fine-tune incoming and outgoing frames one at a time.
Users can also take advantage of meaningful updates in Motion and Compressor. Motion adds native support to keep vector graphics crisp at any resolution, along with Distribute Layers for a dramatically faster setup of complex animations.
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.
Creatives can also take advantage of updates to Final Cut Camera, the free video capture app for iPhone and iPad, now with support for Clean HDMI Out, sending a pristine video signal to external monitors and recorders.
Expanded ProRes support, including ProRes LT, offers more flexible options for choosing the right codec for any production, and users can now disable digital zoom to guarantee that every frame captured is at full optical resolution.
New Image Editing and Graphics Tools
The power of Pixelmator Pro is now at users’ fingertips anywhere they need it across Apple Creator Studio. Final Cut Pro users can now send a chosen frame directly to Pixelmator Pro, create custom thumbnails or social media graphics, and easily drop their content back into the timeline without interrupting their flow.
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 to continue refining their graphic.
In Pixelmator Pro, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, it’s now easy to generate vector shapes to fit any project. Users can refine their shapes as desired, and shapes are 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 to inspire new designs.
Keynote, Pages, and Numbers are also adding some highly requested features for all users: Keynote gains stunning 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 than ever with the ability to hide or colour-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 organise boards, and support for drawing on Mac.
Music Creation
Updates to Logic Pro for Mac and iPad make music creation even more intelligent, immediate, and inspiring for users.
Chord ID has been rebuilt to bring even 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, offering 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 synthesiser — 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 randomisation controls, making it easier than ever to discover fills and rhythmic variations.
Pricing and Availability
Apple Creator Studio updates are available now for existing subscribers as a free update, and for new subscribers, £12.99 per month or £129 per year.
All new subscribers will enjoy 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.
Education savings are available for college students and educators for £2.99 per month or £29.99 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), Logic Pro (£199.99), Pixelmator Pro (£49.99) Motion (£49.99) , Compressor (£49.99), and MainStage (£29.99) 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.
