Apple Creator Studio Gets New Pixelmator Integrations, AI Tools

Apple has rolled out a sweeping set of updates to its Creator Studio software bundle, bringing its core creative apps much closer to Pixelmator Pro while introducing highly requested automated features across macOS, iPadOS, and iOS.

For video editors, Final Cut Pro is getting a notable boost in efficiency through on-device AI. The software can now handle tasks that previously took hours of tedious work. A new tool called Generate Captions automatically transcribes spoken audio into perfectly timed text directly on the timeline. Editors can fully customize the font, colour, layout, and animation style of these subtitles to match their video.

Another major AI-driven addition is Edit Detection. When an editor imports a fully rendered video file, the system can automatically spot the original cut points and slice the video back into individual clips. This makes it incredibly easy to quickly chop up an old project into short highlights for social media without hunting for the original project files.

For Mac users, Final Cut Pro adds Auto Mask. The AI automatically identifies distinct elements in a video frame, such as human skin, hair, clothes, background sky, or trees, without requiring any manual frame-by-frame tracking. Hovering over a clip shows a live preview of the mask, which can be linked to specific colour corrections or visual effects.

Musicians using Logic Pro on Mac and iPad will notice a completely rebuilt Chord ID system. The app can now accurately identify complicated chord progressions and inversions, even if they are played on a heavily distorted electric guitar or an out-of-tune piano.

Logic Pro also adds a “Producer Project” that lets users open up the exact multitrack session of the song “Shoulda Never” by Grammy-winning producer Khris Riddick-Tynes to see exactly how a professional track is put together.

The regular productivity apps are getting smaller tweaks too. Pages adds hidden formatting marks and auto-hyphenation, while Numbers allows users to color-code individual spreadsheet tabs. The collaborative Freeform app is adding a dark mode and folder organisation.

These updates are live today. The changes are free for current Apple Creator Studio subscribers. For new users, the bundle costs $17.99 per month or $179 per year in Canada. Apple is also offering a significant discount for students (post secondary) and educators, who can subscribe for just $3.99 per month or $39 per year.