Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps

Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.

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January 13, 2026

Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of the most powerful creative apps

Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus new AI features and premium content in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — come together in a single subscription

Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for video editing, music making, creative imaging, and visual productivity.

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone, building on the essential role Mac, iPad, and iPhone play in the lives of millions of creators around the world. The apps included with Apple Creator Studio for video editing, music making, creative imaging, and visual productivity give modern creators the features and capabilities they need to experience the joy of editing and tailoring their content while realizing their artistic vision. Exciting new intelligent features and premium content build on familiar experiences of Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and later Freeform to make Apple Creator Studio an exciting subscription suite to empower creators of all disciplines while protecting their privacy.

Final Cut Pro introduces exceptional new video editing tools and intelligent features for Mac and iPad to improve the efficiency of even the most complex workflows.1 For the first time, Pixelmator Pro is coming to iPad with a uniquely crafted experience that is optimized for touch and Apple Pencil.2 Music creation with Logic Pro for Mac and iPad introduces even more intelligent features like Synth Player and Chord ID to inspire anyone to write, produce, and mix a range of popular music.3 And with Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform, Apple Creator Studio subscribers can be more expressive and productive with new premium content and intelligent features across Mac, iPad, and iPhone.4

Apple Creator Studio will be available on the App Store beginning Wednesday, January 28, for $12.99 per month or $129 per year, with a one-month free trial, and includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad; Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac; and intelligent features and premium content for Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and later Freeform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. College students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Alternatively, users can also choose to purchase the Mac versions of Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage individually as a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.5

“Apple Creator Studio is a great value that enables creators of all types to pursue their craft and grow their skills by providing easy access to the most powerful and intuitive tools for video editing, music making, creative imaging, and visual productivity — all leveled up with advanced intelligent tools to augment and accelerate workflows,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “There’s never been a more flexible and accessible way to get started with such a powerful collection of creative apps for professionals, emerging artists, entrepreneurs, students, and educators to do their best work and explore their creative interests from start to finish.”

[A person sitting at their workstation working on a project in Final Cut Pro on multiple screens.]

The suite of apps included with Apple Creator Studio gives professionals, emerging creatives, entrepreneurs, students, and educators the features and capabilities they need to realize their artistic vision.

[A person wearing AirPods Max working in Logic Pro on their MacBook Pro.]

The suite of apps included with Apple Creator Studio gives professionals, emerging creatives, entrepreneurs, students, and educators the features and capabilities they need to realize their artistic vision.

[A person drawing in the Pixelmator Pro app on their iPad Pro.]

The suite of apps included with Apple Creator Studio gives professionals, emerging creatives, entrepreneurs, students, and educators the features and capabilities they need to realize their artistic vision.

Video Creation Gets Smarter and Faster

Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad empowers content creators, video editors, and filmmakers to elevate their projects with intuitive features. One-time-purchase Mac users and Apple Creator Studio subscribers can experience blazing-fast performance with Apple silicon for the most demanding workflows, and get into the creative flow faster than ever with new on-device intelligent features that make video creation effortless and easy.

[An iPad Pro and a Studio Display showing a vivid visual in Final Cut Pro.]

Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad gets users into the creative flow faster than ever thanks to the blazing-fast performance of Apple silicon.

With Transcript Search on Mac and iPad, users can now easily find the perfect soundbite in hours of footage by simply typing phrases into the search bar to see exact or related results.6 Video podcasts and interviews can be assembled quickly, eliminating extensive time spent skimming through footage. Looking for a specific video clip also gets an intelligence assist with Visual Search.7 Now, users can quickly pinpoint exact moments across all footage by searching for an object or action, and then add that visual to their timeline in seconds.

[Transcript Search in Final Cut Pro displayed on a space black MacBook Pro.]

With Transcript Search in Final Cut Pro, users can easily find the exact or related soundbites by simply typing phrases into the search bar.

[Visual Search in Final Cut Pro displayed on a space black MacBook Pro.]

Visual Search precisely identifies moments across footage when searching for an object or action.

Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad also makes editing video to the rhythm of music fast and fun with Beat Detection, an amazing new way to see musical beats, bars, and song parts right in the project timeline. Beat Detection uses an AI model from Logic Pro to instantly analyze any music track and display the Beat Grid, so users creating fast-paced videos can quickly and visually align their cuts to the music. Re-editing music tracks to different lengths is also easier than ever.

[Beat Detection in Final Cut Pro displayed on a space black MacBook Pro.]

Beat Detection makes editing video to the rhythm of music fast and fun, giving users a new way to see musical beats, bars, and song parts right in their project timeline.

The new Montage Maker in Final Cut Pro for iPad lets users kick-start their edit in just seconds. Using the power of AI, Montage Maker will analyze and edit together a dynamic video based on the best visual moments within the footage, with the ability to change the pacing, cut to a music track, and intelligently reframe horizontal videos to vertical with Auto Crop to simplify sharing across social platforms.

[Montage Maker in Final Cut Pro displayed on iPad Pro.]

Users can leverage intelligent tools like Montage Maker in Final Cut Pro for iPad to kick-start an edit with the best visual moments from their footage.

Apple Creator Studio also unlocks full access to Motion, a powerful motion graphics tool for creating cinematic 2D and 3D effects with intelligent features like Magnetic Mask, which effortlessly isolates and tracks people and objects without a green screen. It also includes Compressor, which integrates with Final Cut Pro and Motion to seamlessly customize output settings for distribution.

[Magnetic Mask in Motion displayed on MacBook Pro.]

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