Apple Creator Studio adds MotionVFX, Generate Fill and AI assistants

Final Cut Pro gets MotionVFX and a tighter Pixelmator Pro link

Final Cut Pro for Mac now integrates MotionVFX directly into the app. Apple describes it as a collection of visual effects, plug-ins, transitions, templates and motion graphics tools. Editors get access to thousands of elements, including themed templates, graphics, titles and transitions, plus tools for rotoscoping, tracking and color grading.

Apple's curated Content Hub now includes video assets and is available inside Final Cut Pro. Editors can use Apple-curated stock videos, photos and backgrounds without leaving their workflow.

Editors can also open any image from the timeline in Pixelmator Pro, use its editing tools, and have changes saved back to the project automatically, with no reimporting. Final Cut Pro also adds image generation from text descriptions inside a project.

• More keyframe easing options for finer animation control
• The ability to disconnect clips from the primary storyline and place them anywhere on the timeline
• 23 new transcription languages for captioning and searching footage

Motion gains a built-in set of MotionVFX plug-ins for cinematic color grading, 3D camera tracking and one-click selection. It also adds a Displacement filter and an interactive demo project. Compressor can now encode Cinematic mode video recorded on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo.

Pixelmator Pro introduces Generate Fill

Pixelmator Pro gets Generate Fill, which lets users edit part of an image based on a written description. Creators can circle an area and describe the change they want, or use existing selection tools such as Free Selection, Quick Selection or Magnetic Selection for more precision.

Apple says Generate Fill automatically matches the lighting, perspective and texture of the surrounding environment so edits blend in. Built-in Super Resolution upscales the generated content so it stays sharp at any size. Generated elements can be merged into existing layers or added as new layers with intelligent masking for further refinement.

Logic Pro adds an assistant, a new Browser and better stem splitting

Logic Pro for Mac and iPad gets a redesign with Liquid Glass, featuring translucent surfaces and deeper contrast that highlight waveforms and tracks.

Logic Pro for Mac gains a new intelligent assistant, in beta, powered by a combination of Apple-built models and OpenAI. Apple says it can help users navigate production workflows, start a new song, set up a vocal track from a single prompt, or refine an active project.

A redesigned Browser on Mac centralizes loops, instruments, effect patches and more. It relies on music understanding, which Apple calls an on-device audio analysis tool, to analyze, classify and tag added sounds. Users can search their whole collection or drag in a loop to surface matching audio. Apple's release also mentions a Splice library in the Browser.

Stem Splitter can now isolate, replace or rebalance drum parts without the original multitracks. A new Producer Pack from Sergio George, described by Apple as a 20-time Grammy winner, offers his signature piano sound and Latin jazz and salsa loops, including a salsa percussion section, brass ensemble and basses.

Keynote, Pages and Numbers get assistants and MCP support

Keynote, Pages and Numbers introduce AI features in beta, including assistants that understand document context and support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) for workflow automation. The apps also add stock video in the Content Hub and new premium themes and templates.

Brent Chiu-Watson, Apple's senior director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apps and iCloud, said the assistant capabilities in Logic Pro, Keynote, Pages and Numbers "are going to change the game for how people interact with and learn to use these apps."

What it means for subscribers

For existing Apple Creator Studio subscribers, the update is free and expected on the App Store in November. Apple frames the MotionVFX integration as added value for the subscription, with Chiu-Watson calling it the company's "most exciting update since the launch of Apple Creator Studio." Several of the AI features, including the assistants, are labeled beta, so their behavior may change as they develop.