Apple adds AI assistants and image generation to Creator Studio apps

What happened

Final Cut Pro adds image generation from text, so editors can create a still without leaving the app. It also adds 23 new transcription languages.

Pixelmator Pro gains Generate Fill, which changes a selected area of an image based on a text description.

Logic Pro, Keynote, Pages and Numbers get AI assistants, in beta. 9to5Mac reports that these assistants combine Apple and OpenAI models.

Apple is also adding MCP (Model Context Protocol) support, which lets outside AI agents read and edit Keynote, Pages and Numbers files. This arrives with macOS 27.

The update is free for existing subscribers. New subscriptions cost $12.99 a month or $129 a year.

Apple's Brent Chiu-Watson said: "This is our most exciting update since the launch of Apple Creator Studio."

Why it matters for creators

Generative tools inside Final Cut Pro and Pixelmator Pro mean more editors will mix AI-generated assets into traditional edits. An editor who needs a quick still can now generate it inside Final Cut Pro, and a designer can change part of an image with a text prompt in Pixelmator Pro, rather than moving to a separate tool.

The MCP support is a smaller but notable change. It opens Apple's document apps to outside AI agents, so third-party tools can work directly on Keynote, Pages and Numbers files.