VFX and editing combined
Desktop software merging video editing and visual effects compositing with hundreds of built-in effects and 3D compositing tools.
Apple's professional video editor
Final Cut Pro is a fast magnetic-timeline editor optimised for Apple silicon with a one-off purchase. Transcription and social repurposing need extra tools.
Motion graphics and visual effects
After Effects is the standard for motion graphics, compositing and VFX. Simple animations take far longer here than in newer generative tools.
Timeline video editing
Premiere Pro is a professional non-linear video editor used across film, YouTube and agency work.
Generative video and VFX
Runway generates video from text or images and offers AI rotoscoping, inpainting and motion tracking that once needed a VFX suite.
Commercially safe generative imaging
Firefly is Adobe's generative image model trained on licensed content, with generative fill, expand and text effects. It plugs directly into Photoshop and Express.
Professional editing, color, and audio in one app
A full post-production suite combining editing, color grading, VFX, and audio with AI features like Magic Mask and speech-to-text.