Video Editing Apps

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  Adobe Will Now Let You Edit YouTube Shorts on the Premiere App

  Adobe has partnered with YouTube to make Premiere for iOS a central hub for Shorts creators, offering seamless import, editing, and direct publishing to YouTube. The workflow is optimised for short-form, vertical videos to help creators produce content faster. The move complements Adobe’s broader rollout of new AI tools across its creative platfo...

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  Adobe Introduces AI Assistant in Photoshop, New AI Audio and Video Tools in Firefly

  Adobe has unveiled a major lineup of AI upgrades across Photoshop, Express, and Firefly, including new AI assistants and audio-video generation tools. The update introduces Firefly Image Model 5 with multi-layered editing, custom Firefly training for individuals, and integrations with ElevenLabs and Topaz. These features mark Adobe’s biggest step...

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  Instagram Is Reportedly Testing AI-Powered Restyle Text for Stories and Edits App

  Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature called Restyle Text, which lets users create custom fonts through natural language prompts. Built on Meta AI, it expands the existing Restyle tool that already allows AI-based photo and video edits. Users can also choose from presets like Chrome or Balloon to give their Stories unique, AI-generated visu...

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  OpenAI Is Now Letting Users Generate Sora 2 Videos on the Web, Increases Duration

  OpenAI has made Sora 2 easier to access with two major updates. Users can now generate AI videos directly from the Sora website, not just the iOS app, although invites are still required. The company has also extended video length limits—up to 15 seconds for regular users and 25 seconds for Pro subscribers—while adding web-based storyboard edit...

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  Instagram Rolls Out Diwali-Themed Meta AI-Powered Effects for Stories, Video Effects on Edits App

  Instagram has announced limited-edition Diwali-themed effects for Instagram Stories and its Edits app in India and select other markets. Users can enhance their photos and videos in Stories, as well as videos in the Edits app, and infuse them with the new special effects inspired by Diwali, as per the company. These effects will be available to use...

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  Video Overviews in NotebookLM Updated With Google’s Nano Banana AI Model, Six New Visual Styles

  Google on Monday announced new features for NotebookLM to help users better understand complex topics. The company is bringing Nano Banana to Video Overviews, taking advantage of its generation speed, element-based editing, and consistent character. As per the company, there are six new visual styles in Video Overviews, including Anime, Heritage, a...

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  Apple Announces Final Cut Camera 2.0, Adds ProRes RAW and Genlock Support for iPhone 17 Pro

  Apple announced Final Cut Camera 2.0 during its “Awe Dropping” event, marking the first major update to the professional video app introduced in June 2024. The new version brings features such as ProRes RAW video recording and genlock, limited to iPhone 17 Pro models, while several other improvements are rolling out to older iPhones, too.

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  Adobe Premiere App for iOS Introduced With Desktop-Like Controls, Generative AI Tools

  Adobe Premiere, the software giant’s latest video editing app for iPhone devices, was announced on Thursday. It arrives as a more powerful editing tool compared to the existing Premiere Rush, and offers features such as multi-track timelines and dynamic audio waveforms. It is currently available for pre-order on the App Store, and will be officia...

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  Google Phone App Updated With Support for Custom 'Profile Cards' With Images, Video

  Google Phone app will now allow Android users to create custom calling cards for specific contacts. The company will let users add images, add effects, edit text, and background colour to their preference. The feature resembles Apple’s contact cards feature, which lets users add an image or background colour to a specific contact’s number. Whil...

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  YouTubers Say AI Is Editing Their Shorts Without Consent, YouTube Says ‘Running an Experiment’

  YouTube might be using artificial intelligence (AI) to alter human-created Shorts videos, several content creators have claimed. The YouTubers have complained that the AI-generated effects on their videos were being added without their express consent, and added that the streaming giant did not inform them about adding the said effect.

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  YouTube Shorts Rolling Out Photo-to-Video Tool for Animating Photos Along With New Generative Effects

  YouTube on Wednesday announced new creation tools for Shorts to make the process of creating them easier and fun. It introduces a new photo-to-video tool which lets creators turn photos from their camera roll into videos, using creative suggestions. They can animate and add movement to still photos, free of charge. Further, there are new generative...

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  Samsung May Upgrade AI-Powered Audio Eraser Feature in One UI 8 With Real-Time Editing Support

  One UI 8 is expected to be released later this year as Samsung's iteration of the Android 16 operating system (OS). According to a tipster's claims on social media, the South Korean tech conglomerate could upgrade a notable Galaxy AI feature with additional capabilities. Audio Eraser, which lets the user remove unwanted or background noises from vi...

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  Facebook Reportedly Asking Users Access to Private Media in Camera Roll for Meta AI Features

  Facebook is reportedly asking users to share private media from their camera roll to Meta’s cloud servers. As per the report, a pop-up message requesting access appears when users upload a photo or a video to Stories. The social media giant reportedly says that by giving access, Meta AI will suggest collages and artificial intelligence (AI)-power...

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  Meta Is Rolling Out a Template-Style Generative AI-Powered Video Editing Tool

  Meta is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) video editing tool in the US and a dozen more countries across the world. On Wednesday, the Menlo Park-based tech giant announced that more than 50 preset AI prompts were being added to the Meta AI app, Meta.AI website, and the new Edits app, and they can change various aspects of a video.

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  Adobe Releases Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, Integrates Third-Party Models from Google, OpenAI

  Adobe announced a slew of new features and improvements at its annual Adobe Max conference on Thursday. The software giant announced new Firefly artificial intelligence (AI) models, support for third-party models, new Adobe Express features, a new Firefly mobile app, and more. The company also introduced a new Adobe Boards tool for storyboard creat...