Content creation tools: video, image and audio software

A hand-picked directory of software for making and editing video, images and audio. Compare pricing, platforms and features across free, freemium and pro tools.

• Adobe Audition — Professional playback level sound restoration, with the best spectral editing available.
• Sound editor
• Audacity — The free audio editor that has cleaned up more podcasts than any other tool.
• Epidemic Sound — Licensed music with channel royalties — that’s what it’s all about.
• Music and sound library
• Reaper — A complete audio workstation for sixty bucks, and a trusty trial version that never nags.
• Riverside — Remote interview recording that records locally, so bad internet won’t ruin the recording.
• Audio and podcasts
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• AI image generators — Text to picture, and everything that edits one
• AI video generators — Text and image to moving pictures
• Video editor — Edit timeline for long and short video
• Motion and special effects — Combination of image, motion graphics and effects
• Screen recording — Video recording, training and demo
• Short video editor — Vertical video, subtitle and template ready
• Photo editor — Retouching, raw processing and image compositing
• Graphic design — Layout, branding and operation
• Index image and template — Attractive and clickable image, fast
• Artificial intelligence video — Production, quality improvement and reuse
• Artificial intelligence voice — Sound production, simulation and dubbing
• Manage files — Storage, review and delivery
• Analysis and SEO — Keyword research and performance measurement