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.
- Midjourney — The most opinionated image model, and the most consistent look
- AI image generators
- FLUX — Open weights that actually compete with the closed models
- Affinity Photo — A one-stop Photoshop replacement that covers most of what is actually used.
- Photo editor
- Figma — Collaborative design in the browser — now the default option for any team work.
- Graphic design
- Photopea — A remarkably complete Photoshop replacement that runs in a browser tab.
- GPT Image — Image generation that understands a conversation
- Google Imagen — Photoreal stills with Google's provenance watermarking
- Adobe Firefly — Trained on licensed material, and indemnified for it
- Ideogram — The one that gets the lettering right
- Recraft — Vectors, brand styles and a real design canvas
- Stable Diffusion — The model that made local image generation ordinary
- Leonardo AI — Game and product art with fine-grained control
- Canva Magic Studio — Generation where the layout already lives
- Adobe Photoshop — The standard by which every other image editor is measured.
- Canva — Ready-made template-based design that delivers acceptable output in minutes.
- Index image and template
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- 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
- Sound editor — Multitrack editing and mastering
- Audio and podcasts — Capture, clean and implement text
- Music and sound library — Licensed tracks and sound effects
- 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