What Studio does
Studio is a pair of media editing applications. In the video editor
you import video, audio and image files, arrange them on a multi-track timeline, trim and
split clips, apply effects, transitions and colour correction, add titles and captions,
and export the finished result as an MP4 file. In the photo editor you
open an image, work on it in layers, select and mask parts of it, paint and retouch,
correct colour and tone, add text and shapes, and export a PNG, JPEG or WebP. All editing,
preview and rendering happen locally in your browser — your files are never uploaded to
our servers.
What makes them different is the built-in AI agent. Instead of performing every edit by
hand, you can describe what you want in plain language and the agent carries it out using
the same edit operations available to you — so anything it does, you can adjust or undo.
Editing and export are free. Only the AI costs money to run, so it is paid from prepaid
credit: each AI call costs what the AI provider charges plus 15%, and there is no
subscription.
Signing in with a Google account is needed for two things only: the AI features, which are
paid from credit kept on your account, and cloud projects. Connecting Google Drive is
entirely optional, and is used so you can import footage you select from your Drive and save
your project files there to continue an edit on another computer. Everything else, export
included, works without an account.