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Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut

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In short

Designed for Mac, the new software features a multi-track timeline, keyframe transitions, audio waveforms, and customizable keyboard shortcuts to accommodate complex video production. Users can import custom fonts, generate automatic multilingual captions, and export watermark-free 4K files in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Work is also underway to introduce seamless cross-platform project synchronization between computers and mobile devices.

Key points

  • The platform plans to deploy weekly software updates to rapidly refine the desktop editin…: The platform plans to deploy weekly software updates to rapidly refine the desktop editing experience.
  • Native integration enables users to directly publish content to Instagram using built-in…: Native integration enables users to directly publish content to Instagram using built-in location and tagging tools.
  • Upcoming cross-platform project editing will eventually allow creators to transition smoo…: Upcoming cross-platform project editing will eventually allow creators to transition smoothly between desktop and mobile workflows.

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Instagram announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Edits, its short-form video editing app, to desktop on Mac. The desktop version is designed for more complex video-editing projects that benefit from a larger screen, mouse, and keyboard, the company says.

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance’s CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year. CapCut, which is a massively popular tool for creators, has been available on desktop for Windows and Mac since 2021.

Instagram notes that the desktop app includes licensed and royalty-free music, sound and video effects, and automatic captions in multiple languages. Audio and text styles that creators saved on the mobile app sync over to the desktop app, and users can customize keyboard shortcuts or import them from other editing software.

It also features a full multi-track timeline, keyframes for transitions, audio waveforms for accurate cuts, and more. Additionally, creators can import their own font files.

“A lot of creators have described the same moment to us: a project gets too big for your phone,” Brett Westervelt,…

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