Instagram users can now download a Mac version of Edits, the company's free video editing app, featuring multi-track editing, 4K exports, and direct publishing to Instagram. The desktop app brings a larger workspace and precise editing controls to help creators manage ambitious projects that outgrow mobile devices. Weekly updates and user feedback will shape future improvements.
A key feature allows direct publishing to Instagram with native support for tagging, location, and trial reels. The app supports multiple aspect ratios with 4K watermark-free export, making it versatile for any platform. Editing tools include basic operations like splitting and cutting, a full multi-track timeline, keyframes, precise audio waveforms, and advanced color grading with wheels, curves, and log conversions.
Users can import custom LUTs and fonts, customize keyboard shortcuts, and access Instagram's licensed audio library. The app also offers unlimited automatic captions in multiple languages and hundreds of sound and video effects, all available for free. Instagram notes that seamless cross-device editing is still in development.
To download the app, users can follow the provided link. The launch represents Instagram's expansion of its editing tools to desktop, positioning Edits as a serious competitor to established desktop video editors while remaining accessible to all creators.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing