Media and creative apps for Mac

Choose by the output: an editable short video, a finished timeline, a live stream or a camera-based session. Local processing helps keep source media on your machine, but publishing or streaming still uses a network.

How to choose

Shorts assembles an editable first cut from a brief. Broadcut combines a timeline editor and live streaming desk, which is useful when recorded and live work share sources and scenes.

Shine and Radiant serve different camera workflows. Read their stated limits carefully: a visual appearance measurement is not a medical diagnosis. Compare the supported workflow and export requirements before choosing.

Compare the apps

AppMain taskWebsite release requirements
ShortsA written brief becomes an editable short video — cuts, captions and pacing you can still change.macOS 14 or later; Apple silicon and Intel
BroadcutA frame-exact editor and a live streaming desk in one app — cut the clip and run the stream together.macOS 14 or later; Apple silicon and Intel
ShineLive virtual makeup on the front camera, processed entirely on-device — no tracking SDKs, ever.macOS 15 or later; Apple silicon and Intel
RadiantMeasures skin appearance from a guided scan, builds a cited routine, and re-measures over twelve weeks.macOS 15 or later; Apple silicon and Intel

Each website app costs $10 once, or choose two different apps for $20 or every published app for $49. Optional third-party services may charge separately. Check the linked release record for the exact version and installer.

Capabilities and limits

Shorts

Takes a written brief and produces an editable short-form video — cuts, captions and pacing — as a project you can still open and change, not a locked render.

Consider before buying: It automates assembly, not taste. A weak brief produces a weak cut.

See Shorts screenshots and requirements

Broadcut

A frame-exact editor and an RTMP live desk in one app, so the clip you cut and the stream you run share the same sources and scenes instead of living in two programs.

Consider before buying: Live streaming is bound by your uplink; the app cannot make a bad connection good.

See Broadcut screenshots and requirements

Shine

Live virtual makeup on the front camera, processed entirely on-device with AVFoundation. Face landmarks are discarded after each session and no advertising or tracking SDK is included.

Consider before buying: Rendering fidelity depends on lighting and camera quality, as any live effect does.

See Shine screenshots and requirements

Radiant

Measures skin appearance from a guided photo or video scan, builds a routine with each recommendation linked to its source, and re-measures over twelve weeks so you can see whether the routine changed anything. All on-device.

Consider before buying: It measures appearance, not skin health, and it is not a medical device. Anything clinical belongs with a dermatologist.

See Radiant screenshots and requirements

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