Apple has released version 15.3 of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers, alongside Final Cut Camera 2.3, bringing a mix of new features for Apple Creator Studio subscribers and improvements available to all users regardless of subscription status. Subscribers get Pixelmator Pro integration across all three iWork apps on iPad, while free users gain new transitions in Keynote, hyphenation controls in Pages, and sheet navigation tools in Numbers.
What Creator Studio Subscribers Get in 15.3
The most significant additions in 15.3 are gated behind an Apple Creator Studio subscription, which bundles Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage at $12.99/month or $129/year. On iPad, subscribers can select any image inside Pages, Keynote, or Numbers and open it directly in Pixelmator Pro for editing, with changes saving back to the document automatically. The full breakdown of subscriber-only additions by app is below.
Pages
- Open an image from Pages directly in Pixelmator Pro on iPad and see the edited version in your document
- Generate custom, editable shapes from a text description to illustrate your document
Keynote
- Open an image from Keynote directly in Pixelmator Pro on iPad and see the edited version in your presentation
- Generate custom, editable shapes from a text description to illustrate your presentation
Numbers
- Open an image from Numbers directly in Pixelmator Pro on iPad and see the edited version in your spreadsheet
- Generate custom, editable shapes from a text description to illustrate your spreadsheet
Free Improvements for All Users
The 15.3 update also delivers improvements that require no subscription. Keynote, Pages, and Numbers each pick up practical additions, with Keynote gaining several new transitions and builds, and Pages and Numbers adding formatting and navigation controls.
Keynote
- Engage your audience with fresh transitions and builds, including shift, radial wipe, character blur, and more
- More easily replace images in your presentation from the Content Hub
Pages
- Automatically hyphenate text as you type
- Show or hide invisible formatting symbols
- More easily replace images in your document from the Content Hub
The Pages app has been steadily adding editing conveniences across recent updates, and the new auto-hyphenation and invisible-symbol toggle are two of the more practical additions for anyone writing long-form documents.
Numbers
- Hide or show individual sheets for quick navigation
- Add colors to sheet tabs
- More easily replace images in your spreadsheet from the Content Hub
Final Cut Camera 2.3 Changes
Final Cut Camera also received an update, with several additions aimed at professional video capture workflows. Clean HDMI Out, which sends a video feed without overlays to an external monitor or recorder, requires iPhone 17 Pro. ProRes format selection is available on iPhone 13 Pro and later.
- Use Clean HDMI Out to send a clean video feed without overlays to an external monitor or recorder so you can stay focused on the image being captured (requires iPhone 17 Pro)
- Choose from ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 422, or ProRes 422 LT for incredible video fidelity and editing performance, with more options to balance image quality and file size (requires iPhone 13 Pro or later)
- Disable digital zoom to ensure every shot records at full optical resolution
- Easily connect your iPhone to your Mac and import your media from Final Cut Camera into Final Cut Pro
Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and Freeform remain free to download and are included with every new iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
