A better editing workspace.
Still entirely on your Mac.
Filmforge 2.2 pairs a refined dark workspace and focused inspector with reliable live previews, a clear Processing Queue, and multilingual Auto Captions. No uploads, subscriptions, or watermarks.
Version 2.2 · Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Optimized for Apple Silicon
A professional workspace that stays out of the way
The redesigned dark workspace keeps tools organized, puts the active controls in a focused inspector, and makes queued processing visible without taking attention away from your video.
Highlights
- New dark, professional tool layout
- Focused inspector for the active operation
- Processing Queue with clearer progress and cancellation
- Polished launch and About experience with clearer privacy information
Trust what you see before you export
Live previews now update reliably before Apply and stay consistent after Apply, Reset, disabling, or deleting an operation. Safer preview switching prevents stale render tasks and black video states.
Highlights
- Reliable previews before Apply
- Consistent updates after Apply, Reset, disable, or delete
- Improved Color Grade, Rotate, Resize, Crop, and Frame Rate previews
- Improved Overlay, Smart Reframe, and Stabilize previews
Multilingual Auto Captions, processed locally
Create captions with automatic spoken-language detection or choose the language yourself. Caption processing runs on your Mac; optional language models are downloaded once and then used entirely on-device.
Highlights
- Automatic language detection
- Manual language selection
- On-device caption generation
- Optional models download once, then run locally
A smoother path from import to export
Version 2.2 strengthens the full workflow with safer task switching, more responsive cancellation, smoother importing and exporting, and improved memory handling for longer sessions.
Highlights
- Smoother importing and exporting
- More reliable cancellation and queue handling
- Safer switching between preview render tasks
- Improved memory handling and fewer black-video states
Technical specifications.
TOOLS
- Professional editing workspace
- Non-destructive operation stack
- Reliable live previews
- Processing Queue
FRAMEWORKS
- SwiftUI (pure native)
- AVFoundation + VideoToolbox
- CoreImage (GPU filters)
- SwiftData (local storage)
PERFORMANCE
- Hardware-accelerated H.264/H.265
- Apple Silicon media engines
- 1-min 4K HEVC in ~8s on M2
- Passthrough for audio ops
PRIVACY
- Video processing stays local
- No analytics or telemetry
- No accounts or sign-in
- Caption models run on-device after optional download
COMPATIBILITY
- macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later
- Optimized for Apple Silicon
- Rosetta 2 on Intel Macs
- MP4, MOV, M4V, M4A, WAV
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is new in Filmforge 2.2?
Filmforge 2.2 introduces a refined dark editing workspace, a focused inspector and Processing Queue, reliable live previews, multilingual Auto Captions, safer preview switching, and smoother importing, cancellation, exporting, and memory handling.
Is Filmforge really free?
Yes — completely free, forever. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no watermarks. It exists because the developer needed it and could not find a good native alternative. It is 3N Softs' contribution to the Mac ecosystem.
Do Auto Captions upload my video or audio?
No. Caption transcription and all video processing run locally on your Mac. Filmforge may download an optional caption model once; after it is installed, that model runs on-device.
Does it use FFmpeg?
No. Filmforge is built entirely on Apple's native media stack — AVFoundation, VideoToolbox, and CoreImage. This means hardware acceleration on Apple Silicon, real-time preview, and App Store sandbox compliance. No GPL dependencies.
Can I stack multiple operations?
Yes. Operations are non-destructive until export. Stack Resize + Blur + Trim + Compress, preview the combined result live, toggle any operation off, drag to reorder. The entire stack composes into a single export pass — no generation loss.
How fast is export?
A 1-minute 4K HEVC clip compresses in approximately 8 seconds on M2 using the dedicated media engine. Audio-only operations (remove, extract) use passthrough and finish in seconds regardless of video length.
What formats are supported?
Input: MP4, MOV, M4V, M4A, WAV, and anything AVFoundation can decode. Output: MP4, MOV, M4V, M4A, WAV. For exotic formats like MKV or WebM, use FFmpeg directly — Filmforge is intentionally focused on the formats macOS users encounter daily.
Does it work on Intel Macs?
Yes via Rosetta 2. Hardware acceleration features work on Intel Macs through VideoToolbox. Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) gets the dedicated media engine, which is significantly faster.
How Filmforge was built
Technical notes behind the app.
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A refined native editing workspace with dependable previews, multilingual Auto Captions, and private on-device processing.
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