Adobe's Photoshop for Android with layers, masks, selections and generative fill tools. On Googlebook it is part of the launch app lineup and a 3 month Photoshop perk.
Play label: Made for desktopConfidence: high
Creative Pro
This is the short list for people who make things: one or two strong picks for photos, video, music and illustration. Photoshop and Lightroom handle layers and raw edits, CapCut and LumaFusion give you multitrack timelines, and Cubasis 3 lists keyboard shortcut and mouse support. Clip Studio Paint and Krita cover drawing, comics and painting.
10 apps
Adobe Lightroom photo editor with raw editing, presets and cloud sync of photo libraries. Google features it in the Googlebook creativity lineup.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: high
CapCut video editor with templates, effects, captions and multitrack timelines. Google features it for Googlebook and reviewers showed it running there.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: high
LumaFusion multitrack pro video editor. Google published a ChromeOS story about its Chromebook version.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: medium
BandLab music studio for recording, mixing and sharing tracks with a multitrack editor. Featured for Googlebook and a past Google Play best Chromebook app.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: high
Steinberg's Cubasis 3 mobile DAW for recording, editing and mixing. Its listing cites Chromebook, keyboard shortcut and mouse support.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: medium
Clip Studio Paint for illustration, comics and animation. Its listing documents Chromebook support.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: medium
Krita free open source digital painting app. Its listing says it is optimized for tablets and Chromebooks.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: medium
Skylum's AI photo editor, rebuilt for Android devices and Chromebooks. It launched as one of the headline desktop class apps for Googlebook.
Play label: Made for desktopConfidence: high
KineMaster video editor with multitrack editing, effects and AI tools. Its listing names Continue On to Googlebook support.
Play label: not reportedConfidence: high