Top AI Tools for Video Creation
A small team can use these tools in two ways. Edit footage you already have, or generate a clip when there is no footage yet.
The link for each tool sits after the line that says who it fits.
Descript
Descript turns a video into a transcript and lets you edit the clip by editing the words. You can upload a file or record in the tool, cut filler words and silent gaps, and record your screen and webcam.
Fits: Someone who already has footage and wants to edit it by changing the text.
InVideo
InVideo starts from ready-made templates. You add your own content, and the tool fills in the edit.
Fits: Someone who needs a video from a template and has not edited video before.
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Synthesia
Synthesia generates a video with virtual actors and voiceovers, in 120 languages, without a camera.
Fits: A team that needs the same video in more than one language, without a shoot.
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Colossyan
Colossyan builds a presenter-style video from a script, using on-screen actors and a library of clips.
Fits: A team that wants a short video from a script, with a person on screen, and no shoot.
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Vidyo.ai
Vidyo.ai cuts short clips out of a long video.
Fits: Someone who already has a long video and wants short clips from it.
Dream Machine
Dream Machine, from Luma, makes a video from text or from still images.
Fits: Someone starting from a written prompt or a still image.
Runway
Runway generates video from a text description.
Fits: Someone who wants a clip from a description.