Edit video with AI
AI Video Editor: Edit Videos by Chat, Text or Scenes
Change a video by asking for it, by editing its words or scene by scene. No timeline to learn.
- Ask the AI video agent for a change
- Edit the transcript and the video follows
- Fine-tune any scene in the storyboard editor
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What is an AI video editor?
An AI video editor lets you change a video by describing the change or by editing its transcript, instead of cutting a timeline by hand. Pictory is an AI-powered video editor, and you can edit four ways: by chat, by text, scene by scene in the storyboard editor, and with AI Studio.
Pick the way that fits the change. Ask the agent to replace a visual and keep the narration. Delete a sentence from the transcript to cut it from the video. Open a scene to change its text, voice or layout. Generate a new clip when the footage you need doesn’t exist.
Every way works on the same project, so you can mix them: one change by chat, the next by text.
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Four ways
Four ways to edit a video in Pictory
Choose one, or use all four on the same video.
By chat
Describe the change and say what to keep.
By text
Edit the transcript and the video follows.
Scene by scene
Open a panel and change the scene.
With AI Studio
Generate b-roll images and clips inside a scene.
By chat
Edit video with AI by chat
Name the scene, describe the change, say what to keep
This is AI-based video editing in plain words: modify any scene by asking the AI video agent. For example: “Replace the visual in scene 3 with a customer-support example. Keep the narration and the scene order.” Story text is what the voice speaks, and the captions follow the narration.
- Edit scene redesigns one scene, and you choose whether to replace it
- Undo and Redo cover recent changes in your session
- Duplicate a project before a big experiment
By text
Edit video by text
Edit the transcript and the video follows
Add a video with the plus button on the Agent screen, start from Clean up long video, or record a video. Pictory transcribes it and splits it into scenes with smart scene detection, and when you delete words from the transcript they are cut from the video. Add captions, or export the audio as an MP3.
- Remove filler words and silences
- Search and replace in the transcript
- Highlight phrases and choose a subtitle style
TranscriptSearch and replace
Filler wordsRemoved
Scene by scene
Video editing AI in the storyboard editor
Eight panels for every scene
Select a scene and open a panel. Need b-roll? Generate an AI image or clip from AI Studio inside the scene. Right-click a scene to duplicate it, link it with the next one, copy it, paste after or delete it. Add music, text on screen with text animation effects, an AI avatar or a new AI voice, or remove the audio.
- Story: the words the voice speaks
- Visuals: stock, your uploads or AI Studio
- Avatars: a presenter on screen
- Audio: voiceover and music
- Text and Elements: words and shapes on screen
- Styles, Branding and Layouts: the look of the scene
AI Studio
Create any image or video you need with generative AI
The latest image and video models, built into the editor. Generate it, then drop it straight into your scene.
Generate and edit images
Describe it, or edit an existing image with a prompt.
Keep characters consistent
Use reference images to keep the same person or product in every scene.
Create video clips with sound
Generate clips with audio. Yes, characters can talk.
Extend any clip
Keep any clip going with a new prompt, even one you uploaded.
✓Get four options at once
Generate up to four versions and keep the best one.
Stay on brand
Bring in your brand from a website, a document or a logo, and it is applied to every scene.
Choose your model
Pick a model for stills or 5 to 10-second clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
How it works
How to edit a video with AI in 4 steps
To edit a video with AI in Pictory, bring in your video or start from an idea, then choose how to edit it: by chat, by text or scene by scene. Make the change, review it in the preview and download the result.
Bring your video
Add it with the plus button on the Agent screen, or start from an idea.
Choose how to edit
By chat, by text or scene by scene.
Make the change and review it
Ask for it, type it or set it, then play the preview.
Download
Choose MP4, MP3, SRT subtitles or a TXT transcript.
Automatic
Automatic video editing with the agent
The agent does the first edit for you: from your brief it writes the script, splits it into scenes and picks the visuals, voice and captions. You direct the rest by asking for changes, so automatic video editing never takes the decisions away from you.
Brand and team
Your brand, your team
Make a brand kit from your website address, or add your logo, colors and fonts, and apply it to every video. On the Teams plan, share projects and brand kits with your team and collaborate on them; anyone can send a view-only preview link for review. Use Pictory as an MP4 video editor: choose 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 and download the MP4, with the audio as an MP3 and the subtitles as SRT.
Use cases
Who is using the AI video editor?
Training and L&DTraining videos kept up to date
Change one step in a lesson without remaking the whole video.
Social mediaShort clips from long videos
Cut filler words and silences, then export a vertical version.
More AI video features
Your complete AI video generation tool
AI avatars
Add a talking presenter, or a digital twin of you.
Captions
Accurate, synced captions in your brand style.
Translation
Captions and voiceover for every market.
Text editing
Edit the transcript to edit the video.
Team workspaces
Share projects and brand kits with your team.
API
Generate branded videos from your own product.
Why Pictory
Loved by creators, trusted by enterprise teams
From solo creators to global L&D teams. Read the case studies
4.6 / 5
Average rating on G2, plus Capterra’s Best Ease of Use award for 2025.
20,000+
companies and institutions creating video with Pictory.
SOC 2
and GDPR compliant, ready for enterprise security reviews
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Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
Read the Whirlybird Labs case study
“Pictory helps us consistently deliver the high-quality videos we’re known for, content we’re proud of and our clients are proud to use. They always get a five-star response.”
Read the VRC case study
“82% of our 10,000+ partners keep coming back to our training videos even though they aren’t mandatory courses. That’s how we know the content’s working.”
Read the AppDirect case study
“It increased subscriber growth by 78% and cut my video creation time from a couple of hours to a few minutes. It’s been a godsend.”
Read the NetRock case study
“Through Pictory videos, leads up by 500%, video production costs are down 90%.”
Read the Online Super Tutors case study
“We only launched our new app a few months ago and already have over 500 subscribers. People come back regularly to watch more videos made with Pictory.”
Read the Game of Yield case study
Compare
AI video editor vs. video editing software
The same change, made two ways.
| Task | With Pictory | Traditional editing software |
|---|---|---|
| Making a change | Describe it by chat or edit the transcript | Find the frames on a timeline and cut by hand |
| Fixing a mistake | Undo, or ask for the scene back | Step back through the edit history on the timeline |
| Keeping your brand | One brand kit applied to every video | Set fonts and colors in each project |
| Starting a video | A brief, a file or a video you already have | Footage you import and arrange yourself |
Bring in your video with the plus button on the Agent screen, or start from an idea. Then edit it by chat, by text or scene by scene, review the preview and download it.
Yes. Add it with the plus button, or start from Clean up long video. Pictory transcribes it and splits it into scenes, so you can edit it by text, and every scene can be changed in the storyboard editor.
Yes. Pictory transcribes your video, and when you delete words from the transcript they are cut from the video. You can also search and replace, highlight phrases and choose a subtitle style.
Yes. Clean up long video removes filler words and silences from the transcript, and the video is cut to match.
Yes. Open Visuals, then AI Studio, to generate or edit an image, animate an image or make a video clip. The AI models page lists the models you can choose.
You can try the AI video editor free on the Pictory free trial: 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required. Videos downloaded on the free trial are watermarked.
Yes, on the Teams plan (3 or more users). Share projects and brand kits with your team and collaborate on them, and send a view-only preview link for review.
The video as an MP4 in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 (switch between them without rebuilding the video), the audio as an MP3, the subtitles as an SRT file and the transcript as a TXT file. Everything is also in your Projects list.
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