Text based video editor
Edit Video Using Text
Edit a video the way you edit a document: Pictory transcribes it and you cut, fix and clean up the text.
- Delete a sentence and it leaves the video
- Remove filler words and silences
- Add subtitles and your brand kit
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What is text based video editing?
Text based video editing means you edit a video by editing its transcript. Delete a word or a sentence in the text and it leaves the video. In Pictory, you upload a recording, Pictory transcribes it, and you edit video with text the way you would edit a document.
A text based video editor in your browser. Add subtitles and your brand, then download an MP4 or open the full AI video editor.
TranscriptReady to edit
SilencesRemoved
How it works
How to edit a video using text
To edit a video using text, upload your recording to Pictory and choose its language. Pictory transcribes it automatically. Delete the words and sentences you do not want, remove filler words and silences, choose a subtitle style and your brand, then download the video or customize it.
Upload your video
Drag in an MP4, MOV or WebM file and choose its language.
Edit the transcript
Cut words and sentences, and switch on Remove Filler Words and Remove Silences.
Choose subtitles and your brand
Pick a subtitle style and apply your brand kit.
Download or customize
Click Download Video, or Customize Video to open the storyboard.
Transcript editor
What you can do in the transcript editor
In this transcript video editor, every change to the text is made to the video.
- Cut words and sentences to cut the video
- Remove filler words and silences
- Search and replace a word across the transcript
- Auto-highlight key phrases
- Pick a subtitle style and the maximum lines
- Preview the video with your brand kit
Search and replace3 matches
HighlightsAdded
Clean up
Remove filler words and silences
To remove filler words from video, switch on Remove Filler Words: Pictory takes the ums, uhs and stutters out of the text and audio. To remove silence from video, switch on Remove Silences.
Cleaned upUse cases
Edit webinars, podcasts, Zoom recordings and screen recordings
- Teams
Zoom and team meeting recordings
Keep the decisions and cut the rest.
Finish
From edited text to a finished video
Add captions and your brand kit. Click Customize Video to open the storyboard and full editor, or download an MP4, the audio as an MP3, SRT subtitles or the transcript. Need it shorter? An automatic video summary runs 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
Customize videoNAdding text on screen instead?
Editing the transcript changes what is said. To put a title over your footage, add a text layer.
Welcome to NorthwindText on screenAI 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 short clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
More AI video features
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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.
Brand kits
Your logo, fonts and colors on every 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
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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
Yes. Upload the video and Pictory transcribes it. Delete words or sentences in the transcript and they leave the video.
Upload the recording, then edit video with transcript changes: cut the lines you do not want, choose subtitles and your brand, and download.
Switch on Remove Filler Words in the transcript editor, and Remove Silences to cut long pauses. Pictory removes them from the text and the audio.
Yes. Search and replace fixes a word or phrase once or everywhere in the transcript.
Webinars, podcasts, meeting recordings, demos and training videos. Upload an MP4, MOV or WebM file, up to 5 GB and 180 minutes on Professional and Teams, or 1 GB and 15 minutes on the free trial.
Yes. Choose a subtitle style, and the captions follow your edited transcript.
Yes: 300 credits for 14 days (about 10 minutes of video), no credit card required, and its downloads are watermarked. Plans start at $25 a month, billed annually.
Yes. Edit a video through its transcript, then add captions, your brand, AI voices and visuals.
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