Let s be honest most AI video tools are still too complicated or just don t live up to the hype. Why is it still so tough for creators and marketers to make quick, simple edits? Most tools are built for pros, and AI videos often feel a bit off. We kept hearing: Why can t I just make a fast explainer or a talking avatar without a studio?

That s what we want to change:

• Instantly create videos from text prompts

• Bring blogs, courses, and social posts to life with talking avatars

• Experiment and storyboard easily not just edit

In the last few days, I have seen many AI tools for creating audio-visual, and even people in my feed shared short movies created by AI (Hollywood will probably cut costs quite a bit in the next few years).

What is your experience with AI video generators, and which ones do you find the best?
(In terms of which AI tools have given you the best video results.)

I don't want to sound bad, but I feel like Adobe is asking quite a lot of money for something that other tools do the same (if not better) with a better user experience and sometimes even cheaper.

For example, Adobe XD vs. Figma

Adobe Premiere vs. DaVinci Resolve, etc.

A few weeks ago, @Veo emerged.

A few days ago, I tried @Higgsfield. The output is here.

Yesterday, Chris hunted @Midjourney Midjourney V1 Video Model.

And today I read that @Perplexity has a video generation available on Ask Perplexity!

If you had to make image or video with sound to publish what tools would you use? What type of content do you (or would you) produce with those tools?

Some tools I'm thinking of are

• @Sora by OpenAI for video

• @Suno.ai for music gen

• @ChatGPT by OpenAI for image gen

• and maybe something like @ReelFarm for UCG-esque automated content.

New from @andrewmason: agentive video editing coming to Descript.

A smart, versatile, tireless AI co-editor with all the tools it needs to make any video you want because it s built right into Descript.

I've been making short films for as long as I can remember. 

My first short was back in middle school, where my brother and I pretended we were in Star Wars, dueling with dowel rod lightsabers. By the time I met my co-founders, Spencer and Charlie, in college, my storytelling had (I hope) evolved well past my VFX-obsessed origin story.

We met on the set of a feel-good student short I directed last fall. But this wasn t backyard filmmaking anymore. We quickly got stuck in a hellish landscape of spreadsheets. Nobody s availability lined up, everyone was overwhelmed, and it took forever to finish the film.

I've been making short films for as long as I can remember. 

My first short was back in middle school, where my brother and I pretended we were in Star Wars, dueling with dowel rod lightsabers. By the time I met my co-founders, Spencer and Charlie, in college, my storytelling had (I hope) evolved well past my VFX-obsessed origin story.

We met on the set of a feel-good student short I directed last fall. But this wasn t backyard filmmaking anymore. We quickly got stuck in a hellish landscape of spreadsheets. Nobody s availability lined up, everyone was overwhelmed, and it took forever to finish the film.

The short video format originated primarily on TikTok as "TikToks." Of course, it was then picked up by Instagram ("Reels"), YouTube ("Shorts"), and later other platforms began to embrace this trend of short, vertical videos (LinkedIn, X).

For these purposes, TikTok created a mobile video editing app and later a desktop version, CapCut. (2019)
And guess what...

We ve talked a lot about the pain points in video creation, but what about the parts you actually enjoy?

Is it scripting? Storyboarding? Editing? That final moment when everything just clicks?

Curious to hear what parts of the process make it worth the effort for you. Drop your favorite bit below would love to see what others vibe with too.

I can safely say that the video is one of the most important things on launch day.

Sometimes even more important than your images.

Hey Product Hunters!

I ve been thinking about a new project idea and I d love to hear your thoughts.

Face swaps are everywhere but surprisingly, there s still no easy, user-friendly tool to instantly put your face into iconic movie scenes, straight from the browser. No downloads, no complicated setup just pick a scene, upload your photo, and watch yourself become the hero (or villain!) in seconds.

How it would work:

Creating demo videos sounds simple... until you re 10 takes in, stuck editing ums, or re-recording because the UI changed again.

Whether you re a founder, marketer, or part of a product team we ve all been there.

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

Hey

Quick update since my last post. I ve started iterating on the instant face-swap idea and guess what? The early results are already looking

I ve built the first version of the system, and it s working surprisingly well. You can take a short movie clip, upload your selfie, and in just a few seconds boom you re Heath Ledger in Joker.

It keeps the full movie styling, shadows, colors, even the actor s facial movements and expressions. I m honestly shocked I managed to pull that off. Lighting? Emotions? It s all there. You can actually see yourself acting in the scene not just a static face pasted on.