Honest, tested guidance on AI tools for video editors and creators, from people who still sit in the chair.
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Work out what an AI model actually costs per month from your token usage, and compare the major models side by side.
Free toolPaste any text to estimate how many tokens it uses, and see what that text would cost to send to each major model.
Free toolCompare a flat monthly chat subscription against the equivalent API usage and find the break-even point where one overtakes the other.
Free toolFour questions about your task, budget and experience — then a recommendation and the guides to go with it.
Plain-language groundwork on what AI can and cannot do inside a real editing workflow.
3 guidesUsing conversational AI to plan, log, and rough out an edit before you touch the timeline.
3 guidesThe written layer of video work: scripts, voiceover, subtitles, and captions that read like a person wrote them.
4 guidesGenerative and assistive tools for B-roll, color, motion graphics, and thumbnails.
3 guidesScripts and small tools that handle the repetitive parts of post so you don't have to.
3 guidesPricing, client trust, and tool spend when AI reshapes how you deliver video.
A working editor's map of the timeline stages where AI earns its keep and the ones where it quietly costs you hours.
A practical workflow for turning a long unscripted interview into a story-ordered paper edit with a chat assistant, without losing timecode accuracy.
If your machine cut, transcript-based rough assembly, and auto-captions now save you a day per project, hourly billing quietly punishes you for it.
Turn a memory card full of cryptic camera clips into editor-ready proxies with consistent names, using shell loops and FFmpeg.
How to turn a script or treatment into a consistent shot list and B-roll plan with a saved, tunable chat prompt instead of starting from a blank page each time.
Most AI B-roll looks fine in isolation and falls apart the second it sits next to your camera. Here's how to close the gap.
Most AI coverage is written for the hype cycle, not for a delivery deadline.
We test tools on real projects, with real footage and real render times, then report what held up and what wasted an afternoon. No affiliate cheerleading, and no demos that only work on the vendor's own sample clip.
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