Hey everyone, Kevin here. Today we're going to
look at the five best AI video generators. These tools let you turn simple text into stunning
visuals, and many of these are free to try. So, you could follow along. I partnered with Zapier
on this video, so let's check these out. First up, we have Synthesia. This is a powerful AI video
generator that lets you create videos using realistic AI avatars and voiceovers in over 140
different languages. Synthesia offers a free plan so you can test it out. You get three minutes of
video generation per month. And I know that's not very much; however, it is enough to get a feel
for whether you want to shell out $18 per month for the starter plan.
With free, you get nine AI
avatars, and if you go with one of the paid plans, you get lots more video generation and also many
more different avatars to choose from. Once you finish signing up, you'll land here in the main
Synthesia workspace, and building an AI avatar video is very similar to pulling together
a PowerPoint presentation. Right up on top, you can start a new video from a template or from
scratch. You can also turn files and links into a video. You can dub a video or translate a video
into another language, and over here, you can even turn a PowerPoint presentation into a video.
Let's test this out with just a blank canvas. Let's click on this option.
Here, we see lots of
different templates with AI avatars, and keep in mind, we can customize all of these avatars, and
we can also specify what the avatar should say. Right up on top, let's go with this new one right
here. Let's click on Use Template. This drops us into the editor that you can use to build out
your AI avatar video. Over on the left-hand side, you can add additional scenes. This is kind of
like PowerPoint, where you could add additional slides to your presentation. Here, we see a few
different examples. I'll click out of this. Over here, we have the main scene. You can click within
the scene, and you can edit any of these different objects. For example, I could edit the text.
Over here, I could select this shape. Up on top, you can also add additional objects to your slide.
For example, you can add another avatar. You can add text, shapes, media, and you can even record
your screen.
When you select any of the objects in your scene, for example, I selected the AI
avatar, over on the right-hand side, we have all the different properties related to this avatar.
Let's say that maybe I want to change out the avatar. Here, I could click on Alex, and I could
see all the different options. I'm on a free plan, so I'm limited by what I can choose, but you get a
feel for all the different options that are here. For now, I'll stick with Alex. And here, we could
adjust other properties as well. Now, down at the bottom, I can also see the talk track that the
avatar will say within this scene. So over here, let's delete the text that's just placed here,
and let me type in my own. Welcome to the Kevin Cookie Company. I'll have Alex say this. Now,
up on top, we can preview her saying this text, or I could also generate it where it'll turn
this into a video and she'll actually speak this text.
Let's test that out. Once the video
is all done generating, let's preview how it turned out. Welcome to the Kevin Cookie Company,
where we believe that every great day starts with a cookie. We're thrilled to have you on board as
part of our growing team. Let's now take this to the next level by automating video creation using
Synthesia. Zapier connects Synthesia to thousands of apps. You can get started with Zapier for
free at the link below. You can set it up so when you get a new lead in an app like HubSpot,
Zapier detects this and then triggers Synthesia to generate a personalized video. Then Zapier can
connect to your email and automatically send this video to the lead. The lead gets a customized
video from you without needing your involvement. This isn't something that you could do with just
HubSpot or just Synthesia. It's the connection that Zapier makes between all of these
different apps. With Zapier, you can connect apps like Synthesia to Trello, ClickUp,
Google Sheets, Monday.com, and thousands more, even if the apps weren't designed to speak
with one another.
Zapier lets you set up these automations just by describing what you need. No
coding needed. At number two, we have Sora. This is OpenAI's video generation tool. You'll need
a premium subscription starting at $20 per month to be able to use it. Once you finish signing up,
you'll land here in the main Sora interface. Sora is a generative AI tool. What that means is it's
generating new video based on all of its training data.
Over on the left-hand side, we land in the
featured view and here we can see all sorts of different videos that other Sora users have pulled
together. Over on the right-hand side, I see one of a mouse with some interesting ears. If I'm
curious about what type of prompt someone typed in to get this video clip, here I could click on
it. This opens up a larger view of that video and down at the bottom, I can see the prompt. Maybe
that serves as some inspiration. I'll close out of this view. Back on the main screen, we have
what's called the composer and this is where you can describe the video that you would like Sora
to make. I'll type in a description, a warm and cozy Kevin Cookie Company shop filled with freshly
baked cookies. Down below, we have a few different options. Over here, you can upload an image if
you'd like to incorporate that into the video. You could also set the style of your video, the
aspect ratio, the resolution, also the length of the clip.
With the $20 per month plan, you can
only generate up to 10 seconds and you need a higher plan if you would like additional time.
Over here, you could also select the number of variations. I'll stick with two and then you also
have a storyboard option if you would like more control over what happens within the generated
clip. For now, I'm good with just this prompt. So over here, let's send that to Sora. And once it's
all done, you can preview how the clips turned out and look at all of that steam coming out of the
cookies. You might want to wait a minute or two before you take a bite. At the very bottom, you
have a few different options. You could go back, you could edit the prompt again. You could also
recut it. Maybe you want to extend the clip. Here, you could remix it if you want to change anything
that appears within the clip.
For example, maybe instead of having these jars, I want
a different shape to show up. You could also blend two different clips together and here you
could set it up as a looping clip. Let's say you really like one of these clips and you'd like
to download it. Here, I could simply click on the clip and right up on top, we have the option
to download.
Third on our list is invideo AI V3. This is a generative AI tool that creates full
length videos rather than short clips like Sora. invideo offers a variety of different plans
and you can get started for free and you get a generous 10 minutes per week of AI generation. So,
what does that mean? You can type in a prompt for the video that you would like to create, it'll
write a script, generate voiceovers, and also find matching stock media. However, it won't generate
any new clips from scratch using AI. For that, you need one of the premium plans. You have the plus
plan and the max plan which give you 60 seconds of generative credits. That's not very much, so
if you're planning on creating lots of clips from scratch using AI, you'll have to go with the
generative plan which starts at $96 per month and that gives you 15 minutes of generative credits.
I'm now here in the main interface and we have a text field where you can type in your prompts
for the video that you would like to create.
Now, the beautiful thing is you can type in anything
that you've ever imagined and using generative AI invideo will make it for you. So, it makes
video creation accessible to anyone. Let's test this out. Create a 30 second ad video for YouTube
promoting the Kevin Cookie Company. Use a friendly teddy bear as the mascot. Use wide cinematic
shots and close-ups of chocolate chip cookies from time to time. Let's see what it comes back
with. On this next screen, we can choose whether we want to use stock media or generative media.
Again, with generative media, the AI is creating the video clips from scratch. We have a few
different settings here. I think all these look good, so let's continue. It finished generating
the video, let's now preview how it turned out. In a world of rushing and noise, there’s a
place where warmth awaits.
Meet our cuddly bear who knows the best moments are shared. Hehe.
With finest ingredients, and a dash of magic, we bake cookies that bring people together,
Kevin Cookie Company, where every bite tells a story. Mmm. Visit KevinCookieCompany.com and
taste the love today. That is very impressive. I really liked how it turned out. Down below, we
could also continue refining the video simply by using natural language and the AI will make
changes. So, let's test this out. Use epic rock music as the background music and let's see if it
can make that change. Let's have a quick listen. I'll go back just a little bit and let's play it.
Mmm. Visit KevinCookieCompany.com and taste the love today. It's subtle, but I like it.
Once
you're ready to download, simply click on the download icon. Here, you could select various
settings. I'll go with 1080p and let's continue and we now have a finalized video. At number four,
we have Pika. An accessible and also fun AI video tool that's free to try. Once you finish signing
up for an account, you'll land here on the main Pika interface. Similar to what we saw with
Sora and some of the other video generators, down at the very bottom, we have a text field
where you can type in a prompt describing the video that you would like to create. In the bottom
right-hand corner, if you click on this icon, Pika offers a few different models. With a free
account, you can use the 1.5 model. With a paid account, which starts at $8 per month, you get
access to their more advanced models, which they say have better motion and Pika scene support.
So,
let's go with 1.5 with a free account to test it out. Underneath the text field, Pika offers a few
different modes. For example, we have something called Pikaffect and when I click on that you can
upload a video or photo and then you can apply different effects to that video. For example,
one of my favorites. You can generate a proposal video. Try pulling that one on your girlfriend.
That'd be a lot of fun. Over here, you have something called Pikascenes. This is where you can
upload a character an object or location and it'll use that as part of your AI generated video. And
lastly, there's also something called Pikaddition. You can upload a video and a photo and it'll
incorporate that photo into your video. Let's test this one out because I think it's a lot of fun.
Let me select a video and over here. I'll select an image. Now that I've selected both a video and
an image, let's combine them. Down below, let's click on this icon.
And let's now play the video.
Not bad. Next up is Runway ML. They offer a suite of AI video editing tools along with the
generative AI video capabilities. Once you finish signing in, you'll land in the main Runway ML
interface, and if you've never heard of it before, it's a creative AI platform that offers a variety
of different tools that you can use to generate, edit, and also enhance your multimedia
projects all using machine learning. Let's take a quick look at what some of those
tools are. Over on the left-hand side, let's click into all tools. Up on top, let's start
by clicking into video tools and here we see all the different video tools that leverage AI.
First
up we have generative session. This is where you could generate video from scratch. You could use
AI to remove the background of a video. They have something called frame interpolation. That's
where you can fill in missing frames to make it smoother. You could color grade. They even have
in painting and the list goes on and on. Lots of different tools that are well worth experimenting
with. Let's close out of this and then click into some of the image tools. You also have a
variety of different image tools. For example, if you want to expand the borders of an image,
they have something called infinite image.
Here you have something called expand image and the
list goes on. Up on top, if we close out of this, you also have a variety of different audio tools
and at the very end, they also offer different 3D tools. The beautiful thing about Runway ML
is you can experiment with AI in your projects and you don't need extensive technical expertise.
Let's test out Runway’s generative session. I'll click on this. First, we need to select an asset.
I'll click on select asset and let's go with this picture of a handsome guy. I’ll double click
on that and now I see my picture. Down below we can now describe the shot that we would like.
I'll type in some text. This person works at a cookie store and is serving fresh cookies
to customers. Down below we have a variety of different settings.
As an example, here you
can control the camera. I'll leave it set to the defaults. You can adjust the aspect ratio. Down
below, you can select the model and also how long you want the clip to be. With Runway ML, you can
only select up to 10 seconds. For now, I'll leave it set to 5 and then let's click on generate. Over
on the right-hand side, it's now generated our video. Let's play back to see how it turned out.
There's the picture input and here's the output. Look at that. He looks a little bit like me. Not
exactly, but pretty close, and it also has the red shirt. It's a polo shirt, so it doesn't match
my shirt, but that's pretty close.
I like that. Right over here. We have a variety of different
actions that you could take. For example, if you want to upscale to 4k, you have that
option and over on the right-hand side, if you'd like to download the video clip, simply
click here and that'll download the clip to your computer. And that's it. Five of the best AI
video generators available today. Big thanks to Zapier for sponsoring today's video. If
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