Media tools

Media tools are a set of flows to create and generate assets in the project editor. You can access these tools in the right side panel by clicking on the asset in the timeline. For a blank asset, the list of available tools will appear directly in the side bar. For a populated non-transcript asset, click "Replace" to replace the asset with the output of a media tool.

The following tools are currently available:

• Free stock videos
• Getty iStock videos
• Upload media
• Background color
• Title screen
• Generate image

Many more generative AI tools are coming soon!

Automatic music selection

All videos are now generated with a background music track to complement the content of your video. To power this system, we built an AI music agent that intelligently analyzes your video outline and automatically selects the perfect track from our music library. We also enhanced our music library with many more tracks to cover a wide range of different genres, moods, and tempos.

Other improvements & fixes

• Implemented more optimizations to video preview in the project editor, further reducing lag for long videos.
• Improved UX on title screen creation in the timeline, preventing accidental additions of overlays to projects.
• Patched issue causing English text to briefly flash before loading translations for non-English users.
• Added usage limit modal to clearly indicate how long you have to wait for your AI usage limit to reset.
• Fixed several small styling and layout shift issues on mobile.

Optimized timeline & preview

We reimplemented our timeline and preview to only load what's necessary for the visible portion of your video, allowing for optimized playback of long videos in the project editor. Previously, videos over 10 minutes long could be somewhat laggy.

Smarter AI agent for media editing

When you include your own media assets in the video generation form, VideoGen places each of these assets where they are most relevant to the voice-over script. We overhauled our system for this with a new AI agent that understands the content of each asset and intelligently edits together the entire b-roll track. The agent will also choose different animation styles depending on its categorization of the asset (e.g., screenshot, icon, infographic).

Other improvements & fixes

• Fixed issue causing a few users with multiple expired subscriptions to not see their most recent subscription.
• Changed default caption style to highlight the current spoken word, making the captions more engaging.
• Updated trimmer logic to properly render all asset trimmers within the bounds of the layer.
• Removed lag when trimming the start and end times of a background asset.
• Resolved bug causing some video exports with Getty iStock assets to fail.
• Increased chromatic variety of sequential generative images in generated video.

Avatars

You can now generate an AI avatar on top of your video to present your voice-over script with matching lip movements. Choose from our library of over 100 lifelike presenters to make your videos more engaging and personal. Avatars are currently only available to Business and Enterprise subscribers.

To add an AI avatar to an existing AI voice section, click on the speaker name, click on the avatar button at the top of the popover, select your favorite avatar presenter, and then click generate. Your avatar will be ready to preview and export within a few minutes!

Multi-layer timeline

We extended the timeline to have multiple layers to allow for more flexibility and customization in your videos. The bottom layer shows the background assets, which you can trim, split, replace, and rearrange. The middle layer shows the script asset, which corresponds to your AI voice and/or avatar. Finally, the top layer shows your title screen overlay, which you can customize in the "Theme" tab on the left side panel. In the timeline, you can also click on an asset to select it and view more advanced editing capabilities in the right side panel.

Other improvements & fixes

• Implemented various fixes to teams, allowing for seamless transfer between personal and teams subscriptions.
• Resolved bug causing newly generated sections in the project editor to occasionally repeat background assets already present in the video.
• Revamped text overlays to export significantly faster, especially for long videos.