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Job · Updated Oct 17, 2026

🎬 Video

Generate clips, make avatar videos, edit by text, and turn long videos into shorts.

TL;DR: Runway or Kling to generate footage, HeyGen for talking-head videos, OpusClip to turn long videos into shorts. Full breakdown →

01

Runway

Generative video studio: text/image to video plus editing tools.

The most complete creative toolkit for generated footage.

BEST FOR: CREATIVE, CINEMATIC CLIPSFree credits · paid tiers

02

Kling AI

Text and image to video with strong motion.

Realistic movement and physics for short generated shots.

BEST FOR: REALISTIC GENERATED MOTIONFree credits · paid tiers

03

HeyGen

AI avatar videos in your face and voice.

Make talking-head videos without filming every time. Translation built in.

BEST FOR: TALKING-HEAD CONTENTFree plan · paid tiers

04

OpusClip

Long video in, short vertical clips out.

Finds the hooks, reframes, captions. Saves hours on repurposing.

BEST FOR: SHORTS / REELS / TIKTOKFree plan · paid tiers

05

Descript

Edit video by editing the transcript.

Delete words, the footage goes with them. Best for podcasts and explainers.

BEST FOR: TALKY EDITSFree plan · paid tiers

06

CapCut

Free-first editor with AI captions and templates.

The default short-form editor. Fast, mobile, and good enough for most.

BEST FOR: MOBILE SHORT-FORMFree plan · paid tiers

New in video this week

Kling 4.0: Kling's new video model is out to all users: native 30-second clips, more stable complex motion, up to 15 reference inputs, keyframe control, and audio with lip sync. source ↗

Seedance 2.5: ByteDance's video model generates up to 30 seconds with synced audio in one pass, steered by reference images, clips, and tracks. source ↗

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