What is the best AI video editor?

It depends on the job. For generating video from text prompts, tools like Runway are built for that. For editing footage of people talking, BlitzCut handles silence removal, transcripts, and captions with AI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Browser editors like VEED and Canva cover general-purpose editing.

Can AI edit a video automatically?

Partly. AI can reliably find silence, transcribe speech, and apply captions. Taste decisions, like which story beat to keep, still need a person. BlitzCut makes the automatic parts fast and leaves the timeline editable for the rest.

Does BlitzCut generate video with AI?

BlitzCut primarily edits footage you've recorded, but its AI Editor can also generate motion graphics to accompany that footage. It isn't a general-purpose text-to-video generator for entire scenes.

Is my footage uploaded to a server?

Silence removal runs on the device. AI features and transcription need an internet connection. The video file isn't uploaded, but the audio track is sent to a cloud service for transcription.

How much does it cost?

Free to download with a 3-day free trial. Paid plans start at $6.99/week, with $69.99/year and a $129.99 lifetime option covering both iOS and Mac.

An AI Video Editor for Footage of People Talking

An AI video editor for the footage you've already filmed: BlitzCut uses AI for the edits that take the longest, including removing silence, transcribing speech, building captions, and carrying out plain-language requests in an AI chat panel.

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BlitzCut AI chat panel editing a video on Mac

AI Video Editor shown in the BlitzCut app

"AI video editor" covers two very different things: tools that generate video from a prompt, and tools that edit footage you already filmed. If you recorded yourself talking, you want the second kind.

BlitzCut edits the footage you shot. AI finds the silence, writes the transcript, styles the captions, and takes requests like "cut the pauses" or "add captions" in a chat panel. Every change lands on a normal timeline you can adjust by hand.

Watch BlitzCut's AI visuals in action

These in-app recordings show an animated graphic generated from a chat request and a video background with adjustable subject placement.

AI motion graphics from a promptIn this BlitzCut recording, an AI Editor request adds an animated chart below the speaker. The preview shows the graphic animating alongside the original footage.

Video backgrounds with adjustable subject placementIn this BlitzCut recording, the speaker appears over a video background. The Background panel lets you reposition the subject; the background video loops with its audio muted.

Everything you need, in one app

AI chat editing

Describe a cut, caption, or speed change and it's applied to your project.

Automatic silence and retake cleanup

Remove dead air, and keep the first or last take of repeated lines.

Transcript and captions

Speech is transcribed, and captions are styled and burned in.

Sound effects, images, and zoom effects

Ask the chat panel to add them to the edit.

How it works

Three steps from raw footage to finished video.

Import your footage
A clip from your camera roll or a recording on your Mac.
AI does the first pass
Silence removal, transcript, and captions, or ask for specific edits in the chat panel.
Review and export
Check the result on the timeline, change anything you disagree with, and export.

BlitzCut AI chat panel with a plain-language editing request

Ask for an edit in plain language. The result is a normal, editable change on your timeline.

An AI video editor that edits your footage instead of replacing it

Works on your real recording, not generated video
Every AI edit is visible and reversible on the timeline
Silence detection runs on the device
Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Built for creators like you

Creators editing on a phone

Describe the edit instead of hunting for the right menu.

Teams with a lot of talking-head content

Standardize the first pass so editors start from a clean rough cut.

People new to editing

Get a watchable result without learning a timeline first.

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AI Chat Editing

Edit your video by chatting with an AI agent.

Silence Removal

Cut dead air automatically, frame-accurate.

Auto Captions

AI transcription with styled, on-brand subtitles.

Text-Based Editing

Edit your video by editing the transcript.

AI Motion Graphics

Generate animated graphics from what's said in your talking-head video.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI video editor?: It depends on the job. For generating video from text prompts, tools like Runway are built for that. For editing footage of people talking, BlitzCut handles silence removal, transcripts, and captions with AI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Browser editors like VEED and Canva cover general-purpose editing.
Can AI edit a video automatically?: Partly. AI can reliably find silence, transcribe speech, and apply captions. Taste decisions, like which story beat to keep, still need a person. BlitzCut makes the automatic parts fast and leaves the timeline editable for the rest.
Does BlitzCut generate video with AI?: BlitzCut primarily edits footage you've recorded, but its AI Editor can also generate motion graphics to accompany that footage. It isn't a general-purpose text-to-video generator for entire scenes.
Is my footage uploaded to a server?: Silence removal runs on the device. AI features and transcription need an internet connection. The video file isn't uploaded, but the audio track is sent to a cloud service for transcription.
How much does it cost?: Free to download with a 3-day free trial. Paid plans start at $6.99/week, with $69.99/year and a $129.99 lifetime option covering both iOS and Mac.

Let AI do the first cut

Download BlitzCut and import a clip. Free 3-day trial.