Spent $400 on an AI video editor and got worse results than free tools

I paid $400 for a yearly subscription to one of those AI video editing platforms that promised to automatically cut my talking head videos. The idea was it would find the best takes and remove pauses, saving me hours editing client testimonials for my small business website. Instead it kept cutting out important parts of sentences and leaving in long blank stares. After three tries on the same 10 minute clip I gave up and went back to using CapCut's free tools which do a better job. Has anyone found a paid AI video tool that actually works well for this kind of work?

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harperwright21d ago

Yeah that's not really how AI editing works. You've gotta guide it.

milar4621d ago

Have you tried just giving it super specific prompts from the start? @harperwright I struggled with the same thing until I stopped expecting it to read my mind. Now I'll literally type "remove the background and replace with a solid blue" instead of saying "make it look cleaner." The AI just does better when you spell out every detail like it's a 5 year old. Also helps to do it in small steps instead of trying to fix everything at once. Like fix the lighting first, then the colors, then add effects.