AI for Video Editors: How to Use AI in Photos, Videos and Audio to Edit 10x Faster

AI is booming in almost every field, yet most video editors have not started using it. About 90% of editors still do not use AI in their work. With the growing use of AI tools, video editors can work 10 times faster and better, from making small fixes to creating advanced effects.

AI for video editors can be used in three areas: photos, videos and audio. In photos, AI can create images, PNGs and icons, and fix or enhance pictures. In videos, it can generate clips, motion graphics and avatars. In audio, it can generate voices and clean up background noise. You can also explore mobile courses by PW Earners to learn digital skills and explore practical applications of AI.

Part 1: How to Use AI in Photos

AI tools can help editors create visuals, customise images, and make changes without spending hours searching for assets or editing everything manually. If you want to learn more about visual design, explore the Mobile Graphic Designing course by PW Earners. Here are some practical ways to use AI in photo editing.

1. Generate Images from Text

Editors often spend a lot of time searching for overlays, PNGs or B-roll images. Instead, you can generate them. Open an AI app such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok. Type a simple prompt like “Create an image of a boy studying on a table.”

You can then edit the result. You can change:

• The camera angle

• The clothes and their colour

• Props, such as removing a lamp or adding more books

• The background

• The aspect ratio: 1:1, 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for Shorts

2. Create PNGs and Icons

You can ask for a PNG, such as “Create a PNG of a Rolex watch with a red and black colour combination.” The image comes without a background, so you can use it as an overlay. You can also make icons, such as import, export, smartwatch or stopwatch icons. A detailed prompt gives a better result.

3. Remove, Add or Replace Objects

Google Gemini with Nano Banana Pro is used for image editing. Upload a photo and keep the prompt short, such as “Remove headphones from this image.” A long prompt may change other parts of the image. You can then write “Add earphones in ears” to add earbuds. Before-and-after images like these work well as B-roll.

To replace objects, you can use Grok. In the video, he uploaded a photo of himself holding two phones and asked Grok to replace them with old keypad phones. On the free Fast mode, it took about six seconds. If the result is not right, keep prompting until it is.

4. Make a Similar Image to Avoid Copyright Issues

Sometimes an image is copyrighted or used everywhere. Upload it to Claude and ask it to “Write a prompt for this image.” Paste that prompt into Gemini. You get a similar but different image. In the example, the pink hat and blue shirt stayed the same, but the face and background changed. This way, you avoid copyright issues.

5. Change Colour and Lighting

Upload a daylight photo to Claude and ask it to convert it to sunset. If the result only adds a warm tone, ask again for night time. You can also reduce exposure or change the sky in the same way.

6. Enhance Old or Blurry Photos

In Gemini, you can upload a very old, blurry photo with an enhancement prompt. In the example, the result was sharp, and even the writing on the board became readable. The face changed slightly because the original was so blurry. With clearer photos, the face stays almost the same.

7. Create Your Own Character for Faceless Channels

Many faceless videos use a cartoon character that lip-syncs. To make your own:

1. Upload a reference image, such as an anime character, to Claude.

2. Ask Claude to create a prompt so you can make your own face character with Nano Banana Pro.

3. Upload your own photo to Gemini with that prompt.

4. Refine the pose, framing, hands and accessories.

5. For lip sync, download a green-screen mouth animation from YouTube. Place it in CapCut, remove the green screen and put it over the character’s lips.

Part 2: How to Use AI in Videos

AI tools can turn text prompts and still images into short video clips, helping creators produce engaging visuals with less manual editing. Here are two practical ways to use AI for video creation.

1. Text to Video

In Gemini, tap the plus icon, then Videos. Describe the clip, such as “A boy playing football alone in a field in summer daylight.” Gemini makes 10-second clips by default. You can ask for shorter ones. You can also change the person’s age, clothes, location and camera angles.

With Gemini Pro, you can generate three or four videos a day. Google Flow adds 1,000 monthly credits, which is enough for 30 to 40 more videos.

2. Photo to Video

Upload your photo and write a prompt, such as that you are looking at the camera and talking about video editing. In the example, Gemini made a 10-second clip of him speaking naturally with matching dialogue.

3. Replace Objects Inside Videos

Search for “Google Flow” and open Google Labs. Choose Try Omni and upload your video. In the example, the video was 8 seconds long. The prompt was “Replace the light in my hand with Hanuman ji’s mace.” He used ingredients mode, a 9:16 ratio, 1x output and Omni Flash, which cost 20 credits. The mace moved naturally with his hand.

With Omni, you can also change the colour of curtains, put a monkey on your back, or remove the background and replace it with a green screen.

4. AI Motion Graphics

Motion graphics like those made in After Effects are hard to create in CapCut, VN or Alight Motion. In Gemini Videos, you can describe what you want. For example, ask for a subscriber growth bar chart with bars appearing one by one, a glow effect, a dark background, YouTube red, clean 2D and 1080×1920 size. You can even give numbers, such as growth from 0 to 10, then 10 to 50.

5. Create Your Own AI Avatar

In Gemini, tap the plus icon, then Avatar. If you do not see it, go to Menu, then Settings, then Avatar. Face the camera, turn your head as instructed and read the numbers on the screen aloud.

After the avatar is ready, type @ and your avatar’s name. Then describe the setup, background, ratio and script. Each clip is 10 seconds long. Make three or four clips to build a 30 to 40 second Short.

6. Product Assembly Effect

This popular hook effect shows an object putting itself together.

1. Take a screenshot of a product, such as a camera or car.

2. Upload it to Gemini with a disassembly prompt, so the product appears in separate parts.

3. In Google Flow, create a new project. Choose Video, then Frames.

4. Set the disassembled image as the first frame and the assembled image as the end frame.

5. Switch the model to Veo 3, because Omni does not support an end frame.

6. Choose Quality mode, which costs about 100 credits. Add your prompt and generate.

The same method works for a shop or object appearing out of an empty background.

7. Free Motion Graphics Website

If your credits run out, the creator suggests a free motion graphics website. You can customise templates by changing the start and end times, background and text colours, scale, rotation, speed, opacity, duration and font. On your phone, switch to desktop mode, log in with Google and export as MP4.

Part 3: How to Use AI in Audio

AI audio tools help creators generate realistic voiceovers for videos, tutorials, and social media content. With the right voice settings and text formatting, you can make AI-generated speech sound more natural and engaging.

1. AI Voice Generation

The creator’s favourite tool is ElevenLabs. Go to Voices, then Text to Speech. Punctuation is the most important tip. Without commas, full stops and line breaks, the AI reads everything in one flat rhythm and sounds robotic. With punctuation, it pauses and stretches words like a real person.

After choosing a voice:

• Use the V2 model, as V3 is still in trial.

• Adjust speed and stability.

• Set similarity to about 90.

• Click Generate Speech.

New accounts get 10,000 free credits a month.

2. Remove Background Noise

In CapCut, select your clip and turn on Reduce Noise. In the example, this removed only some of the noise. For a cleaner result, tap Isolate Voice and choose Keep Voice. All the background noise disappeared, and CapCut does not change the pitch.

3. Extract Vocals or Music

The same Isolate tool can split songs. Keep Voice gives you only the vocals. Remove Voice keeps only the background music, which you can reuse for your own song.

4. Can AI Edit a Whole Video for You?

No. An automatic video editor AI will not finish your whole video on its own. But AI can create overlays, fix photos, make B-roll, build motion graphics and avatars, generate voices and clean up audio in minutes. Add these tools to your workflow to edit faster and better.

How Can PW Earners Help Video Editors Learn AI Skills?

AI is transforming video editing by making it easier to create visuals, generate video clips, produce voiceovers, and enhance audio. For aspiring video editors, learning how to use AI tools can help simplify repetitive tasks and improve their creative workflow. PW Earners offers AI-focused learning opportunities for beginners who want to understand these tools and explore their practical applications. To explore AI applications in editing further, read this guide to AI video editing tools for photos, videos and audio.

By learning about AI tools and their uses, learners can develop skills relevant to content creation, video editing, and other digital tasks. Key areas to explore include:

• AI-powered image creation: Generate images, PNGs, and icons from text prompts.

• Photo editing and enhancement: Remove or replace objects, adjust lighting, and improve blurry photos.

• AI video generation: Turn text prompts and still images into short video clips.

• Motion graphics and avatars: Create animated graphics, talking avatars, and product assembly effects.

• AI voiceovers: Generate speech for tutorials, explainers, and social media videos.

• Audio cleanup: Reduce background noise, isolate voices, and separate vocals from music.

• Faster editing workflows: Use AI to handle specific editing tasks while retaining creative control over the final video.

AI tools make photo editing, video creation, and voice generation faster and more accessible for content creators. By learning to use these tools effectively, you can create engaging content, streamline your workflow, and improve the overall quality of your edits.