5 Creative Video Projects You Can Do with AI (No Experience Needed)
Have you ever thought about creating a video but felt intimidated by the technical skills and time required? You’re not alone. Traditionally, most video projects required expertise in filming, editing, and production. With all this combined, they took up lots of time. Thanks to advances in AI, video production is becoming more accessible, removing the need for complex software or technical knowledge.
The best part is that you don’t need prior experience. AI-powered tools are making it possible for anyone to create engaging videos. You can make videos for education, marketing, or just for fun.
Turn a blog post or article into an engaging video
Know someone who is a visual learner? One way to use AI is to repurpose written content into video content. If you have a blog post, report, or article you’ve written, this is a great way to use AI. In the past, this might have required scripting, recording voiceovers, finding visuals, and editing. This is all time-consuming, especially for one person. Now, AI can do most of that for you.
Modern AI video platforms can automatically generate a script, storyboard, and voiceover. Essentially, you feed the AI your blog idea, and the AI will find relevant imagery or footage and stitch it all together with a voiceover.
Why is this so great? It lets you reach an even wider audience. Some people prefer watching a 2-minute video summary over reading a 1,000-word article. Viewers online say that they retain 95% of a video's message (versus only 10% from text).
Create an AI-powered explainer or tutorial video
Explainer videos and how-to tutorials are staples in both education and online content creation. Whether you want to demonstrate a science concept, walk through a DIY craft, or teach software skills, AI can be useful for all of this. In the past, you needed design skills to create animations, a good microphone, a soundtrack, editing skills, and lots of spare time. Today, an AI-powered explainer video is accessible to beginners.
AI tools can help you at every step of making a tutorial video:
- Script writing - Give the AI the topic and a summary, and it can help draft a script.
- Voiceovers in Multiple Languages - A mic or voice actor isn’t necessary. AI can generate a real-sounding voice narration. AI generating platforms offer a vast array of voices in various languages, with distinct accents and tones to choose from.
- Streamline editing - The AI will automatically incorporate transitions and easily let you regenerate any clip. You can upload your own clips easily as well, and edit the length and cuts.
- Visuals - If you don’t have a film crew or proper gear, AI can insert relevant stock images/footage or even generate some to match the script and illustrate your point.
Make a social media marketing video in minutes
Got a product, service, or idea you want to promote? Social media marketing videos are a great way to advertise. But making a promo or ad can be overwhelming for someone just starting out. With AI, it is possible to create attention-grabbing marketing videos for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, even if you’ve never edited a video before. AI can take your simple idea or script and automatically assemble a video for you.
For instance, you might just need to input a few lines about your product, and the AI will automatically pick or generate background footage. You can add music and an AI voiceover to deliver your message. The entire process can take less than a few minutes of your time, versus days or weeks with traditional video production.
Modern AI tools can tailor videos to different platforms and audiences. You may need a vertical video for TikTok and a horizontal one for YouTube. This is not a problem with AI video generators, as they can easily adjust your content for different platforms. This means you can scale your production and stay active on multiple channels.
Design a video with a virtual avatar
If you’re camera-shy or simply don’t have someone to be in your video, AI can help you here. You can choose a virtual human avatar and write or generate a script. The avatar will lip-sync to the AI-generated voice and gesture, and speak like a real presenter. No filming or on-camera performance needed.
This kind of AI video can be used in a variety of ways. In education, imagine a virtual teacher avatar guiding students on an online lesson. The tone of the voice can be switched as well as the language. In business and marketing, virtual presenters can appear in training videos and product explainers. It adds a personal touch without needing a film crew. In fact, research has shown that adding a virtual presenter can increase a video's attractiveness and keep viewers more engaged and interested. This means using a virtual presenter can hold your audience’s attention more effectively, and there is no need to be on camera yourself.
This is all driven by AI, so you can easily update what the presenter says by editing the text. There is no need to reshoot anything. For anyone who isn’t great on camera, this gets rid of any barriers for your videos.
Create personalized video messages at scale with AI
AI-powered video personalization now enables anyone—marketers, teachers, small business owners—to generate unique videos for a large audience with little time wasted.
Imagine you are launching a new product or hosting an event. You want your audience to feel seen. To do this, you need to personalize your video, make it specific and unique to the recipients. But filming hundreds of personalized videos is a very large task. AI solves this issue by allowing you to edit your core video template and create different personalized versions.
The best part of this is, there are no technical or editing skills required. AI handles all the complexity, leaving you with more time to focus on the creativity element and the connections with your audience.
Conclusion
These are just five of the many creative video projects made easier with AI. Remember, AI removes a lot of the hassles—filming, equipment, editing skills, and long production times. This way, you can focus on your ideas and be creative.
Whether you want to use AI-video-generators for education, marketing, content creation, or just for fun, even a beginner can dive in easily. The technology is continuously improving, and it remains user-friendly. So, if you’re curious, now is a perfect time to experiment. You might be surprised by what you can create, no experience needed.
FAQ
- What types of videos can I make with AI? AI tools can help you create a wide range of content—tutorial videos, product promos, training videos, etc. There is likely a use case that fits your goal, regardless of who you are.
- Is it okay to use AI videos for business or client work? Absolutely, as long as you're transparent and meet any licensing requirements for the tool you are using. Many businesses already use AI-generated videos for training, marketing, and outreach. Just be sure to review the product carefully so it meets your brand standards.
- Do I need any video editing experience to use AI video tools? Not at all. Most AI video tools, like VideoGen, are designed with beginners in mind. AI video tools are there to help you and make things easier for you.
- Can AI-generated videos be customized for different platforms? Yes, one of the strengths of AI video tools is how easy it is to adapt your content for different platforms. This means you can have a widescreen video for YouTube or a vertical one for TikTok.
- How much control do I have over AI-generated videos? You can have complete creative control. You have the idea, and AI is there to help streamline the process. Tools like VideoGen always have options to edit decisions AI makes, such as footage/photos chosen, when cuts are made, and the script generated.