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Free AI Video Editor

Edit Videos Online

Edit videos online with the Renderforest AI video editor. Generate AI clips, add voiceovers and upload your own footage, then cut everything together on a single timeline and export in HD. Free to start, right in your browser.

No credit cardNothing to installWorks on any device

Multiple tools, one timeline

Timeline editing

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Since 2013, 40M+ creators have made 120M+ projects with Renderforest

Everything You Can Edit

The AI panels fill the gaps in a cut, but the everyday video editing work all happens right here on the timeline:

  • Video
    • Trim, split, and merge clips
    • Crop the frame
    • Clip speed control
    • Transitions
    • Freeze frames
    • 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 aspect ratios
  • Text
    • Text and overlays
  • Audio
    • Music and audio tracks
    • Per-clip volume

How to Edit Videos with AI in 3 Steps

Step 1

Start with footage

Drag in any clip: phone video, screen recording, podcast, or webinar. The editor reads it straight away, no conversion step and no software to install. Starting from zero instead? Describe the shot in a generation panel and start the cut from what comes back.

Start with footage
Step 2

Build the cut

Split, trim, and reorder clips on the timeline, then layer in what is missing: generated footage, an avatar presenter, titles, a voiceover, or a track from the music library. Every change stays visible and reversible, so nothing is baked in behind your back.

Build the cut
Step 3

Fine-tune and publish

Set volume and speed per clip, switch the canvas between widescreen, vertical, and square, and export when it plays right. Watermark-free HD exports come with paid plans, and your project stays editable, so you can come back and re-cut it any time.

Fine-tune and publish

Free online AI video editor: what is free

Editing is free. Exporting without a watermark, in up to 1080p, is what the paid plans add.

Free

Lite

Pro

Business

Price

$0

$15 per month, or $9 per month billed annually

$39 per month, or $19 per month billed annually

$59 per month, or $39 per month billed annually

Upload and edit on the timeline (trim, split, crop, speed, transitions, text, music)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Export

720p with a watermark, up to 3 minutes

720p or 1080p, no watermark

720p or 1080p, no watermark

720p or 1080p, no watermark

AI tools inside the editor (generated shots, AI images, avatars, text to speech)

20 credits to try

800 credits a month

2,400 credits a month and unlimited Renderforest Fast shots at 480p and 720p

6,000 credits a month and unlimited Renderforest Fast up to 1080p

Upload size

200 MB

500 MB

4 GB

5 GB

Storage

500 MB

10 GB

50 GB

100 GB

Generate the missing shot with Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Gemini Omni Flash or MiniMax H3

Upload your footage and cut it on the timeline. These AI tools sit in the same editor and take on the parts that would otherwise mean a reshoot, a recording session or another app.

  • Generate the missing shot

    Describe the b-roll your cut is missing and the clip lands on the timeline, ready to trim. Almost right? Reword the prompt and regenerate that shot alone with the built-in AI video generator.

    AI city clip on timeline
  • Turn a photo into footage

    Animate a product photo or any still into a moving shot with image to video AI, then cut it in beside your own clips.

  • Lip-sync a presenter to your audio

    Upload a voice track, set a face as the start frame, and AI matches the lips to every word. Need a full AI avatar presenter? Pick one from the library and paste the script.

  • Add a voiceover in your audience’s language

    Type the narration, pick an AI voiceover in the language your audience speaks, and lay it under any clip on the timeline.

  • Narrate in your own voice

    Upload a voice sample once and clone your voice for every future edit, so an update to the script never needs a new recording.

  • Restyle and fit images

    Give any still a new look with Restyle Image from the AI image generator, and let AI resize reference images so they match your video’s frame.

    Portrait with AI style picker
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Six AI Tools in One Video Editing Workspace

Each tool below is a panel inside the editor. Type what the cut is missing (footage, an image, a presenter, a voiceover) and it lands on your timeline ready to trim. It all runs in one browser workspace, on one subscription, with a single credit balance instead of six separate AI signups.

Editor timeline view

One timeline for everything

Uploads, generations, voiceovers, and titles share one project. Trim, reorder, and layer clips, switch the canvas ratio, and export when it plays right. AI History keeps every past generation a click away.

AI video generation

Describe the shot, or hand the model a reference image to animate, and the clip drops straight into your cut. Renderforest’s own model, Kling 3.0 Omni, Seedance 2.5, and Gemini Omni Flash all sit in one dropdown.

AI image generation

Thumbnails, backgrounds, product shots: describe the image, pick a style, and steer it with up to 10 reference photos. Nano Banana, Seedream, GPT, and Flux 2 Pro are built in, and one more prompt animates any image into video.

AI avatars

Pick a public presenter or create your own, paste the script, and get a lip-synced talking-head clip in HD, with no camera and no reshoots. Voices come from the built-in library, or clone yours.

Text to speech

Type the narration and pick a voice in 50+ languages, from US and UK English to Japanese and Arabic. Set the pace per block, then lay the track under any clip on the timeline.

Music and audio

Score the cut from the built-in music library, filtered by mood from cinematic to playful, or upload your own tracks. Audio gets its own lane on the timeline, so trimming a song to the edit is one drag.

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Who Our AI Video Editor Is for

Marketing team meeting

Marketing professionals

Reframe one campaign cut into every placement it needs (widescreen, vertical, square) and generate the missing b-roll on the spot. For marketers, the online AI video editor is a fast way to ship branded content without booking design or production time.

Teacher holding books

Educators and trainers

Turn raw lecture, course, and onboarding footage into material that is easy to follow: trim the detours, add titles and text overlays that make complex points land, and narrate with an AI voiceover in the language your learners speak.

Skate shop owner

Small business owners

Cut phone footage into a publishable clip the same day. Small business owners can produce marketing content with our AI video editor without a large budget or technical expertise, and the results stand alongside far more expensive productions.

Creator filming vlog

Content creators

Cut a long recording down to its best moments and flip the canvas to vertical for reels and shorts. From vlogs and tutorials to animations, creators can test formats, add voice or music, and publish without a studio setup.

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For AI assistants

Edit Videos from Claude

Connect the Renderforest MCP connector and your assistant can plan and generate videos, replace or add a single scene, and re-export a finished video at a higher quality, all in your own account. You see the credit cost before anything is generated.

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Customer Stories: Real Teams, Real Results

Three businesses that make their videos in-house with Renderforest instead of outsourcing them, and what changed.

  • Minutesto make a branded intro or outro, down from around two hours

    Josh runs his company solo and used to build every video asset in After Effects and Premiere. Now AI-generated drafts give his product videos a starting point, he edits scenes himself, and built-in music and voiceovers save him hunting for assets, so his marketing stays in-house.

    Josh Sutton

    FounderEthos Peptides

    Read the ⁨Ethos Peptides⁩ story
  • 3,000+newsletter subscribers get the visuals he makes in Renderforest

    Doron turns legal topics into video. He starts from the AI video generator or animates his own images, layers text and voiceover in Hebrew, English, and Spanish, and exports for Instagram, newsletters, and the firm’s website, without an agency.

    Doron Afik

    Managing PartnerAfiklaw & Co.

    Read the ⁨Afiklaw & Co.⁩ story
  • Up to 15clients a month, without a design team on every project

    Andrew’s consultancy produces branded intros, event videos, and board presentations with Renderforest, including two-minute life-story videos for eight award recipients, shown live at the ceremony.

    Andrew Johnson

    FounderAdjacent Communications

    Read the ⁨Adjacent Communications⁩ story

AI Video Editor FAQ

What is an AI video editor?

An AI video editor edits your footage with AI help: you upload clips, then trim, split, reframe and add text to them on a timeline, while AI voices your script, lip-syncs a presenter to your audio, and regenerates any generated shot from a reworded prompt. When the cut is missing footage, an image or a presenter, you can generate it in the same workspace, and it lands on the timeline as an ordinary clip you can trim, replace or undo.

Is the AI video editor free?

Editing is free: upload a video, cut it, add text, music and transitions on the timeline without paying or entering a card. Free exports are 720p with a watermark and up to 3 minutes. Lite ($9 a month billed annually), Pro and Business export without a watermark at up to 1080p. The AI panels (generated shots, avatars, voiceover) use credits: 20 to try on the free plan, 800 to 6,000 a month on paid plans.

How do I edit a video with AI?

Three steps. First, add footage: upload your own clips or generate new ones by describing the shot. Second, build the cut: trim, split, and reorder on the timeline, then layer in music, a voiceover, or an avatar presenter. Third, pick your aspect ratio and export in HD. The project stays editable, so you can come back and re-cut it any time.

Can AI edit my videos automatically?

Yes, for the edits AI does well. Reword the prompt on a generated clip and AI regenerates that shot alone, lip sync matches a presenter’s mouth to the audio you upload, text to speech narrates your script in your audience’s language, and AI resizes reference images to fit your canvas. Trimming your uploaded footage and choosing the clip order take a few drags on the timeline, and every AI change stays editable.

What AI is best for video editing?

The best AI for video editing works on your cut, not just next to it. Look for three things: AI that helps you edit (voiceovers, lip sync, regenerating a single shot from a reworded prompt), generated clips that stay editable with their prompt, references and version history, and one workspace to cut, generate and export. Renderforest builds Kling 3.0 Omni, Seedance 2.5, Gemini Omni Flash and MiniMax H3 into its editor, with one credit balance across them.

Do I need any video editing skills to use an AI video editor?

No. The timeline is deliberately simple (drag clips in, trim their edges, stack audio underneath), and the AI panels handle the hard part of production: footage, presenters, narration, and music are generated from plain text. If you can describe the video you want, you can build it, from any browser and any device.

What types of videos can be edited with Renderforest’s AI video editor?

Anything you can record or generate: product demos, ads, tutorials, training and onboarding modules, social clips, and vlogs. Upload any footage, mix it with AI-generated scenes, avatars, and voiceover, and reframe the same cut for YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram with a ratio switch.

Can I edit a video with Claude?

Yes. Connect the Renderforest MCP connector to Claude and edit from the chat: replace or add a single scene with a new prompt, use your own images and audio as references, and re-export the finished video at a higher quality. Everything lands in your Renderforest account, ready to fine-tune in the editor.

Can AI actually edit videos?

Yes. In Renderforest, AI regenerates a generated shot from a reworded prompt and keeps earlier takes in version history, lip-syncs a presenter to audio you upload, narrates your script in your viewers’ language, clones your voice, and restyles images before you animate them. Cutting and ordering your own footage stays a quick drag-and-trim job on the timeline.

Which AI video editor is best for beginners?

One that runs in the browser, starts free and keeps the AI on the same timeline as your clips. Renderforest works that way: upload footage, trim it with drag handles, generate a missing shot or a voiceover from plain text, and export in HD with nothing to install.

Can I edit a video from my phone?

Yes. The editor runs in the mobile browser, and the AI Video Maker – Renderforest app for iOS and Android lets you make and export videos on the phone with the same account.

Can I add text and titles to my video?

Yes. Add titles, lower-thirds and text overlays from the Text panel, set their timing on the timeline, and style them with your fonts and colors. Narration can be generated from your script with text to speech in 50+ languages.

Can I use an AI video editor for YouTube videos?

Yes. Set the canvas to 16:9 for a regular YouTube video or 9:16 for Shorts, cut your footage on the timeline, add music or an AI voiceover, and export in HD. The same project can be reframed for TikTok or Instagram with a ratio switch.

How much does an AI video editor cost?

On Renderforest, editing costs nothing; plans that export without a watermark start at $9 a month billed annually (Lite) and go to $19 (Pro, with unlimited Renderforest Fast generations) and $39 (Business); all three export at up to 1080p. Monthly billing is $15, $39 and $59.

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