Marketing

AI Video Generator: Create Short Videos in 10 Steps

An AI video generator creates video content from text prompts, scripts, or images without a camera or production team. On aidowith.me, the Reels & Short Videos route has 10 steps for creating videos with AI tools. You'll write a brief or script, choose your generation approach (text-to-video, image-to-video, or script-to-avatar), generate clips using tools like Runway, Pika, or HeyGen, edit the results together, add captions and music, and export for your target platform. The route covers three workflows: fully AI-generated videos from text prompts, hybrid videos that combine AI footage with your own clips, and AI avatar videos where a digital presenter delivers your script. Each step produces a piece of your finished video. The full process takes about 45 minutes per video. You'll also see which generation tool produces the best results for different content types: product demos, social content, ads, and internal presentations.

10 steps ~45min For marketers Free
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The Problem and the Fix

Without a skill

  • You need video content but don't have a camera, studio, or editing skills
  • Hiring a videographer for a 30-second social clip costs more than your monthly marketing budget
  • AI-generated videos look fake and you don't know how to fix that

With aidowith.me

  • Professional-looking videos created without a camera or production team
  • Three workflow options: text-to-video, hybrid, and AI avatar presentations
  • 45 minutes per video, a fraction of the cost and time of traditional production

Who Builds This With AI

Marketers

Content, campaigns, and briefs done in hours instead of days.

Founders

Move fast on pitches, pages, research. AI as your first hire.

Managers & Leads

Reports, presentations, and team comms handled faster.

How It Works

1

Plan your video and choose a workflow

Define the content, platform, and style. Pick text-to-video, hybrid, or avatar based on what fits your project.

2

Generate and select clips

Create video clips with AI, review the results, and pick the strongest takes. AI generates, you curate.

3

Edit, caption, and export

Combine clips, add captions and music, and export in the right format. Ready to post or present.

Create your video with AI

10 steps, 45 minutes, and a finished video without a camera.

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What You Walk Away With

Plan your video and choose a workflow

Generate and select clips

Edit, caption, and export

45 minutes per video, a fraction of the cost and time of traditional production

"Created a product demo video for our homepage without hiring anyone. Customers think we have a video team."
- Marketing director, early-stage startup
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Questions

Runway Gen-3 is best for realistic short clips. Pika works well for stylized or animated content. HeyGen creates avatar-based presenter videos. The route covers all three so you can pick based on your content type. For social media, Runway and Pika produce the most platform-native results. For presentations, HeyGen's avatar approach works better.

Most AI video tools offer commercial usage rights on their paid plans. Runway, Pika, and HeyGen all allow commercial use for paying subscribers. Check each tool's current terms before publishing. The route focuses on tools with clear commercial licensing, so you can use the output for ads, social content, and client work.

The route covers prompting techniques for natural-looking results: specifying camera movement, lighting, and real-world physics in your prompts. Mixing AI clips with real footage also helps. The editing step includes tips for color grading and pacing that make AI content blend with traditional video. Short clips (3-5 seconds) look more convincing than long continuous shots.