Pictory

Pictory.ai is a platform that uses AI to automatically create short videos from long-form content.

A typical use case is turning a blog post or an article into an engaging video summary. You start by feeding Pictory a piece of text or even a lengthy video transcript.

The AI then analyzes it to pick out key points or sentences. For each point, Pictory finds relevant visuals – like stock video clips or images that match the topic – and generates a sequence of scenes. It also adds captions (subtitles) on the video by transcribing the chosen text and can include an AI voiceover to narrate if you don’t have your own audio. The result is a concise video, often around one to three minutes, highlighting the main ideas of the source material. Users can customize the style by choosing different templates (which set the font, colors, and overall layout) and music tracks. Some also use Pictory to cut down webinars or long videos: the AI picks the best highlights and creates bite-sized clips for social sharing. In essence, Pictory.ai helps repurpose written or lengthy content into the video format quickly, which is valuable for marketers and educators who want to distribute content across various channels without manually editing a video from scratch.